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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nViet Nam News<\/a>by Gi\u00e1p H\u01b0\u1eddng<\/p>\n H\u01afNG Y\u00caN \u2014 When it comes to seedless lime farming in Vi\u1ec7t Nam, farmers across the country immediately think about a man with the nick name\u00a0H\u00e0 Chanh T\u1ee9 qu\u00fd<\/em>\u00a0(H\u00e0 Lime). He was the first person to grow Australian seedless limes in the northern province of H\u01b0ng Y\u00ean.<\/p>\n Nguy\u1ec5n H\u1eefu H\u00e0, 40 years old, now has over 30 m\u1eabu (each m\u1eabu is equal to 3,600 sq.m) of Persian limes in T\u00e2n D\u00e2n Commune, H\u01b0ng Y\u00ean Province. The province is renowned as being the land of longans in Vi\u1ec7t Nam with more than 3,000ha of longan harvested annually.<\/p>\n Lime farming helps him generate more than VN\u01105 billion (US$218,000) a year, and provides regular work for more than 30 people who get a stable monthly salary of VN\u01104 million.<\/p>\n Limes from H\u00e0\u2019s farm are now available in dozens of super markets and supply chains that commit to providing customers with clean farming products which are produced responsibly with minimal chemical inputs.<\/p>\n Since 2016 he has connected with lime growers across the country to form Ph\u00fa Qu\u00fd Farming Co-operatives to promote lime production and consumption.<\/p>\n H\u00e0 provided them seedlings, transferred farming techniques and also sought markets for their products.<\/p>\n H\u00e0 now has 60 \u2018satellite\u2019 lime farms with a total area of 120ha across 12 provinces nationwide.<\/p>\n He is also growing over 1,000 bonsai lime trees for the next lunar New Year festival after a successful pilot harvest which helped him earn billions extra last year.<\/p>\n H\u00e0 said that a bonsai lime tree can be priced from VN\u01102 million ($87) to VN\u011060 million ($2,600).<\/p>\n \u201cSome customers prefer strange and unique ornamental trees for\u00a0T\u1ebft<\/em>\u00a0(Lunar New Year) rather than traditional ones like kumquat or peach,\u201d H\u00e0 said, adding that lime trees were liked as they stayed green and good looking for long.<\/p>\n Journey to success<\/strong><\/p>\n Before growing limes, he used to be a newsboy, a fruit wholesaler, a litchi grower and a guest worker in Russia.<\/p>\n \u201cLongans and litchis are both specialty fruits in Vi\u1ec7t Nam, but farmers usually fall into the scenario where a bumper crop is accompanied by a dropping price,\u201d H\u00e0 said.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to make something different, at least, a different fruit to grow on my land,\u201d H\u00e0 said.<\/p>\n \u201cI chose limes because they are not a specialty fruit, but they are used in every family\u2019s daily life. They also weren\u2019t grown widely in my hometown,\u201d H\u00e0 said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile I worked in Russia I met a university lecturer \u2013 he was a PhD student at that time, he showed me where to buy Australian lime seeds,\u201d H\u00e0 said.<\/p>\n Persian limes, also known as seedless limes, Bearss lime and Tahiti lime, are a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin, known only in cultivation. The Persian lime is a triploid cross between key lime and lemon.<\/p>\n Starting with an initial investment of VN\u011015 million ($660) in 2012, he began importing Persian lime seeds from Australia and the US. H\u00e0 earned VN\u011030 million ($1,220) from 7\u00a0s\u00e0o<\/em>\u00a0(one s\u00e0o equals 360 sq.m) in the first year.<\/p>\n \u201cAs soon as I talked about replacing my longans with limes, no one in my family gave me any favours anymore,\u201d H\u00e0 said.<\/p>\n Lime farming turned out to be more difficult because the imported fruit trees did not adapt well to the local soil. They grew poorly and suffered from diseases.<\/p>\n The problem was solved after H\u00e0 accidentally saw\u00a0chanh \u0111\u00e0o<\/em>\u00a0(Citrus limonia \u2013 a variety of lemon with rosy pulp) growing on a grapefruit tree. H\u00e0 then tried grafting Persian lime and grape fruit rootstock together.<\/p>\n \u201cAs grape fruit root is strong, the combined plants grow well, and suffer fewer diseases. They generating high yields,\u201d H\u00e0 said.<\/p>\n Unlike local limes which take 15 months before they can be harvested, and produce just 10-20kg per tree, Persian limes take only 3-5 months until they\u2019re ready to harvest (from February to June) and each Persian lime tree can generate 100kg of lime per year.<\/p>\n The farmer uses soybean powder as a fertiliser to provide nutrition for the plants and help fend off diseases.<\/p>\n On average, a kilo of seedless limes is worth about VN\u011020,000, while the production cost is just VN\u0110 5,000.<\/p>\n \u201cIn clean agricultural production, it\u2019s so important to connect products with customers who have demand for them,\u201d H\u00e0 emphasized.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the reason why as soon as I harvested my first limes, I introduced them to supermarkets and \u201cclean food\u201d stores in H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i\u2019s inner districts where I could meet customers demands for high quality and safe food,\u201d H\u00e0 said.<\/p>\n H\u00e0 remembered the first time he met Tr\u1ea7n Qu\u00e2n, director of a chain of food\u00a0stores<\/em>\u00a0called\u00a0S\u00f3i Bi\u1ec3n<\/em>\u00a0(Sea Wolf<\/em>).<\/p>\n \u201cI told Qu\u00e2n that I had what he wanted. I became a supplier to Qu\u00e2n\u2019s store,\u201d H\u00e0 said, adding that his business grew together with Qu\u00e2n\u2019s business as a result of the co-operation.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no time to produce and then wait for customers to come. Finding and approaching customers is an important step for farmers nowadays,\u201d H\u00e0 said.<\/p>\n H\u00e0 said he plans to try other foreign lime varieties in his land, and expand his farms so that he can supply his own future limeade plant.<\/p>\n Social networks like Facebook also helped to connect H\u00e0 with other farmers and customers. In one of his recent posts, H\u00e0 took selfie photos in which he stands next to fruitful lime trees, smiling brightly. \u201cI love and live with it!\u201d the photo\u2019s caption says. \u2014 VNS<\/p>\n Source<\/strong>:\u00a0https:\/\/vietnamnews.vn\/society\/450259\/lime-is-the-prize-for-innovative-vn-farmer.html#ixLBFMl3PMu7J6O4.97<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" R\u1ea5t ti\u1ebfc, m\u1ee5c n\u00e0y ch\u1ec9 t\u1ed3n t\u1ea1i \u1edf Ti\u1ebfng Anh (M\u1ef9). For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. 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