Cassava fields piled up as high as mountains at cassava processing facilities and factories; cassava gardens that have not been pulled up even though it is harvest time. A “bitter” cassava crop for cassava growers in Binh Phuoc .
At the beginning of the 2024-2025 cassava crop, the price drop, combined with crop failure, caused cassava growers to lose money. Farmers in Binh Phuoc are no exception. The current purchase price ranges from 1,800-1,900 VND/kg/30 degrees of flour. Compared to the previous crop, the price has decreased by 40-50%.
In the 2024-2025 cassava crop, Mr. Do Van Sang in Hamlet 6, Minh Lap Commune, Chon Thanh Town planted 50 hectares of high-yield cassava. Before the Lunar New Year of At Ty, due to the decrease in cassava prices, Mr. Sang only harvested about 30 hectares, waiting to sell the remaining 20 hectares after Tet. "I guessed that the price of cassava would increase after Tet because every year the price of cassava after Tet is usually higher. But I didn't expect that this year after Tet the price would drop sharply and it is expected to drop even more," Mr. Sang shared.
Pointing to the towering piles of noodles at the factory, Mr. Sang said: Every year, there is not enough noodles for factories in this area to produce, but this year there is too much surplus. We are big, long-term customers, so our partners still buy, but small growers have no outlet. Not only that, the weather has affected the flour content and yield of noodles this year, which is not as good as previous years. Growers have suffered double losses.
Mr. Vu Thanh Long in Hamlet 8, Tan Thanh Commune said: This year, I also went to pull cassava in many gardens in the province. The weather was hot and sunny, so most of the cassava gardens failed compared to the previous crop. In addition, cassava prices were too low, so garden owners were not as interested as in previous years. In general, cassava growers suffered losses this year.
Having grown cassava for more than 10 years, this is the first crop season that Mr. Tong Quang Thong in Hamlet 6, Tan Thanh Commune has suffered heavy losses. According to Mr. Thong, with the current plummeting cassava prices, 200 hectares of cassava will cause him to lose 3-4 billion VND.
Regarding the reason for the sharp drop in cassava prices, Mr. Thong said that it was due to the decrease in demand from domestic cassava starch processing factories, especially the difficult export market. “Now, when we bring cassava to the factory, they still receive it, but the cassava flour cannot be exported. People are losing too much. Now, we hope that the State will have solutions to support exporting enterprises, then cassava growers will have hope,” Mr. Thong confided.
Currently, Taiwan, China and the Philippines are the three largest import markets for Vietnamese noodles. According to the Import-Export Department ( Ministry of Industry and Trade ), in 2024, China's demand for noodles and noodle products will slow down, while Vietnam's noodle exports are still heavily dependent on the Chinese market, and have not taken advantage of opportunities to expand export markets to EU countries, Korea, Japan, the US, etc. |
According to cassava growers in the province, every year, the amount of fresh cassava is not enough to supply cassava starch production facilities. However, this year, there are factories that only buy a small amount. “A few years ago, cassava prices were high, so traders from many provinces and cities came to the factory to transport goods, but this year no one came to buy goods. For example, the factory where I work, the starch cannot be sold, so there is a lot of inventory. The cassava producers are in trouble,” said Mr. Nguyen Ngoc An in Hamlet 7, Minh Lap Commune.
Mr. Thong said: “Compared to the 2023-2024 crop, the price of cassava this year has decreased by 40-50%. Hopefully next year the price will be good, the harvest will be good so that people will not suffer.” As for Mr. Sang: “We are collecting seeds to plant a new crop. Hopefully next season the price of cassava will be good so that farmers can recover their capital.”
Source: https://baobinhphuoc.com.vn/news/4/170221/nguoi-trong-mi-thiet-hai-kep
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