Close-up of giant taro harvest in Trinh Tuong

From a small-scale crop, taro has grown to become the main crop of Trinh Tuong commune. In 2025, the locality planted over 60 hectares of taro, nearly double the previous year, contributing to increasing income and reducing poverty for the people.

After careful care (fertilizing after 1 - 2 months, top dressing after 3 - 4 months), from October to November, taro can be harvested.

Taro tubers in Trinh Tuong commune are of high quality, weighing from 1 to 4 kg, with some tubers weighing 5 kg if well cared for.

The taro area of ​​Ms. Ly Thi Anh's family (left of photo) in Na Lung village has begun to wither, signaling the harvest season. This year, Ms. Anh's family planted more than 1 hectare of taro, and if the selling price is stable, it will bring the family about 100 million VND.

Taro plants help many households earn a good income. It is estimated that if the selling price is stable at 10-15 thousand VND/kg, people will earn more than 100 million VND/ha of taro. Compared to cassava, taro brings many times higher value and has become an effective poverty-reducing crop. Particularly in Na Lung village, taro has contributed to reducing the number of poor households in the village from 16 households (in 2023) to 8 households (in 2025).

Currently, taro has become the main crop of many families in Trinh Tuong commune, most of which are concentrated in Na Lung village with more than 80 households participating in planting. This year, the yield and quality of taro are stable, the total output of Na Lung village is about 900 tons of tubers.

Not only selling wholesale to traders, some households in Trinh Tuong commune also bring taro to the roadside to sell retail to get higher prices.

With suitable soil and climate, the area after the merger is large, Trinh Tuong commune is expanding the taro growing area to other villages. However, the problem of consumption, deep processing to build brands, and bring products to supermarkets is a problem that the locality is trying to solve, in order to consolidate and increase the value of the products.

Trinh Tuong commune is actively supporting people with techniques for planting, caring for, and harvesting taro, and is working with businesses to stably consume products; there is a plan to establish a Na Lung village taro cooperative to operate more systematically.

In recent years, many households in Trinh Tuong commune have had high incomes thanks to growing taro.

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