Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have reapedlarge profit since they turned their coffee acreage into babycauliflower farms.
Baby cauliflower is a new, imported hybridvegetable. According to agricultural experts, baby cauliflower is softand has a sweet taste.
Farmer Pham Van To was among the firstbaby cauliflower growers in Ninh Loan Commune, Duc Trong District. Hisfamily once owned 2,000sq.m of coffee plantation. Due to unstable coffeeprices on local markets, in late 2014, his family decided to turn thetotal coffee growing acreage into a baby cauliflower growing greenhouse.
He has signed a consumption contract with Tien Huy OrganicVegetable Cooperative, under which the cooperative provides seedlingsand technology transferring for the farmer family. It also purchases alltheir vegetables at a stable price.
The whole process ofgrowing vegetables is closely supervised by the cooperative'sagricultural experts. It includes selecting seeds, planting, caring, andharvesting, as well as aiming at supplying high-quality vegetables tomarkets.
To's family harvests some 1.7 tonnes of vegetablesevery month. At 30,000 VND (1.4 USD) per kg, he signed a contract withTien Huy Cooperative and earns 50 million VND (roughly 2,300 USD) amonth.
In a greenhouse of 6,000sq.m, Cao Chu Van, a farmer inDa Lat City grows several vegetable varieties, including a large acreageof baby cauliflower.
His family's high-tech farming method yields good results.
Four years ago, Vo Tien Huy, a farmer in Hiep An Commune, Duc TrongDistrict, came to Van's greenhouse to learn high-tech farmingtechniques. The two farmers decided to cooperate and developed agrowing-and-consumption model for several kinds of organic vegetables ina 1,000sq.m greenhouse.
The two earned 70 million-80 million VND (3,400 - 3,900 USD) last year.
Sharing his experience of growing baby cauliflower in a greenhouse,Van noted that farming technique was enforced in a very strict manner,including three steps: watering, preventing insect infections, andharvesting.
Huy said his family's income has increased four-fold since they started high-tech organic vegetable farming.
He also saw great potential in baby cauliflower's consumption market.-VNA
Baby cauliflower is a new, imported hybridvegetable. According to agricultural experts, baby cauliflower is softand has a sweet taste.
Farmer Pham Van To was among the firstbaby cauliflower growers in Ninh Loan Commune, Duc Trong District. Hisfamily once owned 2,000sq.m of coffee plantation. Due to unstable coffeeprices on local markets, in late 2014, his family decided to turn thetotal coffee growing acreage into a baby cauliflower growing greenhouse.
He has signed a consumption contract with Tien Huy OrganicVegetable Cooperative, under which the cooperative provides seedlingsand technology transferring for the farmer family. It also purchases alltheir vegetables at a stable price.
The whole process ofgrowing vegetables is closely supervised by the cooperative'sagricultural experts. It includes selecting seeds, planting, caring, andharvesting, as well as aiming at supplying high-quality vegetables tomarkets.
To's family harvests some 1.7 tonnes of vegetablesevery month. At 30,000 VND (1.4 USD) per kg, he signed a contract withTien Huy Cooperative and earns 50 million VND (roughly 2,300 USD) amonth.
In a greenhouse of 6,000sq.m, Cao Chu Van, a farmer inDa Lat City grows several vegetable varieties, including a large acreageof baby cauliflower.
His family's high-tech farming method yields good results.
Four years ago, Vo Tien Huy, a farmer in Hiep An Commune, Duc TrongDistrict, came to Van's greenhouse to learn high-tech farmingtechniques. The two farmers decided to cooperate and developed agrowing-and-consumption model for several kinds of organic vegetables ina 1,000sq.m greenhouse.
The two earned 70 million-80 million VND (3,400 - 3,900 USD) last year.
Sharing his experience of growing baby cauliflower in a greenhouse,Van noted that farming technique was enforced in a very strict manner,including three steps: watering, preventing insect infections, andharvesting.
Huy said his family's income has increased four-fold since they started high-tech organic vegetable farming.
He also saw great potential in baby cauliflower's consumption market.-VNA
