Rau loot, a wild vegetable with a funny name, a person from Nghe An successfully grows it, earning nearly 1 billion/ha

From a wild vegetable growing wild on the banks of shrimp ponds and saline fields, Mr. Tran Van Quan, a farmer in Quynh Vinh commune (Hoang Mai town, Nghe An province) has successfully grown and cared for it to become a specialty vegetable of Nghe An with high economic efficiency.

1 hectare of wild vegetables - jujube in Doi field, Mai Hung ward (Hoang Mai town, Nghe An province) of Mr. Tran Van Quan brings in an income of nearly 1 billion VND/year.

Mr. Tran Van Quan, born in 1984 in village 13, Quynh Vinh commune, Hoang Mai town, started growing jujube about 6 years ago.

In 2018, Mr. Quan returned to his hometown from the South to start a business. He noticed that the wild water mimosa plant growing in shrimp ponds and saline soil in Quynh Di and Mai Hung wards was picked by people and sold at the market at quite high prices.

Therefore, he researched and bid for 1 hectare of saline land in Bat field, Mai Hung ward to grow jute.

He drilled wells, invested in an automatic irrigation system, hired machines, and workers to prepare the soil into rows to grow this specialty wild vegetable.

Workers of Xu Nghe Watermelon Cooperative, Hoang Mai Town (Nghe An Province) harvest watermelon to sell to other provinces and restaurants.

At first, due to lack of techniques for growing and caring for the plant, it grew slowly and wilted, so he had to pull it out.

After a period of learning, he combined growing vegetable seedlings and sowing seeds, so he propagated the water spinach to other fields. Now he has the initiative to source seeds.

However, when the jujube tree grew and produced products, Mr. Quan encountered difficulties in selling them, so he suffered a lot of losses.

Mr. Quan takes care of, weeds, and harvests the jute plants carefully and meticulously.

Due to lack of experience in harvesting and preserving, the loquat leaves are often damaged and customers do not accept them and have to throw them away.

Mr. Tran Van Quan shared: "The initial stage was very difficult and arduous. Without will and determination, we would not be where we are today.

I myself had to spend time and effort to explore, research and gain experience in the process of breeding and caring for vegetables to grow and produce quality products. It was a process that took me years to do.

With determination, Mr. Quan has continuously researched and studied the care, harvesting and preservation of jute.

In 2021, Mr. Quan and 6 other colleagues established Nghe An Nhot Vegetable Cooperative, of which he is the director, widely promoting the product to consumers.

Currently, Nghe An jute is available in many provinces and cities across the country and in restaurants in the province.

To have jute leaves to sell every day, Mr. Quan has to plant one crop after another, harvest in a rolling cycle, and sell 5-6 tons of jute leaves each month.

Including the types of jujube sold as: sold in bulk for 10,000-15,000 VND/kg, the cleaned jujube supplied to restaurants in big cities costs from 20,000-30,000 VND/kg.

Loquat vegetables are harvested every year for 9-10 months, with revenue reaching nearly 1 billion VND/year. In addition, Nghe An Loquat Vegetable Cooperative also creates regular jobs for 10 workers with an average income of 6-7 million VND/month.

Water mimosa - a special wild vegetable - is carefully cared for so it grows well and can be harvested after 9-10 months.

Loquat vegetables are grown on saline soil without using chemical fertilizers or pesticides, but mainly using organic microbial fertilizers that have been composted for over 3 months to ensure quality, safety, and cleanliness.

However, taking care of vegetables requires meticulous care from weeding, fertilizing, watering, and harvesting.

In the coming time, Mr. Quan will continue to expand the area of ​​growing more jute, building the brand of jute from Nghe An into a product that meets OCOP standards.

Through building the rau loot brand, we will contribute to bringing vegetable products to markets in big cities, to supermarket systems, clean vegetable stores, and to consumers nationwide.

Leaders of Hoang Mai Town (Nghe An Province) visited the model of Nghe An jute vegetable. From a wild vegetable growing on saline soil, jute vegetable has now become a popular specialty vegetable.

Source: https://danviet.vn/rau-nhot-loai-rau-dai-ten-nghe-mac-cuoi-mot-nguoi-nghe-an-trong-thanh-cong-thu-gan-1-ty-ha-20240627191317872.htm