Please sad cassava

Please sad cassava

(QBDT) - Continuous after two years of falling prices, the first cassava crop this year, many people start crooked Bo Trach district secretly glad when touched cassava 1,700 VND / kg (factory gate prices). But "no time to celebrate no" repeatedly struck two storms caused hardships cassava growers ...
Dubbed the "kingdom" of cassava, Bo Trach district annually planted over 3,000 hectares, accounting for over 90% of the total floor area of the province. In some localities it is led by Phu Dinh, Hoa Tse, Tse South, West Trach, Van Trach, Vietnam Central Farm town ... with an average area of 200 to 400 ha each commune. Along with rubber trees, cassava has brought steady source of income for local people.
9-2013 last March, when the communal area under the harvest is in, the price of cassava at 1,650 VND / kg at the assembly point. In the West Trach commune, Nam Tse, University Trach, air collectors urgently than ever, and the radiant joy on many faces cassava growers.
Le Thi Stream, Soi village, West Trach commune, said: If purchasing in agriculture, the area of high cassava flour content will cost 1,750 VND / kg. Although compared to the cassava crop in 2010, this price is far behind (in 2010, the price of cassava 2,200 VND / kg - PV), but after two consecutive years of cassava prices below 1,000 VND / kg, then this is really fun cassava growers. Compared to rice, cassava care process simpler, it can take advantage of intercropping rubber trees, is an important factor to Bo Trach Trach West in general and in particular, continue to grow this plant .. .
Mr. Duong Dinh Loc, Chairman of the CPC Central encouraging Tse also said this year's crop, planted on 360 hectares west Trach. With such prices, the farmers were able to continue collecting interest and "loyalty" and cassava, while local administration is not assured and struggling to find direction ... This is the time before when two storm raging 10 and No. 11.
To appear in Xuan Trach on 20-10-2013 moment, between the sprawling loss, many people
West Trach farmers with cassava fun 2013 season.
West Trach farmers with cassava fun 2013 season.
from local residents laments after nearly a year of care, the cultivation of cassava have been uprooted and root rot. Mr. Hoang Ngoc Lam Village 2, Xuan Trach said: Most of the cassava growers in the affected villages. House at the rubble of three million, the house is a few tens of millions more. His own family was planted in nests, with the current price, at least when harvested was about 10 million. But after the storm tossed excavation, flooding has always spit all fields of cassava, carrying the hopes of both. His family with seven mouths to feed as completely empty-handed, not to mention varieties for the coming season also problematic when forced salvage harvest before the time of taking the same ....
Mr Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Vice Chairman Xuan Trach said the local plant 120 hectares. Compared to many other villages in the district, this is a modest figure, but in such inhospitable land Xuan Trach, cassava is still considered a cure-farmers. Cassava crop this year, many families increase the area for hardship varieties, so also should the greater the damage. If in other areas, the damage is less than 40%, the Father said the region, where more than 50 hectares of cassava, the figure is 60%.
"Due to transport costs of processing plant cassava exports Dinh river quite far, so many people had sold to traders. Cassava affected by flooding, harvesting pressure should cost only 1,200 to 1,300 / kg. traffic in some areas difficult, even lower prices! "Mr Thanh said.
Along with West Trach, Xuan Trach, the damage in the popular local rest from 40-50%. South Trach commune, "kingdom" of the cassava plant, nearly 300 hectares of harvested this time, some cassava tuber rot accounts for about 60%. Trach Hoa, although the area fell to the previous year due to the rubber tree canopy begins, but also significant damage to more than 50% of the area uprooted, root rot. The number of harvested areas after flood salvage deterioration should also reduce the purchase price under, popular in the 1,200 to 1,300 VND / kg.
Talking to us, Nguyen Tam Hung, deputy director of plant cassava starch exports River Palace said: Just as in previous years, to ensure that the operation of the plant as well as import demand people's raw cassava, a plant scheduled procurement of local commune with the motto of low-lying areas will be harvested before the flood precautions, highland harvested. This year, before the complicated changes of weather, the plant has worked hard in the purchasing process to limit damage to the lowest level of the people. Purchase price at this time is still 1,750 VND / kg and maximum priority areas waterlogged material ...
Along with the loss of rubber left thousands of households in Bo Trach is at risk empty-handed, the cassava plant has also led farmers to an anxious sorrows. Besides the immediate damage, the planting season, planting problems will become intractable when most of the uplands often cassava harvest in mid October onwards for lunar same, but the base Ideally the lunar calendar is still November.
"If early harvest, the plant must also conducted over a period of 20 days. Later, the seedlings will be damaged, the damage will be even greater! Just remedial flood, recovery has worried crop production production, including the "race" for cassava, farmer're on the shoulder to shoulder bags worries! "said Nguyen Xuan Thanh said.
And in Dai Trach, the damage rate from 30-40%, many households decided not to harvest any more but used to get the same next season. Despite many difficulties encountered in this year's crop, but cassava is still considered a staple crop of many localities in Bo Trach district, because this is also the raw material of the province. Plan 2014, the district will conduct cultivation from 2,900 hectares to 3,000 hectares. The local intensification of cassava in the current area, and conducted regional planning appropriate cassava, especially for acreage on the acreage was broken after typhoon No. 10 ...
Discuss issues of local varieties of crops to Mr Tran Quang Vu, Deputy District Chairman said: In the overall damage caused by the storms, the problem was also the district varieties threads access and review process PPC support people. At the same time the district also plans to review and direct the local maximize seedling. For local damage, the district will consider support to ensure seedling production to meet the demand of cassava in general and in particular local district ...
Ngoc Mai