date:Mar 15, 2023
Farmers in Vietnams main pomelo growing area, the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, are earning no profits from the fruit since prices have fallen sharply over the last two years. Traders have been paying farmers VND15,000-21,000 (US$0.64-0.89) per kilogram during the period, down from VND40,000-50,000 in previous years. Earlier this month a farmer in the provinces Chau Thanh District harvested over seven tons of pomelo from his four-hectare orchard and sold them for VND21,000 per kilogram. He e