New Market is an island districts of An Giang province, long famous for growing vegetables (Ray) due to dykes closed. In that citronella plant is a new direction export prices stable.
From the above fact, several years ago, farmers in the U.S. An commune, Cho Moi district has strongly changed the new crop varieties suitable for areas showing signs of fading this. Plants were her first choice is the female green corn. Although easy to grow corn green buds but they want to achieve high yields relative costly fertilizer, pesticides ... so economic efficiency is still limited. Therefore, the second crop, many farmers choose this place is white-lemon tree plant growth but long time but with little care and distribution costs through appropriate drug for land tall, silver color.
Foreseeing this situation, Mr. Tran Van flush away the first white corn to plant lemongrass. He said flush, to hear information from a company in the city to local ordering in the form of product consumption (white lemon tree), his family took advantage of the entire area of 5.5 Full of dry land to plant lemongrass. When we find the family he is also the time when the crowd he just citronella harvested a few days. He poured fun "Lets just remember you finished the half 5 white citronella, an average of about 3 tons / public. Price is very firm collected 6,000 VND / kg. Unless all costs, this round pocket family earns nearly 90 million. This year more comfort food festival a few years ago. " This is the first case, people in the U.S. An paradigm shift to export white lemon tree.
Not far away, Le Phuoc Thanh is also planted 5 of lemongrass growing very well but there is way more bold alternating green beans planted lemongrass. Mr. Thanh said although citronella plants appropriate for the soil, but the time from planting to harvest takes about 5-6 months. Thus for raising short term, Mr Thanh for more green bean intercropping (only 2.5 months is harvested). According to his experience Thanh, if planted green beans in lemon and white alternating benefits beyond what they get short-term animal waste soy products can also return nutrients to the soil and helps the roots to lemongrass, fatter, very easy to sell. He now king harvest green beans finished with a profit of 5 million / public. Watch out this year and his family also welcomed a new year straw as how other families in the countryside through acumen knows the appropriate conversion plant.
Seeing the conversion efficiency of the plant vent his family, Mr. Thanh, Nguyen Thanh Binh, head of the female green corn club registration bravely became the template for the production of her children in society to follow. Anh Binh said: "In the past, the neighboring commune of Hoi An, Hoa Binh, Hoa An lemongrass grown quite well, no one knew about it was carried away buying for export. Currently our club is to follow the model he poured so much of lemongrass trials are well developed. Over the Lunar New Year with rates on overall harvest from the beginning of the season was 6,000 VND / kg ".
After our tour guide the entire land area of the club planted lemongrass Luong town (New Market), Binh said: "The land here is mostly discolored, very barren, other crops Here, the economic effect is not due to spending too much fertilizer, irrigation water and carers. Only lemongrass plant is the most efficient. Furthermore, lemon tree is now covered by the contract goal again but really it was nothing but worry. "According to the specifications in the contract with the company, lemon trees must be at least 5 feet high (from the root to itself ), bulbs have to go up 2-3 new distribution reach.
Mr. Vo Ngoc Phi, Vice Chairman of the U.S. An Commune Farmer commented: "The people converted to model locally grown lemongrass recently showed good sign. Due to the soil and growing conditions are currently difficult to meet the people actively switching crop varieties and find the best unit product consumption partner is a new way of doing business, in accordance with international tendency development. Local perspective, we welcome and facilitate the terms of the policy and endorsement to the contract between the company and her children. "
On the River Bank Corporation, Mr. Nguyen Sinh Hung, the company's representative in An Giang said: "Previously we had a business relationship with her children associated with the consumption of green maize female, now turn to how White pepper lemon tree is also very easy. Another point is the soil in this area has a lemon tree oil is very good, healthy plant, so it's pretty easy to consume. On the other hand, the existing export partners are required lemongrass white goods, we strongly linked collection and planting, including outputs in accordance with market prices harvest time. If conditions permit, we plan to expand to full contract-even a few dozen to about 100 hectares of planted area white citronella".