Bich Hao people have a good income from protecting natural sim trees.
These days, people in Bich Hao commune are entering the sim picking season. Each sim crop, households that zone off and protect natural sim trees also earn tens of millions of dong.
Báo Nghệ An•14/08/2025
In recent years, many low mountainous areas in Bich Hao commune have been zoned off, taking care of sim trees, and harvesting fruits by local people. Some areas after a long period of growing acacia have been converted to zone off and take care of sim trees. Photo: Huy Thu According to local people, this year the weather is favorable, with a lot of rain, the sim fruit is quite fruitful, but the fruit is not as big as previous years. Since the end of July, local people have begun the sim harvest season. Photo: Huy Thu In the past, sim fruit was just a wild fruit. In recent years, natural fruits have become popular, the effects of sim fruit are known to many people, sim has a high price on the market, many households in mountainous areas have zoned off areas to protect sim trees, from which the area of sim trees has been maintained and expanded. Photo: Huy Thu On this occasion, the weather is hot and sunny, the sim fruit ripens quickly, so to ensure that it is not damaged, people take advantage of the time and harvest continuously. Picking sim fruit on sunny days, people often go to the forest early, starting work before the sun rises. Photo: Huy Thu According to local people, on sunny days, based on the number of ripe sims on the tree, people will pick them once a day or once every two days. Photo: Huy Thu The hotter the sun, the sweeter the ripe sim. Mr. Phan Thai Son, Kim Son hamlet, Bich Hao commune, shared: His family has zoned off and protected about 2 hectares of sim, and on average, each year, selling sim fruit brings in nearly 50 million VND in income. Compared to other crops, sim gives a good income and has a long harvest. Photo: Huy Thu Mr. Phan Thai Xuan, the owner of a household that has zoned and protected many areas of wild sim trees in Kim Son hamlet, Bich Hao commune, said: His family has had several hectares of wild sim trees for more than 10 years. In addition to his wife and him, each sim crop, he also has to hire many workers to harvest them on time. This year, the sim crop is good, with an expected yield of 1.5 - 1.7 tons of sim fruit. According to Mr. Xuan, zoning and protecting sim trees does not require investment costs, provides stable income, and prevents land from being dug up, limiting landslides during the rainy season. Photo: Huy Thu On this occasion, the hired blackberry pickers are often paid by the blackberry hill owner according to the product. The picked blackberry fruit is brought home, 1kg is paid 10,000 VND. In the middle of the blackberry season, each hard working day, a person can pick 15 - 18 kg of blackberry fruit. Photo: Huy Thu After being harvested, sim fruits are purchased on the spot at a price of 28,000 - 30,000 VND/kg. Sim fruits are purchased as much as they are picked. The ripe sim season is bringing income to many people in the mountainous areas. Photo: Huy Thu People in Bich Hao commune pick blackberries in the hot sun. Video : Huy Thu
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Báo Nghệ An•14/08/2025
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