Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences helps people restore precious grapefruit growing areas

Dai Minh grapefruit products in Yen Binh district, Yen Bai province, have suffered significant damage due to storm No. 3, heavy rains, and flooding from a hydroelectric reservoir, affecting nearly 40 hectares and causing substantial economic losses. The Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences and local authorities are implementing remedial measures, including soil aeration, lime application, drainage creation, and specific fertilization to aid tree recovery. Severely damaged trees are to be removed, the soil treated, and new trees replanted.

Dai Minh grapefruit products in Yen Binh district (Yen Bai province) have long been known as "royal grapefruit" because of their delicious taste and rich nutrition. Each year, grapefruit gardens bring in tens of billions of VND in income for local people. The whole commune currently has more than 425 hectares of grapefruit, many grapefruit areas are 60 - 70 years old, some trees are up to 200 years old. Due to the impact of storm No. 3, prolonged heavy rains and the release of floodwaters from the hydroelectric reservoir, flooding has occurred on a large scale in many communes of Yen Binh district, many grapefruit gardens in Kha Linh, Minh Than, Cau Mo villages (Dai Minh commune) have been damaged. Currently, many flooded grapefruit areas are losing leaves, fruits and dying en masse, many households have lost everything. According to Mr. Nguyen Kieu Hung, Party Secretary and Chairman of the People's Committee of Dai Minh commune, the whole commune has about 475 hectares of fruit ...