Turning the farm to grow mangoes for sale Millions of annual income

Farmers at Ban Non Sa-at, Maha Sarakham Province have switched from farming 20,000 baht per year, amounting to 20 rai, to planting good varieties of mangoes. Sales earn more than a million baht per year.

Mrs La-Ong Sochan, a farmer at Ban Non Sa-at, Village No. 11, Bo Yai Subdistrict, Borabue District, Maha Sarakham Province, said that Borabue District has sandy soil and water shortage. Most of them grow crops that use less water, such as yam, cassava, but lately, farmers have suffered losses, the price has dropped, so they want to switch from growing cassava to planting perennial crops, starting from longan, rose apple, and Mayongchid, which are unsuccessful.

Until he came to plant a mango plantation at the persuasion of her husband from Nakhon Pathom. Started investing in digging artesian wells to make a drip irrigation system for 1,700 mango trees in the area of 20 rai of parents who used to grow cassava. by planting both the Nam Dok Mai Mango variety Keaw Sow, three flavors, and Mahachanok, Dawei breed, have been trial and error for a long time. fight until success Especially the big mangoes, beautiful skin, wholesale to middlemen at the Thai market and send to sell in big department stores, the price is 40 baht, come to pick up at the garden, while the premium grade produce is sold at the market at a price of hundreds of kilos. Buyers have high purchasing power. make the product sell at a higher price In addition, the mangoes at the orchard are certified by the GAP standard from the Department of Agriculture. Make consumers confident that the product is safe.

Over the past year, we collected more than 1.4 million baht in sales. This year, we aim to earn no less than last year's mango sales. because of beautiful productivity More than 40 tons of mangoes are released in Dawei.

Source: Thai News Agency

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