{"id":2730,"date":"2018-03-07T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T04:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2018-03-08T09:18:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T02:18:02","slug":"hat-tieu-viet-nam-dang-o-tren-bo-vuc-kho-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/hat-tieu-viet-nam-dang-o-tren-bo-vuc-kho-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"VN pepper industry about to burst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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A farmer rakes newly harvested pepper in southern B\u00ecnh Ph\u01b0\u1edbc Province. \u2014 VNA\/VNS Photo D\u01b0\u01a1ng Ch\u00ed T\u01b0\u1edfng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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H\u00c0 N\u1ed8I \u2014\u00a0Vi\u1ec7t Nam\u2019s pepper farmers are on pins and needles as pepper prices continue to decline. The industry, once known for its high profit margins, is in crisis due to unsustainable development, lack of strict control over production and unforeseeable speculation.According to L\u00ea V\u0103n \u0110\u1ee9c, deputy director general of the Crop Production Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), as world market demand for pepper began to rise at the beginning of the decade, pepper production in Vi\u1ec7t Nam started growing at an alarming rate. He now predicts that “the bubble is about to burst”.<\/p>\n

The total production area has increased threefold between 2010 and 2017. Vi\u1ec7t Nam is now the world leader in pepper production. It exports to 109 countries and territories, mainly to Europe, Asia and America.<\/p>\n

However, production in Vi\u1ec7t Nam is showing signs of deterioration due to diseases, lack of quality control, poor production links and poor value-chain development.<\/p>\n

\u0110\u1ee9c told Vietnam News Agency the situation called for the pepper industry to restructure the sector.<\/p>\n

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nguy\u1ec5n Xu\u00e2n C\u01b0\u1eddng, said that if the shortcomings were not corrected, they would affect sustainable pepper development.<\/p>\n

According to MARD data, by the end of 2017, the total pepper farming area exceeded the 2020 plan by more than 100,000 hectares, mainly concentrated in the Central Highlands.<\/p>\n

\u0110\u1ee9c said the danger was that although global pepper production had increased by 7 per cent year-on-year in 2017, overall demand only increased by 2.4 per cent. Considering current supply and demand, the pepper bubble would soon burst.<\/p>\n

Nguy\u1ec5n Nam H\u1ea3i, chairman of the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA), said that as global consumption did not increase in tandem with supply, world pepper prices had fallen to their lowest levels in recent years. The increase in pepper acreage in Vi\u1ec7t Nam had also significantly contributed to the decrease in pepper price.<\/p>\n

Vietnamese pepper prices are moving in a downward spiral, threatening the whole industry\u2019s survival. The domestic price is only about VN\u011065,000 (US$2.90) per kilo, equivalent to an export price of $3,000 per tonne.<\/p>\n

This was lower than prices between 2013 and early 2017, when global average prices were around $7,000 to $8,000 per tonne, according to the International Pepper Community (IPC).<\/p>\n

At a conference on sustainable pepper production held in HCM City in January, the consensus was that hasty development of the industry in recent years had caused many irreversible impacts, such as pests and diseases which have led to a reduction in quality, especially in food safety in some growing areas.<\/p>\n

Kpui H\u2019Bl\u00ea, Vice-Chairman of the People\u2019s Committee of Ch\u01b0 S\u00ea District in Gia Lai, Province, one of the country\u2019s largest pepper producing regions, said pepper accounted for 36 per cent of total production value from cultivation in her district.<\/p>\n

She said that when pepper prices were low, almost everyone was affected.<\/p>\n

According to H\u2019Bl\u00ea, recent sharp increases in pepper prices have led to over-intensive production. In particular, new plantations, inexperienced farmers with a lack of knowledge on sustainable farming, meant pepper bushes were easily infected.<\/p>\n

Hu\u1ef3nh Qu\u1ed1c Th\u00edch, Deputy Director of \u0110\u1eafk L\u1eafk Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said many pepper farmers grew their crops on soil with unsuitable mechanical components and slow drainage during the rainy season.<\/p>\n

This led to mass mortality risks during flooding and the fast spread of blight – and lack of compliance with technical and health safety in many localities, said Th\u00edch.<\/p>\n

Agricultural Minister C\u01b0\u1eddng suggested that localities focus on reducing production areas not suitable for pepper farming, while explaining to farmers about world pepper production exceeding demand.<\/p>\n

H\u1ea3i said that the only solution was to stop expanding production, stabilising it at 100,000 hectares across the country, with an yearly average output of 180,000 to 200,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00e0ng Ph\u01b0\u1edbc B\u00ednh, deputy chairman of Ch\u01b0 S\u00ea Pepper Association in Gia Lai Province, said that with the current market trend, farmers must repress any urge to speculate.<\/p>\n

\u2018Pepper is a long-term industrial plant, therefore, farmers should leave a gap of four to five years before planting new crops and instead focus on the ones, minimising the use of chemical pest controls to ensure top product quality,\u2019 said B\u00ednh.<\/p>\n

According to the VPA, pepper product quality and safety is often demanded by importers such as the United States and the European Union.<\/p>\n

Nguy\u1ec5n Ng\u1ecdc Lu\u00e2n, Director of L\u00e2m San Agricultural Co-operative in southern \u0110\u1ed3ng Nai Province, said that since its establishment in 2014, his co-operatives had been oriented towards clean pepper production for export to the EU. If farmers cultivated clean pepper according to the co-operative\u2019s procedures, they were guaranteed selling prices 10 per cent higher than the market, while higher quality organic product was sold 30 to 50 per cent higher.<\/p>\n

VPA Chairman H\u1ea3i agreed that the restructuring of the pepper industry must focus on quality and sustainability. \u2014 VNS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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