Since the beginning of the season, Vietnam’s chili pepper prices in Thanh Hóa have continuously risen. In particular, these prices have been reaching 80,000 to nearly 100,000 đồng per kilogram. They are the highest prices in several years. A good harvest combined with high prices of Vietnamese chili has made local farmers very happy.
Ms. Vũ Thị Quyền is a local farmer from Ái Hamlet, Định Hải Commune, Thanh Hóa Province. Since the beginning of November, she has been almost daily in her chili fields, tending and harvesting the crop. With 4 sào of small chili, her family’s cultivation area has reduced by half compared to the previous season. However, the value of Vietnam’s chili pepper has increased many times over.
Vietnam’s chili pepper
According to Ms. Quyền, except on extremely cold days when the chili ripens more slowly, her family can harvest daily. On cold days, they must be harvested every other day. On average, her family picks about 60 kilograms of chili per day, earning five million VND. Since the start of the season, she has earned 200 million VND from Vietnam’s chili pepper sales.
Similarly, Nguyễn Thị Nhượng, another farmer, is busy harvesting more than two sào of Vietnam’s chili. From this area, she has earned nearly 100 million VND since the start of the season.
According to local residents, this is the season with the highest chili income for farmers since 2016. Vietnam’s chili pepper prices have remained high for over two months since the start of the season. The Department of Agriculture explains that the high prices are due to damage to many chili-growing areas in Central Vietnam caused by early-season floods, creating strong domestic demand.
Vietnam’s chili pepper farm
Export demand to China has also increased, but limited supply means traders cannot easily purchase large quantities. Yên Định District currently has 635 hectares of Vietnam’s chili pepper ready for harvest. With high prices and good market absorption, farmers are paying more attention to chili cultivation.
Thanh Hóa currently has nearly 1,300 hectares of winter chili, most of which are the hybrid Demon chili variety. After about 2.5 months of cultivation, Vietnam’s chili pepper is ready for harvest. The harvesting period usually lasts from early November to April of the following year.
Each sào of Vietnamsese fresh chili, if well cared for, can yield more than one ton. With chili prices as high as they are this year, farmers can earn profits of billions of VND per hectare.
Vietnamese source: https://truyenhinhthanhhoa.vn/nong-dan-thu-nhap-cao-tu-cay-ot-vu-dong-1808326617.htm