Not enough stuff to sell

These days, at the ‘basket’ of lychees Luc Ngan (Bac Giang), it won’t be hard to envision the early morning long lines of trucks carrying special lychees across the country. In each village there was a bustling atmosphere of buyers and sellers.

1 ha of lychee participates in the model of organic lychee cultivation in the province. In 2023, the lychee garden of Mr. Nguyen Minh Duc, Dong Giao Village, Quy Son Township (Luc Ngan District), is expected to yield 10 to 10 years. 15 tons.

Mr. Duc said that Bac Giang’s plantation and crop protection department coordinated with New AG Joint Stock Company in 2023. Technologies Vietnam is supporting farmers to adopt an organic lychee production model in Quy Son municipality to progress towards certified organic production.

By doing so, it will contribute to expanding and spreading the spirit of lychee production in particular, as well as organic farming in general, in the Luc Ngan lychee area in an ecological and sustainable direction, and to meet the increasing demands of the export market and domestic consumption.

“This year, our relatives were supported in the production of lychees by the Cultivation and Plant Protection sub-department and the Neue AG with organic fertilizers and biological products. Organic production will have higher requirements than usual, the cost will be slightly higher than inorganic production, but the advantage is to protect the producer’s health and bring clean, satisfactory products to the market. Best for export and domestic consumption,” he shared with Mr. Nguyen Minh Duc.

Mr. Vu Van Men, head of the organic lychee production cooperative group in Quy Son Township, said the lychee produced in the organic direction is sweeter in quality, has a low physiological waste rate and has a good yield. Don’t worry about the consumption level thanks to the company’s consumption.

“Even at the beginning of the season, companies sign contracts to buy lychees from people. How many prime lychees have they promised? Only one company used it, but people in the cooperative group still have to pay.” “We don’t give them enough power,” said Mr. Men excitedly.

Mr. Dang Van Tang, director of the Subdivision of Plantation and Crop Protection in Bac Giang, said that the locality has decided that the sustainable and effective development of the organic lychee model requires the involvement of companies. Industry to link inputs and products Consumption for people. In particular, lychee products made according to organic standards are accepted by the export market and highly appreciated by domestic consumers.

Determining the Product Quality Score is key to advertising and commerce promotion. Ever since the police decided to test the organic lychee model, the department has been guiding people through the rigorous production process to meet export requirements.

Using the model of an organic lychee garden in the municipality of Quy Son (district Luc Ngan), the results of the sampling and analysis of the quality and design criteria of this year’s lychee harvest meet all the requirements for export to demanding markets. Specifically, the sweetness reaches 21 Brix degrees (compared to the standard requirement of 19 Brix degrees), the fabric has a beautiful even design, hard shell…

The indicators of the multi-residue analysis of lychees carried out by the Bac Giang Plantation and Crop Protection Sub-department have all produced results that meet the export requirements to markets such as the EU, the United States and Japan…

“The Luc Ngan lychee brand is becoming more and more popular. We believe that ecotourism and community-based tourism in organic lychee gardens will bring great benefits and benefits to farmers. This year many delegations came to visit, experience ecotourism services and order and harvest directly in the lychee garden. Therefore, people who grow lychee have great production security without worrying about the yield,” said Mr. Dang Van Tang.

Lychee to Japan, price 400,000 VND/kg

Mr. Pham Tien Dung, director of Pham Gia Thai Binh Import-Export Company – a company with many years of experience in exporting lychee to the Japanese market – directly visited the organic lychee garden in Quy Son township and appreciated it very much. Lychee fruit is organically produced.

“Compared to lychees from neighboring countries in the region, Japanese people are more interested in Vietnamese lychees. I hope that the people of Luc Ngan will continue to expand the development of organic lychee in order to best meet the conditions and requirements for export to the Japanese market and, in particular, to the overseas Vietnamese living in Japan and the Japanese consumers in the country Helping everyone to know and consume more of this special fruit,” said Mr. Pham Tien Dung.

Regarding the technical requirements for exporting to the Japanese market, Mr. Pham Tien Dung said the two most important factors are that the product must not have any pesticide residue and the size of the lychee fruit.

According to Mr. Dung, the organic lychee garden of the people of Quy Son township (Luc Ngan district) is located far from other inorganic lychee growing areas to ensure it is not affected by pesticide residues. In addition, people received support and specific instructions from the Provincial Office of Cultivation and Plant Protection and New AG Company to put the production process in an ecological direction.

Regarding the size criteria of lychees for export to Japan, Mr. Dung said: the average size must be around 28-32 fruits/kg, the diameter of the lychee must be larger than 2.5 cm, and the sweetness must be over 18 degrees Brix.

Japan officially opened the door from December 15, 2019 to allow the import of lychee from the Vietnamese market. In the 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons, Vietnam’s fresh lychee has entered the Japanese market very successfully, with the export volume reaching about 40 tons in the first year and increasing sharply in the following years, reaching about 300-400 tons.

Vietnamese lychee has won the hearts of many consumers in Japan, particularly the large number of Vietnamese communities living, studying and working in Japan. Thanks to ensuring food hygiene and safety, Vietnamese fresh lychees are exported to Japan by companies at around USD 18-20/kg (equivalent to more than VND 400,000/kg).