(HBO) - In recent years, thanks to the fast catching up market demand, farmers in Dong Lai Commune have actively transformed their economic structure. As a result, Dong Lai became one of the communes obtaining large areas of planting grapefruit and lemongrass in Tan Lac district. Many members of the Farmers' Union have changed their lives, creating an exciting atmosphere in the emulation movement to do good business.
The grapefruit garden of Mr. Nguyen Xuan
Chung family in Bai Trang 2 village.
It is not difficult to list the farmers
earning several hundreds of million dongs, even billion dongs from the red
grapefruit plantation in Dong Lai Commune. For example, the family of Mr. Dang
Minh Dung in Tan Lai village. On the area of 0.7 hectares of garden land,
before planting red grapefruit, Mr. Dung's family has planted many kinds of
trees but the income is uncertain. However, thanks to the destiny with red
grapefruit, up to now, from 200 grapefruits, his family regularly earns 300-400
million VND per year.
Besides Tan Lai and Dong Tien villages, the
grapefruit trees have been planted in all the villages of Dong Lai commune with
a total area of about 170 hectares, of which more than 70 hectares have been
harvested. Besides red grapefruit, lemongrass is also a highlight plant in the
economic structure of farmers in Dong Lai commune. This "easy-going"
tree was first planted in the villages of Ban Trang 1, Com. Up to now, the
lemongrass has been planted in almost all villages with an area of 116 hectares.
In order to have such these practical
results, in addition to the efforts of its members, Dong Lai People's Committee
has a lot of practical support, especially in supporting members to access
loans. Currently, The Farmers Association is entrusted with Social Policy Bank
and the Bank of Agricultural and Rural Development to loan more than 1,000
members with a total outstanding debt of 32 billion VND. "In order to
further promote the emulation movement in production, business and replication
of advanced models, we attach importance to the opening of training courses on
science - technology for its members, encouraging our members to bring high
economic value in organic production with high quality and cleaness. At
present, Tan Lai village has established the organic cooperative, this is the
direction of the commune Farmers Association to focus on all the villages in
the commune. Mr. Bui Van Tuan, Chairman of Dong Lai People's Committee said.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
In a move to expedite the execution and disbursement of the 2024 capital plan for ODA projects, aiming for a disbursement rate of over 90% of the allocated funding, the Hoa Binh People's Committee issued Document No. 483/UBND-KTN on April 3, 2024, regarding such efforts.
Nguyen Van Thap from Kim Duc hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, has built the brand of Hoa Qua Son for local fruits. His efforts have brought about income for his family and generated job opportunities for locals, helping hundreds of households escape from poverty.
The Hoa Binh administration was entrusted by the Prime Minister with a budget of 3.43 trillion VND (142.91 million USD) for investment in 2024. The provincial People's Council approved nearly 3.76 trillion VND, which has been meticulously allocated to projects, achieving 100% of the assigned capital plan.
Hoa Binh province has mobilised all resources to propel local agricultural products to make inroads into foreign markets, towards lifting the export turnover of key agricultural products to 137.8 million USD by 2030, accounting for 3.4% of the locality’s total export value of goods.
The locality aims to export farm produce to the US, the European Union, the UK, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.