According to the provincial People’s Committee, DongNai is home to nearly 40,000 hectares of cashew, of which 34,500 hectares wereseriously damaged.
Among 11,500 hectares of mangoes, nearly 9,500hectares were spoiled while close to 80 percent of durian areas were affected.
As a result, the cashew and mango productivity droppedby 10-70 percent.
Climate change and off-season rains have alsocaused some diseases on plants.
The provincial Department of Agriculture andRural Development has proposed the People’s Committee support 2-4 million VND(88.1 USD - 176.3 USD) per hectare for farmers with damage of 30-70percent.-VNA