The area and the output decline in Highlands

The area and the output decline in Highlands

According to the Permanent Steering Committee Highlands, the area planted trees in the Central Highlands is only about 70,000 hectares, down on 30,500 ha compared to 2010, in which the local Dak Lak area that fell the most from 45,000 hectares in 2010 to only 22,900 ha. Productivity of the Central Highlands which fell rapidly, from 25-30 kg / ha in 2010 this dropped to 10-12 kg / ha. Even thousands of hectares in some localities only 2-4 kg of cashew harvest / ha.

According to Page Quang Thanh, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Dak Lak, one area that causes rapid reduction is due to a large area of trees planted on gray soil, plant actually born in the same old, lack of intensive farming, output volatility should make cashew not compete with other plants. Most arable land that is ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands to grow rubber, coffee, cocoa, and other short-term crops such as maize, beans ... bring high economic efficiency more.

Ea Sup formerly the key areas of trees in Dak Lak province, with over 16,000 hectares but has transferred most of this area into planting material for paper or rubber to bring higher economic efficiency.

In Gia Lai province, since 2001, the province has invested over 29 billion plan is Krong Pa cashew key areas of the province and support ethnic minorities in area of over 10,000 hectares planted to provide natural data on 10,000 tons per year of crude for processing plants that export. But now, the focus of this tree is reduced to less than 4,000 ha.

Before this situation, the Central Highlands has instructed local authorities to survey, assess the area that is, determine the low yield orchard, planted with varieties were actually born on the basis of degradation that plan guide leads fellow replaced by the same thing as ES-04 compound, EK- 24, BD-01, KP- 11, KP- 12, DH 66, DH 67, B01 ... high yield, term institutional pests. The province also guide people gradually increase the level of intensive farming conditions, especially focused on the application of scientific and technical methods of producing things like care, fertilizing, pruning to shape ... not only yield, production, enabling ethnic minorities increased profits but also gradually ensure raw material for processing plants that export activity in the province. /.