Some 15 outstanding coconut farmers and 11 coconut exporters werehonoured in a ceremony on April 10 in the Mekong Delta of Ben Tre, partof the fourth annual local Coconut Festival.
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee lauded the tireless effortof local farmers to maintain coconut production even as coconut pricesfell dramatically.
He encouraged the growers tocontinue developing the coconut industry by applying advancedtechnology in farming and boosting the values of coconut products,increasing their availability in international markets.
Ben Tre province is home to 163,000 households farming on 63,000hectares of coconut trees. They produce 500 million of coconuts and shipabout 200 million USD worth of coconut products abroad every year.
In the first quarter of this year, Ben Tre earned 35.2 million USDfrom exports of coconut products, a decrease of 16.9 percent year onyear.-VNA
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee lauded the tireless effortof local farmers to maintain coconut production even as coconut pricesfell dramatically.
He encouraged the growers tocontinue developing the coconut industry by applying advancedtechnology in farming and boosting the values of coconut products,increasing their availability in international markets.
Ben Tre province is home to 163,000 households farming on 63,000hectares of coconut trees. They produce 500 million of coconuts and shipabout 200 million USD worth of coconut products abroad every year.
In the first quarter of this year, Ben Tre earned 35.2 million USDfrom exports of coconut products, a decrease of 16.9 percent year onyear.-VNA
