A total of 754 households with 837 hectares of pepper in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have received Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) certificates under a three-year project.
Pepper growers in Gia Lai province are developing pepper plants from Sri Lanka, instead of local varieties, however some agricultural experts are wary of its development potential.
The south’s key economic provinces have recently shifted focus from agricultural to non-agricultural sectors, resulting in a serious shortage of agricultural workers during harvest season.