Tien Giang province calls for investment in developing star apple

ABO - Although Vietnamese star apple was licensed to export to the US market from the end of 2017, the output and export turnover of star apple in Tien Giang province in the first 6 months of 2018 was still modest. Thus, the potential this special fruit has not been properly exploited.

Chairman of the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee Le Van Huong introduces the process of processing and packing the exported star apple. Picture: thtg.vn

Up to now, the province has about 450 hectares of star apple there is 176 tonnes of commercial fruit exported to the US market from 6 companies with 125 hectares. However, this export process is facing many difficulties due to the uneven product quality, the enterprises have not been united with each other, operating individually, affecting the belief of star apple farmers, etc ...

Therefore, the Tien Giang People's Committee continues to call enterprises in and outside the province to join the local to develop star apple as well as commit to create all favorable conditions according to the provisions of the law on policies, state management, transport infrastructure, administrative procedures, promotion, etc...

According to this plan, the Tien Giang provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is directly supporting enterprises with procedures for locating the plantation area, issuing code of raw material source, supplying disease-free seeds, training process no-residue of pesticide residues, unpasteurized fruit, etc., so that enterprises can have a source high quality product to meet the requirements of the US market, etc ...

(According to thtg.vn – Translated by HUU CHI)