In Thanh Ha lychee growing area, Hai Duong province, this year, the rate of lychee flowering is much higher than the previous season. This predicts a bountiful lychee crop, with favorable weather conditions in the near future.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue, Head of Agriculture Department of Thanh Ha district, the weather at the beginning of the litchi season is quite favorable for litchi plants to differentiate flower buds and flower, so the rate of litchi flowering reaches over 90%. Currently, the litchi teas are in bloom fruit set.
Some areas of lychee and white eggs are bearing young fruit. Through monitoring and evaluation, it is likely that there will be a good litchi crop, but the season will be 15-20 days slower than last year.
Thanh Ha currently has about 3,300 ha of lychee, concentrated in localities in the planned concentrated lychee production area, of which, about 1,700 ha of early lychee and about 1,600 ha of main season lychee.
Nearly 500 hectares of Thanh Ha lychees are recognized as meeting VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards. In 2023, it is expected that another 200ha will be recognized as VietGAP.
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In order for this year’s lychee consumption to be favorable, Thanh Ha district is directing production teams, the People’s Committees of communes to coordinate with the consulting, monitoring and certification units to meet VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards to complete the procedures. dossiers for assessment and certification of standardization, creating favorable conditions for the promotion and consumption of fabrics.
At the same time, the locality actively cooperates with specialized agencies of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Hai Duong guide individuals and organizations to compile dossiers, complete the request for the code of the packing establishment or maintain the code in advance.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue, in 2023, Thanh Ha will maintain 11 codes of packing establishments that have been granted and register a new number of packing establishments to be eligible to export lychees to the Chinese market.
In the past time, Thanh Ha has exploited the potential, advantages and planning, developing into concentrated lychee areas. Early lychee varieties include egg, pink, dark, and hybrid varieties that are concentrated in communes such as Thanh Quang, Thanh Hong, Thanh Cuong, Vinh Lap, and Thanh Son. The main lychee growing season is concentrated in Thanh Son, Thanh Thuy, Thanh Khe, Thanh Xa communes, Thanh Ha town.
Thanh Ha lychee brand is increasingly known by domestic and foreign consumers. In 2007, the product was granted a certificate of geographical indication by the National Office of Intellectual Property of “Thanh Ha lychee.”
Up to now, lychee has been recognized as a 4-star and 5-star OCOP product.
In addition to the domestic market, Thanh Ha lychee have been exported to many countries around the world. Currently, Thanh Ha district has 191 area codes for lychee growing areas for export to Japan, the United States, Australia, Thailand and China.
In the 2022 lychee crop, Thanh Ha lychee output reached 42,060 tons and brought in a value of VND 1,360 billion. With the desire to increase the value of the litchi crop in 2023, the district has been directing localities in the lychee production area to focus on strictly following the process of planting and taking care of lychee to achieve the highest quality and design. meet the increasing criteria of domestic and international markets.
Specifically, the agriculture department and the agricultural service center train farmers on the safe production process of lychee according to international standards, especially the process of preventing pests and diseases.
Professional staff in charge of production areas will strengthen coordination with communes with concentrated production areas to regularly check planting areas, monitor farmers in keeping a diary of litchi garden care and commit to only harvesting. when the fabric is ripe enough; Guiding and recommending farmers to choose suitable pesticides to prevent pests and diseases for lychee as recommended.
Manh Minh (VNA/Vietnam+)