Mr. Chu Van Tinh, Ao Trach village, Dan Hoa
commune (Ky Son) takes care of the family's pomelo garden.
Remembering the early days with many
challenges and difficulties, Mr. Tinh shared: On that day, production
experience and investment capital were limited, so I built a small-scale model
of agricultural production. Besides utilizing garden land to grow sugar cane, I
raised more pigs for pork. However, due to farming techniques and care was not
good,the economic efficiency was not as desired. Being aware of the application
of Science and Technology and changing the way of cultivation in production was
a necessity, I spent time outside of the working hours and at weekends to
explore and learn experiences in agricultural production, take a look at the
models in many other provinces and
select good breeding varieties to apply to the model of my family.
With the loan budget from the social policy
bank, Mr. Tinh decided to build a new system of lodges and farms scientifically
and hygienic facilities for raising pigs. Initially, with a little capital, he
raised nearly ten pigs. Up to now, the number of pigs has reached at 20 pigs,
all of which are fat, so any litter has been sold with good price. On average,
each year, he sells 4 litters of pigs, with thhe profit of over 20 million
dongs excluded the initial cost. Besides, to catch the demand for clean chicken
of the people, he boldly invested in more cages, buying chicken breeding in Phu
Tho to raise in his garden. There are more than 100 chickens at present, and
bring him an income of over 20 million
dongs per year.
At the beginning of 2014, in parallel with
raising livestock, Mr. Tinh bought more cultivated land. On an area of nearly 1
hectares, he planted 100 green grapefruit and red grapefruit. In the first year
of the experiment fruit collection, he earned over 15 million dongs from
retailing grapefruit. To increase the economic efficiency, every year, he grows
a few dozen of roots, so far the garden has 200 well-developed grapfruit trees
with quality assurance and regular income in every season. Not only doing good
business, he is also an active member of Dan Hoa Farmers Union. He is always
willing to share, instruct the local people how to cultivate and care for
livestock animals. In addition, he proposed to the Commune Farmers Association
to invite agricultural staff to train the technique and share knowledge for the
local people.
Being dare to think, dare to do, accepting
changes when necessary, learning to grasp the needs of consumers have helped
him succeed on the way to start a business. The model of the complex farm has
brought his family a stable income source of nearly 80 million dongs per year.
In the upcoming future, he plans to buy more land to expand the area of
planting grapefruit to improve the income. He will actively visit, learn more experiences, search for livestock and
tree breeds which can lead to economic efficiency to develop the production
model of the family, as well as to develop production models of other local
people in the region, contributing to the development of local economy and
sustainable poverty reduction.
Hoa Binh Province currently has over 870 hectares of tea plantations, with six districts having concentrated tea production areas that boast advantages in soil, climate, history, and distinctive tea varieties: Yen Thuy, Lac Thuy, Da Bac, Mai Chau, Tan Lac, and Luong Son.