After a long decline, the price of coconut is recovering strongly, the coconut farmers specialized areas in Tan Phu Dong, Cho Gao, Go Cong Tay Tien Giang province is very excited.
Here, coconut prices from the beginning of the year to continuously increase and hold the 60.000-70.000 and / dozen (12 left), nearly doubled compared with the end of 2012. However, the coconut is limited by currently in service against the hot and dry season, not favorable for coconut trees bearing fruit.
Cause coconut prices recovered quickly thanks to favorable output; dry season demand including exports and domestic consumption, the beverage in fierce hot time in the southern provinces.
Tien Giang is on 13.000ha coconut-growing annual output of about 100,000 tons, a source of valuable agricultural commodity exports, to help farmers increase their income, stabilize their lives.
For more difficult coastal districts of the province such as Go Cong Dong and Go Cong Tay, Cho Gao and Island Tan Phu District East, coconut been identified as main crops.
Notably, through the promotion of agriculture, agricultural technology transfer, the provincial agriculture to help farmers improve the efficiency of intensive coconut, increase productivity, yield and quality of coconut fruit meet market demand, creating jobs for rural workers.
Currently, coconut signs back to the heyday, bringing great joy to the people of specialized areas, and motivate rural agriculture-Tien Giang coastal flourishes. /.
According to Minh Trí (TTXVN)
