Who on earth dropped the price of pineapple? After the torrential rain, the secondary products of meat sound fruit increased greatly, which was purchased at 8 yuan per kilogram.

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(by upstream and downstream journalist Lin Shijun / tr. by Phil Newell)

When the price of pineapple collapsed, the Council of Agriculture held a press conference for the second time to respond. Chairman Lin Congxian said that it was the torrential rain that caused the unstable quality of pineapple. At present, the government has launched procurement and processing measures, bringing the wholesale price of pineapple market back to 16.5 yuan per kilogram. At the same time, it will also strengthen the three major practices of domestic sales, export sales, and processing to solve the problem of long-term imbalance in domestic fruit production and marketing.

On the other hand, pineapple farmers in Pingtung and Tainan say that in order to avoid affecting the overall price of pineapple, they will deliberately avoid the plum rain and the harvest in the rainy season. Chiayi Phoenix pear farmers even point out that the meat fruit is not untasty, but it is just not durable. I think the price is OK for the government to buy secondary fruit at NT $8 per kilogram.

Small dictionary: flick the pineapple with a finger or stick to identify the quality of the pineapple, such as the sound of a drum, which is called "drum fruit", which means that the pineapple is low in moisture, not easy to be overripe and can be released for a long time. If the voice is low, it is a "fleshy fruit", which means that the pineapple is high in moisture, is about to be overripe, and is not suitable for storage, so it needs to be eaten as soon as possible.

Lin Congxian, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, said that the price of pineapple has stabilized and there is no problem of collapse (photo source / Council of Agriculture)

The third practice of the Council of Agriculture to solve the imbalance between production and marketing is to increase the amount of removal by 30%.

In the face of the long-term imbalance in the production and marketing of fruits and vegetables, Lin Congxian said that in the future, for crops such as bananas, pineapples, onions and garlic, the total output of this crop will prevail and deal with the three major practices of "increasing export sales by 10%, processing by 10%, and direct sales promotion by 10%." the goal is to reduce the frequency of the imbalance between production and marketing within five years. Lin said that he hopes to successfully digest 30% of the output and stabilize farmers' production.

Relevant supporting measures include the establishment of a production and marketing information platform, guidance and conversion, adjustment of the tariff quota system, development of diversified processing pipelines, establishment of flagship logistics and regional cold chain systems, enhancement of export competitiveness, encouragement of farmers' contracts, development of direct delivery and electronic access, etc.

The production period of dragon fruit is from July to October, and now it is about to enter the first harvest period. whether it is possible to become the next wave of fruit whose prices have plummeted, Lin Congxian responded that he has launched a project to tutor farmers, who will teach them to urge flowers in batches and will not let dragon fruit be produced in a single month.

Most farmers have been harvested in batches to reduce the number of meat fruits.

He Bingyang, director of the Longtan Fruit and vegetable production Co-operative in Pingtung County, said that Pingtung is the largest producing area of Taiwan's pineapple, accounting for 1% of the country's acreage, and the main production season is in March. Frankly, after the plum rainy season, the meat fruit increases sharply every year, and if there is continuous heavy rain, the meat fruit may account for up to 80% of the total output. "it's a big problem!" Therefore, the harvest of pineapple farmers in Pingtung will be focused on Ching Ming Festival to the first half of the Dragon Boat Festival to reduce farmland losses.

Liu Ruiming, a farmer who grows organic pineapples in Guanmiao, Tainan City, also said that in summer, the temperature and humidity are high, and the taste of pineapples is not good, so they will mainly be harvested from April to May, reducing the yield of pineapples in June. With regard to the government's acquisition of inferior products as raw materials for processing, Liu Ruiming believes that processing is a good way to prolong the life of fresh fruits, but he is worried that there are no processing plants in China that can handle a large number of meat fruits. "they can only digest a small number of pineapples and can't completely solve the problem of meat fruits."

Wang Shiren, a Phoenix pear farmer in Chiayi, pointed out that most of the paddy fields in the Chiayi forest area have good water absorption, and the probability of flooding is high in the event of heavy rain, which is inferred to be the reason for the heavy losses suffered by pineapple farmers in the forest after this torrential rain. In addition, he also said that if pineapple is planted in red soil, the clay is higher and the water is not easy to permeate, which can reduce the possibility of stagnant water in farmland.

In the face of a large number of meat fruits produced after Meiyu or torrential rain every year, he thinks that meat fruits are not untasty, but are not resistant to storage, so the price is generally low, and he frankly admits that he will give up harvesting even when the price is too low. is it reasonable for the government to buy secondary fruits at 8 yuan per kilogram? "it's okay," he said. "

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