(HBO) - As August comes, custard apple in Thu Phong commune (Cao Phong) enters the harvest season. This year, the fruit has a good season and high quality, promising a significant income for growers.
With more than 400 trees under harvest, Pham Thi
Thao's family in Dinh Cun village, Thu Phong commune (Cao Phong), expects to
earn about 150 million VND (6,208 USD).
Custard apple has been grown on Thu Phong land for a long
time. With the economic value it brings about, over recent years, many
households have invested in planting this kind of fruit and expanding its area.
Currently, the whole commune has over 27 hectares, mainly in Dinh Cun hamlet.
Dinh Cun custard apple is famous for its quality and size, because of the
farmers' ability to cultivate and take special care of it, and fragrant, and
has a distinctive sweet taste.
To develop the brand of Dinh Cun custard apple, Thu Phong
commune has encouraged locals to focus on production processes in accordance
with Vietgap standards to ensure food safety and hygiene, and look for and
develop new varieties with high quality. Recently, the commune mobilised
households to establish a cooperative group with 25 members. At the end of
2022, this product obtained 3-star OCOP (one commune one product)
certification.
Vu The Dung, Chairman of Thu Phong Commune People's
Committee, said that the recognition of Thu Phong custard apple as a 3-star
OCOP product has created favourable opportunities for growers, as they can be
supported and guided on how to ensure the quality of the fruit during
transportation.
Bui Van Dan, head of the Agriculture and Rural Development
Desk of Cao Phong district, said that the district People's Committee has
directed relevant agencies and localities to determine the planting area and
process in order to maintain the Cao Phong custard apple brand so that it can
become one of the key crops of Thu Phong commune.
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