Grafting renovated old orchard
In Binh Phuoc, in 2011 - 2015, the area under cultivation declined rapidly (about 20,000 hectares) due to low yields, farmers cut down massively. Facing this situation, requires functional departments at all levels should take measures to stabilize the area, and take measures to improve cashew yield.
According to agricultural experts, immediate urgent tasks set for this sector of Binh Phuoc is to promote the improvement orchard. The best measure is to promote graft stages, because if the new plant will affect the lives of farmers, from 5 to 6 years will have no income.
Based on the idea of renovating the orchard grafting of some farmers in Ha Long Commune, Bu Gia Map District (now the communes of Phu Rieng district) in the form of grafting was effective, high yield, Binh Phuoc Hoi Article in collaboration with the Vietnam Cashew Association, provincial Farmers Association, Horticulture Station - plant Protection construction of 41 model districts with an area of 41 hectares. This is an area that productivity, low quality implementation of the orchard grafting yield and quality in Bu Gia Map District, Bu Dang, Dong Phu and Dong Xoai Town.
Mr. Hoang Van Tan, 8 Long Ha village, Phu Rieng district, said: "Since 2001 I have started renovating transplant, remove old branches, breeding achieve high yields, good for transplant models. Up to now, I succeeded several models ".
Through this reality show that transplanted trees, new branches grafted vitality healthy and many times more than the old cashew trees. Scion resistance very good, a lot of flowers, many times and the rate is very high fruit flowers. Branches grafted to the nuts, have, make, and no black particles, an average of 120 seeds / kg to traders buy at high prices. Growers very excited, learn and apply.
Grafting renovated old orchard has helped farmers increase productivity, improve quality cashew nuts than 4-5 times higher than before. From here, people can get rich cashew cashew, cashew sustainable development, get rid of the chorus "planting - tightly, tightly - grown" due to low productivity and inefficiency in recent years. With this method, currently has more than 1,000 hectares of the people that have been renovated.
Nguyen Van Hung, Chairman of the Peasants Long Ha Phu Rieng district, Binh Phuoc said, now this model is also other provinces to visit, study.
Currently, Binh Phuoc's cashew nuts account for about 50% of cashew nut exports of the country. Machinery manufacturing, processing cashew nuts are the experts rated very modern in its efforts to advance the goals of sustainable development of the cashew sector. 2016 season, the price of fresh cashew nuts ranges from 32,000 VND to 35,000 VND / kg made many people very excited.
Besides, the productivity of the orchard in the province there are significant steps forwards. In 2009 the average yield of cashew nuts in Binh Phuoc reach 940 kg / ha in 2016, it was raised to 1.4 tonnes / ha. Along with that, it's the export market of Binh Phuoc has constantly expanded, not only exports to China and the US, but also exported to new markets as European countries like the Netherlands, UK