Purple sweet potato Vinh Long: Newly planted just worry

On 16-6, Vo Van Theo, Head of Agriculture and Rural Development, Binh Tan district (Vinh Long) information: "In yesterday, Japanese purple sweet potato price at 270,000 VND / kg (60 kg), with this price Farmers can profit from 2 million-3 million / public (1,000m2). But potato prices fluctuate, since so far this month, at a price still 220,000 / kg, and sometimes falling to just 100,000 VND / kg, with this price, farmers suffered heavy losses. "

Farmer Le Van Quang (live Thanh Dong commune, Binh Tan district), lamented, "A few days ago, the potato traders to farm but they see I bought the oversize just bought for $ 50,000 / kg. I plant 10, with prices on the land rent plus sweet potato, this was a loss of 120 million ".

Binh Tan District harvested 6,000 / 8,000 hectares of yam. According to the calculations of many households, if one hectare potato yields from 45-50 kg / public and sold at prices ranging from 150,000 to 200,000 VND / kg, people were losses of 4-5 million / public. Not only that, this year, raging disease, many fields have been harvested potatoes over half deep.
"Only in 2011, the Japanese purple sweet potato than 1 million / kg, many farmers grow 1 service was a billionaire. Japanese purple sweet potato production through quota only to China should depend largely on the market. Recently side, they slowly "eat in" should make yam domestic prices fell. While Japanese purple sweet potato is not the domestic consumption as people are used to eating only white yam "- he According explained.