Cacao trees intercropped in coconut garden of a farmer in Ben Tre are harvested. (Photo: Dinh Hue / VNA)

With this price, organic cacao plantation intercropped coconut trees, farmers will have additional income from 40-50 million VND / ha / year.

To this current time, Tien Giang Province has expanded the area of ​​cocoa trees over 2,300ha mainly intercrop in coconut gardens and others friuts. In particular, in order to meet exporting demand, farmers planted 300ha organic cacao tree with 720 participated households

Growing organic cocoa farmers do not use any fertilizers or chemical pesticides but use fertilizer derived organic manure over rotten, the kind of coco peat, cocoa shells, grass incubated item ... Currently, production of cocoa in Tien Giang province did not meet procurement needs of four large enterprises at local.

Tien Giang province is implementing projects of developing 5.000ha cacao trees and establising operator board to implement the project of developing cocoa. It is also orientation of investments that brings higher income to farmers. /

Source: tintucnongnghiep