IMPROVING THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF GRAPEFRUIT FARMS IN PHUC NINH COMMUNE - YEN SON DISTRICT - TUYEN QUANG PROVINCE

The study surveyed 90 grapefruit farms in Phuc Ninh commune, Yen Son district, Tuyen Quang province and adopted a number of economic research methods to evaluate and analyze factors affecting the economic efficiency of grapefruit production. The results of the study show that grapefruit is a fruit tree with high economic value, a key crop, contributing to income growth, poverty reduction for people in Phuc Ninh commune. In recent years, the area, productivity, and output of grapefruits of farms in Phuc Ninh commune have been constantly increasing. However, the selling price is not stable, the market for products is difficult, leading to the economic efficiency of grapefruit production of farmers is not high and unsustainable. The research results also show that a number of factors positively influence the economic efficiency of grapefruit production of farms, such as production scale, investment capital, VietGap model, age of grapefruit trees, and product-selling time. On that basis, the study proposed a number of solutions to improve the economic efficiency of grapefruit production of farms in Phuc Ninh commune.