Bich Hao people have a good income from protecting natural sim trees.

These days, people in Bich Hao commune are entering the sim picking season. Each sim crop, households that enclose and protect natural sim trees also earn tens of millions of dong.

In recent years, many low mountainous areas in Bich Hao commune have been zoned off for planting, caring for sim trees, and harvesting fruits. Some areas, after a long period of growing acacia, have been converted to planting and caring for sim trees. Photo: Huy Thu

According to local people, this year the weather is favorable, with a lot of rain, so the sim fruit is quite fruitful, but the fruit is not as big as in previous years. Since the end of July, local people have begun to enter the sim harvest season. Photo: Huy Thu

In the past, sim fruit was just a wild fruit. In recent years, natural fruits have become popular, the effects of sim fruit are known to many people, sim has a high price on the market, many households in mountainous areas have protected sim trees, from which the area of ​​sim trees has been maintained and expanded. Photo: Huy Thu

On this occasion, the weather is hot, sim ripens a lot and quickly, so to ensure that it is not damaged, people take advantage of the time and harvest continuously. Picking sim on sunny days, people often go to the forest early, starting work before the sun rises. Photo: Huy Thu

According to local people, on sunny days, based on the number of ripe sims on the tree, people will pick them once every one or two days. Photo: Huy Thu

The hotter the sun, the sweeter the ripe sim. Mr. Phan Thai Son, Kim Son hamlet, Bich Hao commune, shared: His family fences and protects about 2 hectares of sim, on average each year selling sim fruit brings in nearly 50 million VND in income. Compared to other crops, sim gives a good income and has a long harvest. Photo: Huy Thu

Mr. Phan Thai Xuan, the owner of a large area of ​​wild sim trees in Kim Son hamlet, Bich Hao commune, said: His family has been enclosing several hectares of wild sim trees for more than 10 years. In addition to him and his wife, each sim crop, he also has to hire many workers to harvest them on time. This year, the sim crop is good, with an expected yield of 1.5 - 1.7 tons. According to Mr. Xuan, enclosing and cultivating sim trees does not require investment costs, provides a stable income, and the land is not dug up, limiting landslides during the rainy season. Photo: Huy Thu

On this occasion, the hired blackberry pickers are often paid by the blackberry hill owner according to the product. The picked blackberry fruit is brought home, 1kg is paid 10,000 VND. In the middle of the blackberry season, each working day, a person can pick 15 - 18 kg of blackberry fruit. Photo: Huy Thu

After being harvested, sim fruits are purchased on the spot at a price of 28,000 - 30,000 VND/kg. Sim fruits are purchased as much as they are picked. The ripe sim season is bringing income to many people in the mountains. Photo: Huy Thu

People of Bich Hao commune pick blackberries in the hot sun. Video : Huy Thu

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