(HBO) - From 5 hectares of trial plantation, which was supported with finance capital and technical investment by Nafoods Passion joint Stock Company (Nghe An, up to now, the local people of Tan Vinh commune (Luong Son) has expanded to 12.5 hectares, mainly in the villages of Coi and Rut. This model opens up a new direction in changing the crop structure of the people living here.


People in Tan Vinh commune (Luong Son) are harvesting and sorting out types of passions, products which are being ensured for consumption by VnMart Hanoi supermarkets.

Ms. Bach Thi Phuc, a technical staff at the safety passion hill of Tan Vinh commune shared: passion trees are easily adaptable to the local soil and climate, and less pestilent. The planting time lasts 5 to 6 months. The biggest advantage of the passion tree is its rapid growth, which is only about 6 months to have flowers, and fruit, the high yield can be achieved in the first crop, and they are easy to be grown and fertilized. While being compared to other crops such as oranges, pomelos, they will take at least 3-4 years to be harvested. Therefore, the passion growers can get back their capital quickly.

By this time, the area of passion plantation has expanded to over 3 hectares of Mr. Tran Van Hieu in Rut village can be harvested about 1 quintal fruit every day. On average, each lemon tree harvested 60-70 fruits per one, and more than 100 fruits per one with good care. With a selling price of VND 20,000 - 30,000 / kg, this is a good source of income for the family.

With the production following VietGap standard, they cannot use chemical drugs, and they need applying the manual methods of cultivation, such as using grass cutters, cutting branches, old leaves to develop plants and especially the products have no preservatives. As a result, the passion products of Tan Vinh commune in particular and Luong Son district in general have a place in the market and being contracted to buy products by VinMart supermarkets in Hanoi.

In order to meet the increasing demand of consumers, in the coming time, Tan Vinh commune will set up production groups and production teams to link up the chain to provide many quality passion products before being sold to the market.

Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee Mr. Hoang Anh Vuong said: Compared with other kinds of crops, passion trees bring high economic value per unit of cultivation. Average of 1 hectare of passion can bring out the yield of 35-40 tons of fruit, the profit can reach at 200 million VND / hectare.

 

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