Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert'

In an area facing water shortage all year round in Bac Binh district, the south central province of Binh Thuan, high technologies have been applied to produce honeydew melons and dragon fruits.
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 1The honeydew lemon and dragon fruit farm of Pham Van Minh, Director of a hi-tech agriculture company, is located in Hong Lam hamlet of Hoa Thang commune, Bac Binh district (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 2A net house for farming honeydew melon in the farm (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 3Plants are watered by an automatic watering system (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 4A worker takes care of honeydew melon plants. There are 16 net houses for honeydew farming in the farm (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 5Up to 8,000 honeydew plants are cultivated in each net house in the farm, the highest density in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 6Net house farming generates three crops of honeydews each year (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 7Honeydew melons farmed in the 'little desert' have brought about high profit for growers (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 8Honeydew melons are sold at 65,000 - 75,000 VND per kg (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 9The farm in Bac Binh district also includes 2ha of dragon fruit plants (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 10The dragon fruit output is about 50 tonnes per ha (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 11Dragon fruit plants are also watered by an automatic watering system (Photo: VNA)
Agriculture bears fruit in 'little desert' ảnh 12Red-flesh dragon fruits here are sold at 35,000 - 45,000 VND per kg (Photo: VNA)
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