Agriculture

Cashew Crop Loss This Year Vo Phong, Chief of Long Duc 2 Hamlet, Tam Phuoc commune, Long Thanh district says, as usual, this time of year is the cashew season. However, in Long Duc 2 hamlet and many other regions in this commune, thousands of hectares of cashew plantation had fruits dispersedly and flowers in almost all of trees.   Phong in his cashew plantation flowering only Flowering in an improper period shows a big crop loss this year. If any area of cashew plantation produces a big crop, it’s just around four quintals/hectares. Price of cashew now is VND17,000/kg or so, and then farmers will lose much. According to Phong, this is the three successive years of loss in Tam Phuoc. Source: Dong Nai Newspaper, translated by Hoai Thu     Mail    Print    Top