Da Lat’s ‘miraculous village’ project to be further developed
Sunday, February 23, 2014, 12:00 GMT+7
A joint venture named An Phu Lacue, which will be in charge of executing Da Lat’s “miraculous village” project, was established in the middle of this month by the famous Japanese vegetable company Lacue in collaboration with Vietnamese vegetable company An Phu Da Lat.
The company will be in charge of executing and developing the project in which American salad green seedlings will be grown and provided to Vietnamese, Japanese and European markets.
In late January 2014, 60,000 salad green seedlings were grown on a 5,000-square-meter plot in Lam Dong’s Da Nghit village and are expected to be harvested in early April this year.
Hironori Tsuchiya, director of HT Capital in Vietnam, said that Lacue will continue to grow American salad greens as well as expand its production area. Besides American salad greens, the company also plans to grow 4 – 5 other kinds of Japanese vegetables in Da Lat.
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‘Miraculous village’ is the nickname of Karakumi village in Japan, which was transformed from the poorest to the richest village in Japan after 20 years thanks to high-technology agriculture. With 1,735 hectares of agricultural land, Japan’s ‘miraculous village’ earns an annual income of US$150 million by sowing only American salad greens. Each household makes an average of $250,000 a year despite working for only four months out of the year. |
