The Vietnam Cassava Association (VCA) organised a conference insouthern Tay Ninh province to seek to reap higher output for cassava,which is viewed as one of the staples helping eliminate hunger in thecountry.
Jointly hosted by the Tay Ninh provincial People’sCommittee, the January 15 event brought together representatives fromChina and Thailand’s cassava associations, ASEAN business partners,local experts and enterprises across the country in the field.
Mainly shipped to China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Malaysia, cassavaand cassava products are currently the fourth largest hard currencyearner of Vietnam’s agriculture sector, following coffee, rice andcashew nut.
Around 3 million tonnes of the products are exported every year, bringing home more than 1.3 billion USD.
According to VCA, Vietnam plants nearly 600,000 hectares of cassavaannually at an average yield of 17.63 tonnes per hectare.
Tay Ninh province ranks first in terms of average yield and second in cultivation area.
It has over 50,000 hectares grown with cassava with per-ha yield of 31.7 tonnes.
It is now home to 45 out of 88 cassava starch factories across thecountry. These plants boast a combined capacity of 750,000 tonnes ofstarch per year.
Bui Cong Ngoc, a local farmer, said afteryears of growing low yield crops, his family gave cassava a try and soondiscovered its economic efficiency. He has been growing cassava sincethen and 10 years after, he owns 10 hectares of cassava with an averageoutput of 50 tonnes per hectare.
Chairman of the VCA Nguyen VanLang expressed his belief that cassava will become one of the stapleshelping reduce poverty in Vietnam in the long run.
There is anurgent need to apply advanced technology and adopt improved varietiesinto cultivation in order to boost the crop output and increasecompetitiveness, he added.-VNA
Jointly hosted by the Tay Ninh provincial People’sCommittee, the January 15 event brought together representatives fromChina and Thailand’s cassava associations, ASEAN business partners,local experts and enterprises across the country in the field.
Mainly shipped to China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Malaysia, cassavaand cassava products are currently the fourth largest hard currencyearner of Vietnam’s agriculture sector, following coffee, rice andcashew nut.
Around 3 million tonnes of the products are exported every year, bringing home more than 1.3 billion USD.
According to VCA, Vietnam plants nearly 600,000 hectares of cassavaannually at an average yield of 17.63 tonnes per hectare.
Tay Ninh province ranks first in terms of average yield and second in cultivation area.
It has over 50,000 hectares grown with cassava with per-ha yield of 31.7 tonnes.
It is now home to 45 out of 88 cassava starch factories across thecountry. These plants boast a combined capacity of 750,000 tonnes ofstarch per year.
Bui Cong Ngoc, a local farmer, said afteryears of growing low yield crops, his family gave cassava a try and soondiscovered its economic efficiency. He has been growing cassava sincethen and 10 years after, he owns 10 hectares of cassava with an averageoutput of 50 tonnes per hectare.
Chairman of the VCA Nguyen VanLang expressed his belief that cassava will become one of the stapleshelping reduce poverty in Vietnam in the long run.
There is anurgent need to apply advanced technology and adopt improved varietiesinto cultivation in order to boost the crop output and increasecompetitiveness, he added.-VNA
