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In Thuong Nong commune, Tuyen Quang province in northern Vietnam, 26 households switched a combined 13 hectares of fields to the medicinal crop "sa nhan tim (purple sa nhan)." Funded by production support from a national target program allocated to the socio-economic development of ethnic-minority and mountainous areas, seedlings and cultivation tech...

In Thai Binh, Tuyen Quang province, old longan trees are being top-grafted and renewed with the native variety An Van. We unpack the growing-area strategy of heirloom variety, branding, and export from the perspective of Japanese fruit-and-vegetable buyers.