Bumper crop, healthy price for Son Thuy longan

8/15/2017 - 9:01:12 AM

(HBO) – Son Thuy commune of Kim Boi district has enjoyed a bumper longan crop for another year. It is entering a new longan harvest season. Farmers are joyfully reaping longan while buyers from other provinces are also flocking to Son Thuy to purchase the fruit.

Residents in Khoang hamlet are happy with the bumper crop and healthy price of Son Thuy longan

Pham Van Phuong and his wife Bui Thi Dao are busily preparing to sell longan to a buyer from Hai Phong city. Dao said her family has planted longan for almost 20 years and now has about 230 longan trees on one hectare of land. Longan was sold at 33,000 VND (1.45 USD) per kg at the beginning of the harvest season and 25,000 VND (1.1 USD) per kg at present. She estimated this crop’s output at about 25-30 tonnes, generating 600 million VND (26,400 USD) in revenue.

The family of Bui Van Men in Khoang hamlet, who boasts 2 hectares of longan, is also busy with harvesting the fruit to sell to traders from Hanoi. He expected an output of 30-35 tonnes and gained about 700 million VND (30,800 USD) in revenue if the average price is around 20,000 VND (0.88 USD) per kg.

The soil in Son Thuy is favourable for longan. The trees planted here is the Huong Chi variety hailing from Hung Yen province. This variety, used to be offered to kings in the past, suits the climate and soil conditions in Son Thuy and has become a specialty with big fruit, thin skin, thick flesh and soft sweetness.

The farming techniques of farmers, especially members of the local cooperative, have been improved, thus boosting longan productivity. Longan is the most profitable plant that has ever been grown in the commune since it can generate 400-500 million VND (17,600-22,000 USD) per hectare, comparable to grapefruit and organge farming while longan is easy to be cultivated and has only a few diseases. The brand of Son Thuy longan has become popular among buyers in many places.

The family of Bui Van Men in Khoang hamlet earns about 700 million VND from longan this year.

Secretary of the Son Thuy communal Party Committee Bui Van Luc, one of the pioneers in cultivating the Huong Chi longan variety, currently owns more than 2ha of longan, including 0.9ha of newly planted trees and 1.3 ha of 15-year trees. They produce 30 tonnes of longan this year which, with a price of 22,000 VND per kg, can earn him over 600 million VND.

Luc said the commune is changing the cultivation structure towards more longan and citrus trees. Among over 140ha of the commune’s rice area, about 50ha have been shifted to longan farming, bringing about considerable benefits. There are 110ha of longan across Son Thuy, and 58ha can be harvested at present. All of the five hamlets in the commune have farmed longan with Khoang and Loc hamlets having the largest areas. Son Thuy residents now consider their land as gold and are applying themselves to longan farming. While the productivity in many major longan hubs such as Hung Yen province or Dai Thanh commune of Hanoi’s Quoc Oai district is low, Son Thuy recorded a bumper longan crop. The total output is estimated at 700 tonnes, creating about 14 billion VND (616,000 USD) in revenue. The number of households earning hundreds of millions of VND each year is not small at present.

Since Son Thuy longan was recognised as a collective brand, it has become more popular among customers. Buyers from not only Hanoi, Phu Tho and Nghe An provinces but also Hai Duong province, Hai Phong city and other localities have come to the commune to purchase longan. Longan is giving life-changing opportunities to people in Son Thuy.

The commune is instructing local farmers to comply with food safety and hygiene regulations, protect the collective brand and shift the cultivation structure in a sustainable and effective manner.

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