Avocados in Vietnam are now grown widely across Vietnam, including provinces of Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Dak Lak, Lam Dong, etc. Although this fruit is not originated from Vietnam the climate and soil conditions of the country are suitable for producing high-quality avocados.
In recent years, Avocados have become a “superfood” thanks to its versatility. The fruit can be consumed in breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. Furthermore, apart from high nutritional value, Avocados are also widely used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
The surge of Avocados worldwide helps to make a “hidden” gem to shine and as a result, open a new page in the lives of many farmers in Central Highland in Vietnam.
Getting to know about Avocado characteristics and its applications in human life
Originally, Avocados come from Mexico and Central America. In 1940, French people introduced this fruit in Lam Dong province.
Although Avocados have been grown in Vietnam a long time ago, the production is still modest. Vietnamese people are not yet familiar with the product itself, the benefits as well as the flexible applications of Avocados to human life.
In fact, Avocados contain 4 times more nutritional value than other fruits, except bananas.
- Prevent cardiovascular diseases
Avocados stand out on Potassium levels, which is the main factor to protect the body from cardiovascular diseases. More specifically, Avocados are a source of glutathione – an antioxidant to act on carcinogenic compounds.
Moreover, there are substantial amounts of bioactive compounds: phytosterols, B-sytosterol. These compounds are proved to reduce effectively the bad cholesterol LDL.
- Boost body immunity
As mentioned above, the B-sytosterol creates a special effect on body immunity. Thus, it contributes to the treatment of some hard diseases such as cancers and HIV by strengthening the immune system.
- Support the dietary
The B-sytosterol can decrease compulsive eating binge and fat accumulation in the human abdominal.
- Stop the progress of some diseases related to oxidative stress
Apart from the flesh, Avocado leaves are used as a pharmaceutical ingredient for therapeutic purposes. Avocado leaves contain orhamnetin, luteolin, rutin, quercetin, and apigenin, which are known for breaking the progress of various illnesses related to oxidative stress.
Avocado cultivation in Vietnam
Let’s have a look back to the past
Although the Central Highland area in Vietnam such as Dak Nong, Dak Lak, Lam Dong provinces have all favorable conditions including terrain, climate, and soil conditions to develop large-scale production of Avocados, Vietnam is still not ranked as one of the world’s leading exporter of Avocados.
In reality, they are not considered as the main crop; thus, modern cultural technology is not applied. The fruits harvested are not at their best quality. Avocados do not meet standard criteria to export to foreign markets.
Fortunately,
In recent years, Avocados have become one of the world’s trendiest fruits. Thanks to it, the market price of Avocados is raising consistently. Then, Vietnam’s Western Highland Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute encourages local farmers to expand Avocado farming.
Many projects to restructure the area’s agriculture are implementing with advanced farming technology applied will improve both the productivity and quality of the output.
As a result, Avocado cultivation contributes to eradicate the poverty of farmers in Central Highland.
Undergoing projects to build a sustainable development of Avocado trees in Vietnam
New Zealand G2G Partnerships Office’ s project
Dak Nong is the most potential province to grow many varieties of Avocados, but they are only great for domestic consumption. The cooperation between New Zealand G2G Partnerships Office, Plant and Food Research and SAM Agritech aim to create a solid base for the long-term development of Avocado farming, including Hass avocado because the red basalt soil in Central Highland of Vietnam is optimal for developing Avocado trees.
Hass avocados account for 80% of global consumption. If Dak Nong can ensure the quality of this variety, Vietnamese Avocadoes can get one step closer to the tables of avocado-lovers worldwide.
Israel’s technological support project of developing avocado varieties in Thanh Hoa province
A Vietnamese Agricultural Company in Ha Noi is working closely with Oren Nursery Company from Israel to produce high-quality avocado trees for export. The project carries on in 110 hectares in Kien Tho commune, Ngoc Lac district, Thanh Hoa province.
The company will import avocado seeds from Israel to grow in Thanh Hoa province with technological support of Israel.
Eco Fruit Co. Lt mission and social responsibility
As a Vietnamese socially-responsible Company in the sector, we are trying our best to take all chances to raise national agriculture products.
At the moment, our team is working actively both with local farmers nationwide to provide up-to-date agriculture technology support and with foreign partners to ensure a decent income for growers as revenue is a major factor in success and motivation.
In conclusion, in order to build sustainable development for Avocados in Vietnam, it is required to have tight cooperation of many parties: Authorities- Farmers – Fruit exporting companies. The reason is that after raising the productivity and quality of our product, we also need to build a strong brand for Avocados in Vietnam to prevent all possible competitions. Eco Fruits Co. Ltd is on our way to establish a sustainable business network worldwide for Vietnamese Avocados in specific as well as for the Vietnamese fruits in general.
