Mr. Le Van Don, Deputy Director of Agriculture and Rural Development Cho Lach (Ben Tre province), said mangosteen season this year, producing about 1 to 1.2 tan/1.000m2, doubled compared to every year, but the lowest price ever.

 

Farmers mangosteen garden care. (Photo: Duong Ngoc / VNA)

 

Owner Baby In bowl of fruit, the village of Vinh, Vinh Hoa said mangosteen early autumn in the garden of cost 80,000 VND / kg, but so far only 14000-15000 VND / kg.

 

This year, thanks to prolonged cold weather with wind block so many mangosteen season, an estimated 1 ton of results will 1.000m2 (twice last year), about 10 to 12 fruits / kg. But this is also one of the reasons that the mangosteen price declines.

 

According to Huynh Van Hoa, chairman of the Farmers Vinh Hoa, mangosteen is down this year due to the seasonal rates, yields much; tropical depression traders should not be transported far and cause existed for many years as mangosteen Cho Lach has no stable output.

 

Mangosteen season generally runs from March to July (lunar calendar), most notably in May, June.

 

Thanh Tuan Nguyen family, the village of Vinh, Vinh Hoa 4.000m2 mangosteen soil, thanks to proactively build embankments, raised beds covered canvas cover mangosteen soon so his family farmer harvested before the other half months, these higher prices, from 60000-80000 VND / kg.

 

Cho Lach District is an area of ​​growing local mangosteen largest province of Ben Tre (on 1.100ha), concentrated mainly in Vinh Hoa, Tan sacred Phu Son, Vinh Thanh, Long Thoi Hung Trung Khanh B. In particular, the commune of Vinh Hoa acreage largest mangosteen with 245ha Cho Lach district is the result.

 

He also said Huynh Van Hoa, Cho Lach years mangosteen delicious, better quality every year, very few results leak pus, was thrilled by the amount of rain at the beginning of the season; farmers have actively cut down mangosteen fruit rambutan grown blind to this number should not be mixed with mangosteen tea tasty. /.

 

Tran Thi Thu Hien (VNA / Vietnam +)