(HBO) – Luong Van Suong, a resident in Na Loc village, Dong Chum commune (Da Bac district) started his agricultural business not by growing rice, maize or any other food crops but grass. The man’s determination has been translated into a persuasive economic model, helping him gain the title of "Vietnam’s excellent farmer” last year.


Luong Van Suong has dedicated his efforts to cow raising and passion fruit farming, earning millions of VND on an annual basis.

 Everything began in 2012 when Suong knew he needed to switch to a new production model and was interested in growing grass for cow and buffalo farming. After careful consideration, he used five hectares of his family’s corn field to grow crass, offering a good source of nutrition for his cattle to be healthy and thrive. The herd now grows to 150 heads, producing between 20 and 40 calves and generating more than 300 million VND each year.

 He also offers jobs to poor families by contracting them to raise cows and buffalos, who will raise the cattle till they produces calves and give back half of their profits from the cattle to Suong. The service has helped many needy households escape poverty.

 In 2016, Suong invested in 10 hectares of clean passion fruit plantation, with all fruit harvested sold to a processing company. In the first fruit crop, the garden yielded 60 tonnes of fruit, reeling in around 100 million VND.

 Suong’s business has also created stable-income jobs for dozens of local labourers.

 As Suong moved forward with his agricultural projects, he learned the danger of herbicide. He then became the first in his locality to encourage people to say no to the dangerous substance. One-hundred percent of households in Na Loc signed an anti-herbicide commitment and agreed to make it part of the village’s informal common law. The campaign spread throughout Dong Chum commune and local people agreed to follow the commitment since January 1, 2017, with no violations spotted to date. Dong Chum was the first commune in Da Bac district and Hoa Binh province to successfully launch the campaign.

 Suong now began raising free-range chickens on his fields. He said when people used weed killers rampantly, the method was impossible, as the chickens kept dying of herbicide poisoning. Now, the environmentally friendly free range farming has been proved effective and attracted increasing involvement of local farmers./.

 

 

 

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