A Hue farmer converts low-lying poor paddy to lotus, reaching 3-5 times rice cropping and an annual income of JPY 5.9 million
A farmer in Hue who switched poorly drained, low-lying bad fields to lotus (sen) is earning far more than from rice. Le Thi Hoai Uyen of Phu Bai expanded lotus planting from 2 ha to more than 15 ha, and the family's annual income has reached about one billion dong (about 5.9 million yen at roughly 170 dong to the yen). What would not bear fruit with rice...
