Durian, a delicious fruit from a billion dollar tree, in Tien Giang, farmers earn several billion from every 1 hectare.

Currently in Tien Giang , the price of Ri6 durian purchased by traders ranges from 135,000 VND to 140,000 VND/kg, an increase of about 30% compared to last month. With an average durian yield of 20 tons to 25 tons/ha, each hectare of durian harvested at the right time now, after deducting costs, farmers earn a profit of no less than several billion VND.

Currently, farmers in durian growing areas in Tien Giang province are starting to harvest the off-season durian crop, which is expected to last until the upcoming Lunar New Year. Durian prices are also increasing sharply at this time.

Currently, Ri6 durian is purchased by traders at a price of 135,000 VND to 140,000 VND/kg, an increase of about 30% compared to last month.

With an average yield of 20 to 25 tons/ha, each hectare harvested at the right time now, after deducting costs, farmers earn a profit of no less than several billion VND.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu planted 2,000 ^m2 of durian in Cam Son commune, Cai Lay district (Tien Giang province) and said that although durian is valuable, this year's off-season crop had complicated weather and hydrological conditions, severe drought in the dry season and prolonged storms in the rainy season, so many farmers lost their crops because the trees did not flower, and if they did flower, it was difficult to set fruit, and productivity was greatly reduced.

Accordingly, usually, around April or May every year, farmers start to process durian trees to flower and the durian garden will be harvested from November onwards. At this time, durian has a good price, farmers earn high profits.

In addition, due to the impact of drought in the last dry season, durian gardens were exhausted, so many households cut the crop and did not treat it, but took care of it to recover it in preparation for the next crop in 2025.

Low and limited supply while domestic and export demand is large is also one of the reasons for the sharp increase in durian prices during the off-season in Tien Giang province.

Harvesting off-season durian in Cai Lay district, Tien Giang province. The price of Ri6 durian in Tien Giang is increasing sharply from 135,000 VND to 145,000 VND/kg, helping durian growers earn billions of VND/ha. That is why many people compare growing durian to growing "billion-dollar trees".

According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tien Giang province, durian is one of the specialty fruits with high economic value, an important source of agricultural export products of the locality.

The whole province has over 22,000 hectares of durian, concentrated in the districts and towns in the western flood control zone: Cai Lay district, Cai Be district, Cai Lay town, Chau Thanh district... with an annual output of about 440,000 tons of fruit.

To further promote the strengths of specialty crops, the locality focuses on transferring intensive farming techniques and encouraging farmers to synchronously apply scientific measures to achieve high productivity and output.

In particular, the durian flowering process is spread out to harvest fruit in the off-season, avoiding harvesting in the main season to reduce the risk of bumper crops, market overcrowding, and price loss.

At the same time, in an effort to take advantage of the opportunity for durian to be officially exported to China and other countries, Tien Giang province is interested in building growing area codes and packaging facility codes to serve the official export of durian to the Chinese market as well as other countries.

According to Mr. Tran Hoang Nhat Nam, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tien Giang province, the whole province currently has 409 fruit growing areas for export with a total area of ​​over 25,000 hectares, including 155 durian growing area codes with a total area of ​​nearly 7,000 hectares, creating an agricultural raw material area that is officially granted export to China.

Thanks to favorable durian exports and stable output, localities in the flood control area of ​​Tien Giang province, which have built large concentrated durian growing areas, are increasingly prosperous and successful in building new rural areas.

Typically, Cai Lay district, Cai Lay town, Cai Be district located in the western flood control area have been recognized as completing the goal of building new rural areas.

Notably, Long Khanh commune (Cai Lay town), Cam Son commune (Cai Lay district, Tien Giang province) in January 2024 also announced the successful launch of model new rural communes.

These are localities that, thanks to the transition towards "living with floods", have built specialized durian growing areas with large commodity output, making important contributions to promoting socio-economic development and innovation in agriculture - farmers - rural areas in the locality.

Source: https://danviet.vn/sau-rieng-loai-qua-ngon-tu-cay-tien-ty-la-cay-sau-rieng-o-tien-giang-cu-1ha-nong-dan-lai-vai-ty-20241121235054701.htm