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Faced with this situation, many households here have researched and searched for new plant varieties that are suitable for local soil and have high economic value to replace sugarcane. In link vao 188bet low-lying and alum land of Phung Hiep district, many households have bravely given up sugarcane to grow MD2 pineapple (also known as American pineapple). Currently, people here are very excited because this new plant variety has brought income many times higher than link vao 188bet previous sugarcane.
Farmers in Phuong Binh commune, Phung Hiep district have changed from a lot of inefficient sugarcane land to MD2 pineapples.
Living in low-lying and alum land, for many generations, Mr. Tran Thanh Ven’s family in Phuong Thanh hamlet, Phuong Binh commune has only been attached to sugarcane. However, later on, link vao 188bet price of sugarcane became more and more volatile, causing his family to fall into poverty at each harvest. Mr. Ven’s family’s economy has only really developed since he abandoned sugarcane to attached to MD2 pineapple.
“After deducting costs, link vao 188bet income from growing sugarcane is about 10-20 million in some years, it only breaks even or even loses capital in some years. Since link vao 188bet family switched to growing pineapple trees with higher income, link vao 188bet profit is about 60-70 million/hectare/year. If combined with selling more seedlings, link vao 188bet income will also reach over 100 million VND/hectare/year”, Mr. Ven shared.
link vao 188bet MD2 is a strong, drought tolerant pineapple. Due to its thin skin, lots of juice, crispy flesh, bright yellow color, little fiber, delicious taste, this pineapple is very suitable for both fresh eating and processing.
What makes people growing pineapple in Phung Hiep excited is that MD2 pineapple is not only suitable for low-lying and alum areas here, which it gives high productivity, but when growing this plant, farmers are also provided with seedlings, fertilizers, plant protection drugs as well as technical instructions and signed contracts to consume all fruit products when harvested at a stable price by Westfood Exporting and Processing Joint Stock Company (WestFood). Besides, link vao 188bet Company also buy more shoots of pineapple seedlings.
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Due to its high economic efficiency, over link vao 188bet past 4 years, people in Phuong Binh commune, Phung Hiep district have changed from a lot of inefficient sugarcane land to grow MD2 pineapple. From link vao 188bet initial 4 hectares of experimental planting, link vao 188bet area of MD2 pineapple in this locality has grown to more than 120 hectares with more than 40 participants.
With a fruit yield of 70-90 tons/hectare and sold at link vao 188bet price of 5,700 VND/kg, along with link vao 188bet money from link vao 188bet sale of seedling shoots, after deducting all expenses such as seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural mulch, soil preparation, labor, MD2 pineapple growers here also earn profits from more than 160 million VND to more than 250 million VND/hectare, many times higher than sugarcane cultivation.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet, Chairwoman of link vao 188bet Board of Management – General Director of Westfood Exporting and Processing Joint Stock Company (WestFood), currently, link vao 188bet Company has decided to choose Phung Hiep as a strategic MD2 raw pineapple area to supplies link vao 188bet fruits to link vao 188bet Company’s processing plant, because link vao 188bet land is suitable for this plant. Therefore, in link vao 188bet coming time, in addition to expanding link vao 188bet area of pineapple cultivation, link vao 188bet Company also builds an agricultural product processing factory in Hau Giang.
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Thanks to their hard work and study, farmers in Phuong Binh commune, Phung Hiep district, Hau Giang province have found MD2 pineapples suitable for low-lying and alum land to replace precarious sugarcane. In link vao 188bet near future, hundreds of households here will have a high income and a good life when link vao 188bet material area for growing this new plant expands to thousands of hectares. Moreover, if an agricultural product processing factory with a capacity of about 50,000 tons/year is built and put into operation, it will create jobs for more than 1,200 local workers.
