Currently, farmers in the mountainous district of Con Cuong (Nghe An) are harvesting sugarcane, cassava ... While sugarcane farmers are excited by the high price of sugarcane, the cassava producers are "bitter" because of the price. Cassava is too low, not enough to cover costs.

 

Sugar cane

These days, due to the influence of cold air, there is little rain, but on the fields of sugarcane harvest is still busy with the chopper, the laughing voice is rattling.

 

Sugarcane 2016-2017, the whole district of Con Cuong has 300 hectares of sugar cane harvested, the average yield of 60 tons / ha, the purchase price of 900,000 VND / ton so the farmers are very excited. In addition to cover all products, this year's sugarcane squeeze was so excited to expand the area.

 

According to District Agriculture and Rural Development Department, in 2010, the area of ​​sugarcane in the district was less than 200 hectares. Previously, sugarcane was only grown in the dry hills, now they bring sugarcane to plant in the alluvial area rivers and streams, so the higher the price, the more excited her.

 

Leaving Bong Khe, we went up to the border commune of Chau Khe to see that her children were harvesting the remaining sugarcane fields. Mr. Tran Van Hung in village 2/9, Chau Khe commune is pleased to say: "Due to this year more drought, sugar cane yield only 35 tons / ha. But because of the high price of sugarcane, with the current 0.7 ha of sugarcane, my family earns over VND20 million, much higher than that of maize and other crops. If Song Lam Sugar Factory keeps the price and consumes all products like this year, it is sure that the farmers will actively put all the land into sugarcane.

 

Talking to us, Nguyen Thi Lien in Thanh Nam village, Bong Khe commune said: "My family has 2,500 m2 of mudflats, many years before planting three crops of corn - peanut - but when harvest minus All investment costs, profits are negligible, there are even five losses. For three years, the sugarcane plantation, low investment costs, stable prices, so on this area, the family collected nearly 10 million.

 

Cassava bitter

Breaking up with sugarcane cultivators, laughter is still cheerful echoes behind. In addition to more than 10km of forest road, we went to Mau Duc commune, a remote commune in Con Cuong district. But unlike sugarcane growers, cassava growers are depressed because cassava prices are too low.

 

According to District Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2015-2016, implementation of cassava planting project, the whole district planted 1,716 ha, surpassing nearly 500 hectares planned. Currently cassava is coming to harvest but the price is too low, only 600-800 VND / kg fresh cassava, less than half of the same period, the purchase, the price is completely dependent on traders, not see The factory came to buy with people like sugar factory, so she was very sad.

 

A cassava cultivator in Na Đoi village, Mau Duc commune said: "This cassava has not been harvested but my family accepted it, partly because of the low price of cassava, which I did not want to harvest. Buyers. If this situation continues, people leave the cassava to plant other plants.

 

Talking with us, Mr. Nguyen Khac Sy, Head of Agriculture and Rural Development said: "At present, Con Cuong is looking for solutions to support cassava growers. On the other hand, we advise the district People's Committee to select the seedlings and acreage according to the production plan. At the same time, to promote the propagation and mobilization of farmers to select suitable and stable plants not run at the temporary price. "

 

Besides cassava material, in 2016 many other crops such as lemon, vegetables of all kinds in the area of ​​Con Cuong also plunged because the price is too low to offset the capital, not to mention the profit. Orange trees in Con Cuong are also expanding rapidly, if not quickly find out, then do not smart orange "bitter" like cassava, lemon, vegetables ... this year?

 

To finish this article, the writer asked to borrow the verse of a famous poet born on the land of Central Vietnam: "Do eat two familiar words that strange." The accustomed "the devaluation" has happened too much and is still a headache problem that the commissar, the local government as well as the oayan farmers have not solved the solution.

 

According to Phung Van Mui

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