Crop conversion– tag –
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A 3 ha cassava hillside becomes a passion fruit trellis, and payback is decided by unit price
In Ea Rieng commune, Dak Lak province, a cassava hillside is converted to passion fruit. Against an initial investment of 200-250 trieu dong per hectare, the selling price is 10,000-20,000 dong/kg. The cumulative volume needed to recoup it differs twofold depending on the unit price. -
Turning a hill of scrubby trees into a guava orchard: 500 million dong a year supported by a Da Nang extension worker
In Que Son district, Da Nang city in central Vietnam, a hill of scrubland that had been logged bare has been reborn as an orchard. In 2023, Truong Van Arinh, who leads the local agricultural cooperative "HTX Nong nghiep Rung Bao," dug up a 3-hectare plot of poor acacia (keo) and planted the Taiwanese-type pear guava "oi le...
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