RoK firm wants to bring Ninh Thuan chilli abroad
CJ Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will cooperate with the central
province of Ninh Thuan to grow about 500-600ha of chilli plants under an
agreement inked in Phan Rang-Thap Chap city on September 4.
CJ Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will cooperate with the central
province of Ninh Thuan to grow about 500-600ha of chilli plants under an
agreement inked in Phan Rang-Thap Chap city on September 4.
Under the agreement, CJ Group will provide chilli seeds and technologies to local farmers and buy all chill produce.
Under the agreement, CJ Group will provide chilli seeds and technologies to local farmers and buy all chill produce.
CJ Group expects to harvest bout 3,000 tonnes of dried chillies each year, which will then be shipped to CJ Group’s processing factories based in China, the RoK and several others in the world.
Chang Bok Sang, President of CJ Group in Vietnam, said the group wants to plant ten varieties of chilli imported from China and the RoK on a trial basis for one year.
If the result is good, the group will carry out a decade-long project, starting from 2014, he said, adding that the group will build a chilli processing and packaging factory in the province.
Ninh Thuan province has more than 562 hectares of chilli, mostly in Ninh Hai and Ninh Phuoc districts, and Phan Rang-Thap Cham and Thuan Bac cities, with a capacity averaging 20 tonnes per hectare.-VNA
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