Heat wave leads to bumper kumquat harvest in Ben Tre

The prolonged hot weather has helped farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre reap a bumper harvest of kumquat fruits for export.

Farmers in the province said the fruit was being exported to many regional countries includingLaos , Thailand and Cambodia .

The hot weather has created favourable conditions for large quantities of kumquat in the districts of Mo Cay Bac, Mo Cay Nam , Chau Thanh and Cho Lach.

Traders are buying the fruit from farmers for 6,000 VND – 8,000 VNDper kilo, double last year’s prices. At local markets, kumquats are being sold at 9,000 VND – 10,000 VND per kilo and at 15,000 VND – 17,000 VND per kilo for the best quality, an increase of 3,000 VND – 4,000 VNDper kilo over last year.

Kumquat farmers in the province say they have been able to earn profits of more than 200 million VND (11,000 USD) from each hectare.

Tags: Vietnam kumquat

Posted by VBN on Apr 20 2010. Filed under Agriculture. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry