(HBO) – Farmers in Quy Hau commune, Tan Lac district have focused on production restructuring in line with local potential and strength, making significant contribution to sustainable poverty reduction in the locality.

Bui Thi Hiep, President of the communal Vietnam Farmers’ Association said the association has 674 members in 12 groups. In recent years, the association has launched three emulation movements, encouraging members to boost production and business, help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably; and getting farmers to join the new-style rural area building campaign and in ensuring local security and defence. The movement on stimulating production and business was the focus of work and so far has brought about practical outcomes. 

With farmers’ enthusiasm and preferential loans from the assistance fund for farmers, numerous economic models have been developed in accordance with the strength of each hamlet.

In Dai hamlet, over 70 percent of the farmer households raise buffaloes to take advantage of the abundant food supply from the cultivation of corn and sugarcane and local pastures. The model has generated stable income for many households in the hamlet, including Bui Van Toan with 12 buffaloes, Bui Van Tuyen with eight, Dinh Van Binh and Ha Van Bi with seven each, and many others with 3-5 buffaloes.

"Most households in Dai hamlet raise buffaloes, which helps improve their living condition significantly. Besides, we also grow some other crops, particularly citrus plants. Animal farming gives fertilisers for our crops
, Ha Van Bi from the hamlet said.

Buffalo raising has also been popular in Bay hamlet. Local farmers also grow citrus trees.

Meanwhile, in Cong 2 hamlet, locals raise hybrid cows; and those in other hamlets on higher land have planted sugarcane trees for many years with good profit. Incomes for farmers have continuously increased, reaching 22 million VND (1,000 USD) per capita in 2016. As a result, the rate of poverty among households according to multi-dimensional standards fell to 12 percent.

The president of the communal Farmers’ Association took us to the two-hectare pumpkin garden of Quach Van Hoa in Bay hamlet. The new model fits well with the flat terrains in the commune. 


 Pumpkin growing is a promising way to help members of the farmers’ association of Quy Hau commune, Tan Lac district increase incomes. In the photo: A 2-hectare pumpkin garden of Quach Van Hoa, (first left) in Bay hamlet.


"We used to plant acacia trees, then sugarcane on the land, earning about 300 million VND (13,000 USD) per year. We thought the land would be suitable for pumpkin crops, so we switched to it. The plant grows well and produces about 15 tonnes per hectare. At the price of 10,000 VND per kilogramme, we earn a lot from the pumpkin garden. We will continue growing pumpkins,” Hoa said.

Many other farmers have invested in pumpkin crops, including Bui Van Don, from Tro hamlet with one hectare of pumpkin.

"In the coming time, the association will encourage its members to switch from the cultivation of assorted trees in their gardens to other suitable crops of higher economic value, while promoting environmental protection, the building of new-style rural area building, and establishing good life style among farmers”, Hiep said.


                                                                          Viet Dao

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