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Sweet jaggery season

( Update: 11/08/2014 )

The An Giang Khmer palm tree is considered valuable natural resources that nature has bestowed on everyone that they should be preserved.

Seven Mountain Region (An Giang) has about 60,000 palm trees, are grown in the mountain commune Christ, O Lam, An Instant (Triton), An Cu and An Hao, Van Church (Tinh Bien). The last few years, palmyra tree helped many families get out of poverty, rather up and solve jobs for thousands of workers by tapping and jaggery processing.
Present at the An Giang tourist attraction in this moment, we saw the fruit bowl filled fresh jaggery and products made from jaggery. In addition to fresh jaggery, dried pulp, soft drinks ... then jaggery is also consumed. Currently, the price per cup fresh jaggery from 6000 - 8.000d and rice prices is posing 25.000d/kg said.

Anh Luong Chau resort near Nui Cam (An Hao - Tinh Bien) said: "We planted 100 palm trees, plants grow 18-20 last year for fruit, fruit year-round, but summer focused Each day gather from 200-250 jaggery and inspiring results on 100 liters of water are brought back road. Just 6 liters of water to produce 1kg of sugar for 25.000d/kg finished, high-income re healthy.

With an experience of many years harvested palmyra, just look crust, can guess within ripening, known intestinal sweet or soft fruits are ripe rice. After distributing the new retail outlets stripped brown outer crust and then selling them to tourists. "

With left palm, the lives of local residents Seven Mountains border today was much better.

Phuong Nghi / nongnghiep.vn