Dragon fruit in Tien Giang increased in price again

After a period of deep reduction because traders stopped buying or buying in moderation, now dragon fruit in Tien Giang has gradually increased in price.

Dragon fruit barns are buying red flesh dragon fruit grade 1 for 30,000 VND/kg, grade 2 for 25,000 VND/kg and grade 3 for 20,000 VND. With the above purchase price, dragon fruit growers are excited and assured to invest in dragon fruit trees after a period of strong price reduction.

As the largest dragon fruit growing area of Tien Giang province, Cho Gao district has 6,684 hectares of dragon fruit; in which the area of dragon fruit is 5,850 ha. Currently, farmers in Cho Gao district, Tien Giang province have been actively taking care of and lighting lamps to handle off-season flowering dragon fruit to prepare goods for the 2023 Lunar New Year market.

At the time of August, 2022, is the peak of dragon fruit in the harvest season, so the price of dragon fruit drops sharply, traders buy red flesh dragon fruit for only 2,000 – 4,000 VND/kg, white flesh dragon fruit price from 5,000 – 6,000 VND/kg. Therefore, some people cut down the old, perennial dragon fruit gardens to switch to other crops, mainly coconut trees.

To maintain the area of dragon fruit, the People’s Committee of Cho Gao district directed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate with the commune authorities in the district to focus on propagating and mobilizing people to maintain the current area of dragon fruit. available in the area, as well as limit the massive conversion to another crop when the output of the product is not stable.

At the same time, the professional sector and the local authorities continue to transfer technical advances and new technologies into production to improve the productivity and quality of dragon fruit products to meet the requirements of export markets. export.

Cho Gao district has built the largest export dragon fruit growing area in Tien Giang province and Cho Gao dragon fruit has been granted collective trademark protection by the National Office of Intellectual Property.

In specialized farming areas, localities have formed cooperatives and cooperative groups to gather farmers, train and transfer farming techniques in the direction of GAP for safe products and traceability. products and trade promotion for agricultural commodities…

At the time of August, 2022, is the peak of dragon fruit in the harvest season, so the price of dragon fruit drops sharply, traders buy red flesh dragon fruit for only 2,000 – 4,000 VND/kg, white flesh dragon fruit price from 5,000 – 6,000 VND/kg. Therefore, some people cut down the old, perennial dragon fruit gardens to switch to other crops, mainly coconut trees.

To do that, Cho Gao district focuses on key tasks such as doing better propaganda including producers, businesses and cooperatives in applying VietGAP, GlobalGAP processes in production. dragon fruit.

At the same time, creating conditions for cooperatives to thrive to act as focal points in chain production, the third is to invest in infrastructure, to review and adjust the specialized area for dragon fruit cultivation in order to adapt Using advanced technology in production.

According to Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Cho Gao district Cao Tan Huong, in order to have a long-term and sustainable solution for the development of dragon fruit in the future, the People’s Committee of Cho Gao district orients and creates favorable conditions. It is beneficial for cooperatives and businesses to coordinate with dragon fruit growers to create valuable products to increase export turnover as well as overcome technical barriers of trade agreements in order to achieve new goals. larger consumption market through official export.

In addition, the locality also called and encouraged processing enterprises to invest in building factories producing various processed products from dragon fruits to contribute to partly solving dragon fruit output when entering the country. flourishing harvest season.

Source: https://bnews.vn/thanh-long-o-tien-giang-tang-gia-tro-lai/258790.html