Luc Yen houses over 1,000 ha of organic cinnamon plantations

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Luc Yen houses over 1,000 ha of organic cinnamon plantations

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

YBO - Currently, the Luc Yen district in Yen Bai province boasts over 4,600 ha of cinnamon plantations, including more than 1,000 ha of organic ones.

People in Dong Quan commune collect cinnamon leaves to make essential oil.

Cinnamon trees are cultivated in most communes, forming a concentrated production zone with increasing area and quality.

The district has come up with a series of solutions to improve the cinnamon plantations, with communications campaigns launched to call on locals to improve their poor quality areas and cut down trees that are too old in a bid to turn the tree into a tool for sustainable poverty alleviation in the future.

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