Powers in the "betel nut off" storm: The purchase price falls, planting 5,000 betel nuts may lose 200,000 yuan

Ji Mu Journalist Zhang Hao, a trainee reporter Shu Longhuan

Recently, Yiwu, Zhejiang, asked merchants to remove betel nut foods, which attracted attention. On the afternoon of the 20th, many betel nut growers in Haikou and Ledong said that due to the "betel nut off" storm, the recent purchase price has fluctuated, and the purchase price has fallen by 5 yuan per catty.

Purchase price falling growers worry

As long as my country's betel nut planting place is in Hainan, Yunnan and other places, starting in May this year, some cities and county market supervision and administration bureaus in Guizhou, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places have successively sold "light red lights" to betel nut.

Earlier, 36 -year -old singer Fu Song died of unfortunate oral cancer. He had stated on the social platform during his lifetime that he had betel nut on the social platform and called on everyone to "cherish life and stay away from betel nut".

"In recent days, the purchase price of Qingguo betel nut has been fluctuating." On the afternoon of the 20th, Mr. Lin, a growing household in Ledong, Hainan, told Jimu Journalist that the purchase price of Qingguo betel nut has fallen from 18 yuan per catty to 13 per catty. Yuan, "'betel nut off the storm' currently only affects the local acquisition price, and the growers have not received any 'ban'."

Qingguo betel nut (interviewee confession)

In 2010, Mr. Lin began to plant betel nut in the local contracting land. In 2015, it was hung with fruit. At present, there are 5,000 betel nut trees planted. It was originally expected that the sales of green betel nut this year can reach 800,000 yuan. He initially estimated that if it comes to the decline in the current purchase price, it is expected to lose nearly 200,000 yuan this year.

"In addition to betel nut, I also planted mango. Although the price fell, I would not immediately cut the betel nut trees and modified other crops." Mr. Lin said that other growers around me recently are watching and looking at the market. Then decide whether to change other crops.

According to statistics, Hainan involves more than 2 million farmers who plant betel nuts, accounting for nearly half of Hainan's agricultural population.

Mr. Lin admits that the market's market in recent years has been on the rise. Many families are planting betel nuts. The main income is betel nut. "If the price continues to fall, it will still be worried about this industry in the future."

People in the industry say they will not be replaced in large areas

Mr. Jiang from Sichuan graduated from a local university in Hainan. After graduation, he stayed in Haikou to work in the planting and fertilizer supply of betel nut. He believes that some information on the Internet has a new regulations for "ban". In fact, it cannot be sold in the name of food, and it is necessary to sell it with food partitions, but this information still makes local growers feel heartbroken.

Mr. Jiang said that the most intuitive price of Haikou was the price decline, and the betel nut per catty fell for about 5 yuan. It has a small impact on fertilizer supply. "In addition to providing fertilizers to betel nut growers, there are also mango and bananas and other fertilizers. "

Earlier, some media reports that the growers have planned to cut off betel nut trees and change other crops. In this regard, Mr. Jiang believes that it takes nearly five years from the planting to the results of the betel nut tree, because the phenomenon of the "betel nut off the shelves" storm should not occur in other crops for the time being.

Betel nut tree (interviewee confession)

In addition, Mr. Jiang also said that there are also new betel nut products such as betel nut industry such as betel nut industry chains such as betel nut industry chain.

"The value of betel nut is far from being fully utilized." In 2014, some experts said in an interview with Hainan Daily that betel nut can not only be used as chewing preferences, as well as Chinese medicine, but also can be made into health products. In addition, betel nut cosmetics and betel nut pillows are also very market prospects.

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