Lime craze could leave sour taste for farmersChopping down the sugarcane following seasons of disappointing low prices, farmers in the barren land of Long An Province turned their eyes to seedless limes in hope of better harvests. But the lime craze might be getting out of control.— Photo danviet.vnLuu Khanh Cuong, a lifelong farmer in Ben Luc District, last year transformed nearly two hectares of sugarcane field into seedless lime garden. If I don’t grow limes, what can I plant for survival?” Cuongtold the Countryside Today newspaper. The rush to grow limes is spreading across province and even reached the furthest district of Thạnh Hóa which borders Cambodia. Cuong said that the fruit price had never fallen to such a prolonged low as the eight to nine months in 2017.

Source: VietNamNet News March 04, 2018 03:22 UTC