Students of the HCMC University of Food Industry have joined forces to buy banana in Dong Nai Province, as farmers there are facing a serious glut because few traders have shown up.
Students of the HCMC University of Food Industry have joined forces to buy banana in Dong Nai Province, as farmers there are facing a serious glut because few traders have shown up.
The campaign of buying banana to help Dong Nai farmers was launched by students and teachers of the university on Tuesday morning.
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| Many city residents come to buy bananas to help farmers |
Pham Thai Son, director of a training center of the university, said the school’s students and lecturers expect to help farmers sell around ten tons of bananas this week alone, and some 50 tons of bananas throughout the campaign. The volume will be retailed at the university.
Since early Tuesday’s morning, the first banana truck was sold within one hour by students and staff of the university. Local residents also came to the farmers’ rescue. A local resident who came to pick her child at the school shared that she would love to buy bananas to help Dong Nai farmers release their burden.
Nguyen Kieu, student of the university, said that bananas are normally sold at the price of VND12,000 per kilo or even VND20,000 to VND25,000 per kilo sometimes. However, people can buy big and delicious bananas at the price of VND9,000 per kg at the university.
Son added that the current price of banana in Dong Nai is only VND1,500 to VND2,000 per kilo compared to VND15,000 in previous years. “We buy bananas from Dong Nai farmers at the price of VNDD5,000 or VND6,000 a kilo and later sell it in HCMC at the price of VND9,000 per kilo. It is expected that with 240ha under banana cultivation in Trang Bom District in Dong Nai Province, about 5,000 tons of bananas need to be consumed.
(Source:SGT)
