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Chili season is bumper but hard to sell

Update: 12/6/2014

In contrast to the playful red chili season, is not very fun atmosphere of Duy Xuyen farmers. By season devaluation chorus repeats itself on this land.
 
At the end of May beginning of June is the time her son Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam chili harvest. Department peppers this year farmers harvest Duy Xuyen, bumper. Across the road on both sides of the district, where the first exposure that many households red peppers.
 
But opposition to the playful red chili season, is not very fun atmosphere of Duy Xuyen farmers. By season devaluation chorus repeats itself on this land. Duy Xuyen district is one of the pepper plant growing in Quang Nam province. Peppers are considered a crop with high economic value, higher than the other types of vegetables. There are many households escape from poverty thanks peppers, child's education, build a door created thanks to peppers.
 
Compared to other times, high cost peppers, selling 15,000 to 20,000 VND / kg. But this year, prices fell peppers, only 2-3000 / kg chilli growers are half crying. Many farmers peppers contorted his face no output, not to mention reduced price.
 
Cause pepper prices fell sharply, largely due to reduced consumer market. Every year, the pimping everywhere rushed Duy Xuyen buy chili for export to China. But this year, the absence of any trader.
 
The path to Duy Phu Commune, roadside gardens ripe red peppers, chilli fruit has withered under the scorching sun, but still no pickers. Just this year planted peppers in Duy Xuyen mainly peppers Thailand. To invest in a pole peppers, fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation water, the cost of all 3 million VND / sao. But every kg of peppers sold from 2-3000 e the farmers suffered heavy losses. Thus, a number of family neglect chili is always the garden harvest level, because there were no buyers.
 
Le Thi Suong Duy Phu commune resident (Duy Xuyen) watched garden ripe peppers are burning down, saying plaintively: "This year I harvested a 4 ton chili, but wait for the red-eye sight is not injured Where driving. I'm raising two kids to college in Saigon, did not know that get us into sending them money. Maybe next season, then go to work for leasing vacant land, but this type of cultivation is too precarious. "
 
And he Vo Tan (Duy Chau commune) said: "Holding diploma graduate school, but do not know where to ask. I started home loans pole planted 3 peppers. Fertilizer prices, expensive drugs, selling chili, no one bought. Now look at that pepper 3 perches too merciful, drug distribution while still owe money. I'm not brave enough to do it again next season. Time can only hope all the people who buy this chili is so happy then. "
 
A number of other localities in the province as the Dien Ban, Dai Loc was in miserable condition because no output peppers.
 
Than Thi Thanh Tram / nongnghiep.vn
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