(HBO) - Binh Thanh Commune - new orange fruit growing of Cao Phong District, has been growing citrus fruit trees for about 10 years. Mr. Bui Tien Ban, living in Mo Village 2 is considered to be the first person to plant orange trees in this area.

Orange fruit trees started growing in Binh Thanh in 2008. Up till now, the area of ​​citrus fruit trees, mainly orange trees, has reached nearly 40 hectares, of which there are about 25 hectares in the exploitation period, 10 hectares in the growing and developing period. Among the orange growers in Binh Thanh commune, besides Mr. Bui Tien Ban, Mr. Duong Nhu Mung is another typical grower. He has ​​orange and pomelo trees planted in the area of 11 hectares. There are about 30 citrus fruit growers, which can be established Nhat Minh cooperative commune producing and consuming oranges with 16 households.

 

 

Orange orchard of Bui Tien Ban, Mo Village 2, Binh Thanh commune,(Cao Phong) with billions of dollars in revenue a year.

 Nowadays, no one doubts the suitability and adaptability of these citrus fruit trees in this new land. According to the local orange and tangerine growers, the natural condition is quite favorable with less rime. Especially, the results of the soil and water samples analyzed and tested have ensured that the condition is really good for irrigation and growing. This is the most important facts for the households to continue expanding the orange growing area with a high quantity. This crop, the gardeners calculate that the quantity of orange and tangerine fruit trees can reach up to 50 - 60 tons / ha.

 Thanks to the development of the safe orange growing area applying of VietGAP production process, oranges and tangerines are trusted and highly appreciated by customers in the markets in and outside the province. The selling price at the gardens is kept at 22,000 VND/ kg with the view of consumption in the systems of Clean Food stores. 

 With the stable price, the high quality of VietGAP oranges in Binh Thanh commune has remained constant. More and more growers are investing in growing fruit trees complying with the safety standards. Among them, Bui Tien Ban’s orange garden in Mo Village 2 has been appointed as one of the most beautiful orange orchards at Orange Festivals in Cao Phong district.

 

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