Farmers in Dong Thap province has basically completed harvesting sesame (sesame) spring summer, with a total area of ​​5,000 ha, the average yield achieved from 1 to 1.2 tons / ha, lower than previous 0.3 tons / ha due to erratic weather and unseasonal rains affecting productivity. But in return sesame prices stabilize at a high level, so farmers have higher interest income than rice. 

 

Farmers hit Dong Thap breast with a high income. 

 

The incident Lap Vo district to 1,557 ha of sesame seed, but due to heavy rains accompanied by two cyclones in mid to late April last, the productivity of sesame is low, averaging 100-120 kg / Public (1,000 m2) . However, people are still excited by the price of sesame is quite high, ranging from 40000-43000 / kg, which peaked at 47,000 VND / kg, higher than the same period in 2013 from 8000-10000 VND / kg. 

 

After deducting costs, just in time farming than 2 months, per hectare sesame farmers profit from 25-30 million / ha, much higher than rice production. 

 

Similarly, Lai Vung district farmers have finished harvesting sesame area with a total area of ​​1200 hectares harvested, average yield is from 1 to 1.2 tons / ha, which is lower than the previous season, but offset offset , from the beginning of the season so far sesame fluctuating prices at the lowest level of 37,000 VND / kg and the highest 45,000 / kg, an increase over the 2013 average 9.000/kg. 

 

Cao Lanh District's local area planted soybeans (soybean)'s largest province, but recently, this area decreasing by more pests soybeans, prices are not stable. Conversely, sesame acreage increased from 537 ha (2010) to 1,012 ha. Previously sesame farmers average yield of 1.1 tons / ha, this is up from 1.2 to 1.4 tons / ha. The spring summer this year, farmers grow sesame Cao Lanh district average profit of 30 million VND / ha or more. 

 

According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Dong Thap Province, the economic efficiency of the plant sesame model is much higher than for summer rice yields no higher than average crop. Total summer crop income per capita reached only on 31.3 million / ha and after deducting interest expense from over rice only about 11 million VND / ha. 

 

Thus, when compared with the summer-autumn rice cycads achieve more effective, more than 18 million VND / ha or more. A rotational crop between two rice crops, people's incomes higher than rice monoculture. On the other hand, sesame crop water volume is only 1/3 - 1/5 compared to rice, but income is higher than 2-3 times. 

 

Nguyen Van Thi / http://www.tintucnongnghiep.com/