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Shock for green grapefruit's prices

Update: 6/18/2014

While series such as dragon fruit, rambutan, jackfruit, longan, lychee, mango ... price drop, the green skin pomelo farmers are the "silver platter" for sale at prices up to garden 50000-60000 / kg ! 
 
Green grapefruit are very good price 
 
We look to the green skin pomelo farms 14 hectares of wide Nguyen Thanh Thuy hamlet of Suoi Tre, Long Nguyen Commune, Ben Cat District, Binh Duong Province. Her workshop area spacious new building, located between pomelo orchard laden nearly 20 years old. 
 
Being in the harvest period, many people gathered to cut grapefruit into plastic bins to put up the car turtle (wheelbarrow) moved into the warehouse. 
 
In the factory, the workers are female brand logo stickers and singing "green skin pomelo Cards" for in mesh bags, packaging, export crating prepared for Metro systems in Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Ha Noi ... 
 
Ms. Thuy said, green grapefruit prices is heating up by the day, if you win 4/2014 sold to Metro is 50,000 VND / kg (grapefruit from 1.3 kg / left and up), then to the middle of May and beginning of June 6 has up to 60,000 VND / kg. In addition to the market price of green grapefruit sold to consumers up to 80000-90000 / kg. 
 
According to Ms. Thuy, cause the price increase is due to prolonged heat that consumer demand is very large, while green grapefruit export market also growing. Also, by the time this season is left, green grapefruit production is very low, only know how to apply the techniques gardens, creating the new season against harvesting grapefruit sauce sold at this price point. 
 
The cooperation between units of purchasing, production companies supply organizations and farmers in many areas are helping to green grapefruit tree growing high economic efficiency. 
 
To further improve the quality and efficiency of business, Ms. Thuy's farm produce are turning to follow the process and Globalgap VietGap. 
 
Especially during pomelo she successfully studied the production process microbiological fertilizers (made ​​from chicken manure) fertilizer dedicated to green grapefruit tree; Nai applied techniques, control the off-season grapefruit, significantly increasing productivity in the agricultural land units. 
 
Yield of green skin pomelo farms Ms. Thuy reached out from 25-30 tonnes / ha / year, at one point reaching 40-45 tons of grapefruit / ha / year. Average time each year she Cards provide approximately 400 tons of grapefruit markets commercial and thousands of high quality seedlings. 
 
Similarly, he Huynh Van Thanh Phuoc, live hamlet 3, Black Services commune, Tan Thanh District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, said green grapefruit are very good price, help more households get high income. 
 
Only 3 Village Farmers Associations as he heads Phuoc Association had 20 ha green grapefruit, of which 10 hectares are left for sale. According to him, the house he Phuoc 1 ha grapefruit green skin, is expected to yield 30 tons, the price of 50,000 VND / kg, he earned silver ratio. 
 
According to the understanding of PV, about 3 years ago, the market green grapefruit consumption increased sharply, many local companies as well as foreign investment such as compact grapefruit Huong Mien Tay, Company Saigon Metro ... 
 
These units coordinate with the DN sent engineers to take the garden to guide the process for farmers from planting, tending, fertilizing, how to harvest, how to purchase packing, packaging, labeling and control quality standards for export products. 
 
Hieu Cau / nongnghiep.vn
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