Days after the 2023 Lunar New Year, the price of super-early Thai jackfruit is increasing sharply again, jackfruit farmers in Tien Giang very excited.
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Minh, farmers cultivate 3,000m2 of super early Thai jackfruit in ward 5, Cai Lay town, the fruit baskets in the area are buying super early Thai jackfruit type 1 for 28,000-30,000 VND/kg, type 1. 2 prices are 22,000-24,000 VND/kg, other types are also in the range of 6,000-8,000 VND/kg. This price is twice as high as before Tet.
Minh’s garden produces an average of one fruit per week. Each harvest nearly 100kg of jackfruit. In the first batch after Tet, he harvested nearly 120kg. Although he did not have grade 1 jackfruit, only grade 2 and 3 jackfruit, he also sold nearly 3 million VND. The family is very excited.
According to the assessment of people in the super-early Thai jackfruit growing area in Tien Giang, the price of jackfruit is increasing sharply because of the law of supply and demand of the market as well as easy and convenient circulation of agricultural products and goods right after the Lunar New Year.
And Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Bich, owner of a fruit granary in Long Khanh commune, Cai Lay town, said that local Thai jackfruit is bought and sold by the granaries in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi city. , other domestic markets and exported to China.
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In Cai Lay town alone, there is a network of hundreds of establishments purchasing and consuming jackfruit, durian, and banana fruits from local farmers to serve the domestic and export markets.
In Tien Giang, super-early Thai jackfruit is considered a tree to reduce rural poverty because it is easy to grow, quick to harvest. productivity high and high economic efficiency. Thai jackfruit planted after 3 years of age has been harvested with a stable yield of 15-20 tons of fruit/ha and harvested widely almost all year round.
Due to the above advantages, recently, the area of super early Thai jackfruit has grown rapidly in difficult farming areas such as Dong Thap Muoi, the western flood control area, etc.
Super early Thai jackfruit price strongly encourage farmers to actively take care of and intensively cultivate to win bountiful crops, ensure social security and reduce rural poverty in 2023.
According to Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tien Giang province Nguyen Van Man, the locality currently has over 13,000 hectares of super early Thai jackfruit with an output of over 182,000 tons of fruit for domestic and foreign markets.
In order to further improve the value of Thai jackfruit in the market, help farmers increase their income and stabilize their lives, the locality encourages farmers to reorganize production and apply intensive farming science and technology according to safety criteria. complete and traceable. Thereby, improving product quality, creating a source of quality agricultural products for export to attract foreign currency.
In particular, to seize the opportunity that many key fruits of our country are accepted for official export to the Chinese market, Tien Giang is speeding up the progress of granting planting area codes and Thai jackfruit packing facilities. in particular, the specialty fruits of the province in general.
In the immediate future, the whole province has been granted 54 area codes for official export of jackfruit with an area of over 8,200ha.
According to the assessment of the authorities, this is also one of the reasons that helped the super soon Thai jackfruit price to increase sharply right after the Lunar New Year, when production, business and circulation activities began to flourish. local rhythm and excitement.
Minh Tri (VNA/Vietnam+)