A view of the 400ha banana cultivation area of the Hung Son Company in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. (Photo: VNP/VNA)
Banana trees start to flower when they are about one year old. (Photo: VNP/VNA)
The use of drones allows for efficient management and care over a large planting area. (Photo: VNP/VNA)
Bananas are cleaned in a specialized tank system. (Photo: VNP/VNA)
Batches of finished bananas are packed into refrigerated containers for transportation to the export port. (Photo: VNP/VNA)
Gia Lai goes high-tech with bananas for export
In the strategy to restructure the agricultural sector towards high-tech application and the search for new high-value crops to diversify the core group of export agricultural products, Gia Lai province has introduced the cultivation of Pink Cavendish banana variety, originally from South America. This has quickly yielded success in many potential export markets.
