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Dried lotus seeds Hung Yen is rated high quality and stability.
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01/04/2015
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Ups and downs in the career as dried lotus seeds Hong Nam Commune (Hung Yen)
(CPV) - Selected as one of the products of typical rural industrial center of the province, many years of dried lotus seeds Hong Nam Commune (Hung Yen city) were widely available in the market and abroad. However, before the fierce competition of today's marketplace, serving as dried lotus seeds are so endangered one.
Creating jobs and stable income
The first day of the new year the Horse Armor, visited the production facilities of his family Trinh Van Hung (Ne Chau village, Nam Hong commune, An Thi district), the first thing is easy to see that work atmosphere is enthusiastic and boisterous. Hung his time basis are more than a dozen workers, most of them are in the region have contributed to solve the shortage of jobs in rural areas. On average income per person reached 80 thousand / day, so a career as lotus seeds dry months can bring income from 2 to 2.5 million VND / person.
Career as a dried lotus seeds bring a steady income for many households
According to Hung, the base year he produced several hundred tons of lotus seeds, particularly in 2013, minus expenses, interest income from his family 500-600 million. In particular, in two months Lunar New Year, large orders, especially for white lotus lotus jam materials, sales could reach hundreds of million.
Thanks to the superior quality that lotus seeds in Hung Yen is also higher priced than other types of lotus seeds on the market. For a long time, where have lotus seeds widely dominate the domestic market and are exported to countries like Thailand, Singapore, China ...
In addition to the Hong Nam commune, Chieu The city of Hung Yen, Phu Cu district, Thi ... also had several production facilities. According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hung Yen, 2013, all provinces have over 100 processing facilities dried lotus seeds, employs about 2,000 workers.
The risk of losing brand
With soil characteristics are blessed, Hung Yen lotus seeds have been evaluated flavor, savory characteristic that few in the locality. According to the older stuff in the village told, years ago, where they go and see the lotus. It is not only in the lotus ponds, lakes, and canals that every place there is water lotus. The people, the houses in the area of poverty reduction sought by lotus seeds, which many people become rich.
However, it is only the story of many years ago, now, before the effects of pollution, many lotus pond area in the region has gradually shrunk causing a low yield days. According to traders, the market share of Hung Yen lotus seeds are on a decline, purchasing small place and quite time consuming.
Moreover, lotus seeds Hung Yen also be subject to the competition of other sen sources originating in and outside the country. Typically, for every kg of dried lotus seeds cooked in Hung Yen was sold at between 150-170 thousand, while the price of other places in the lower price to a few tens of thousand.
But the difficulty is that the majority of lotus seed production facilities still operating in a "stronger every man for himself". According to Vu Duy Han, chairman of the commune People's Committee of the Red Men, the society is currently about 10 production facilities and a few large enterprises, small. Most households have a traditional profession for many years, to find outlets for products, rather than forming a link in the production process and business.
Mr. Han also added that the current government is only creating social conditions on the legal basis for the continued production base production - business. But to be able to continue to compete in the marketplace, it is necessary to have in the side of lot, additional support mechanisms and policies to brand dried lotus seeds Hung Yen growing steadily. /.
