(HBO) – Hoa Binh province boasts relatively favourable natural conditions for growing medical herbs. Given this, a number of organisations and individuals have worked to develop large-scale medical herb farming zones, thus helping to provide jobs and raise income for locals.

A worker of the Biopharm Hoa Binh JSC examines medical herbs.

The Hoa Binh Medicine JSC, based in Hoa Son commune of Luong Son district, specialises in growing, researching and producing medical herbs, especially "xa den” (Celastrus hindsii Benth) which is useful for health improvement. It carried out a scientific study which looked into the chemical composition of the special herb and assessed the biological activity of some compounds from this plant. The firm submitted its findings to the authorised agency to seek a patent and is currently investing in a production line. Some "xa den” derivatives have also been produced on a trial basis.

Meanwhile, the INCA Vietnam JSC has coordinated with relevant agencies and localities to create a sacha inchi growing area for many years and reaped encouraging outcomes. Suiting the local mountainous climate and soil conditions, the plant has developed well here and generated relatively high economic benefits.

The growing area produced 1 – 1.3 tonnes of dry fruit per ha in the first year and more than 3 tonnes since the third year, with annual profit reaching 150 – 200 million VND (6,400 – 8,500 USD) per ha on average.

INCA Vietnam said it plans to form a concentrated sacha inchi farming zone in Hoa Binh and build a factory here to process materials.

Via effective scientific research activities, the Biopharm Hoa Binh JSC has successfully developed a cordyceps production process and multiplied some available medical plants like ginseng, "thong dat” (Palhinhaea cernua), "hoang tinh do” (Polygonatum kingianum Coll. et Hemsl.) and "thong do” (Taxus wallichiana).

Hoa Binh boasts potential and advantages for developing medical plant growing zones and producing medicines. In its plan on developing medical herb farming areas until 2025, the province will focus on the 24 plants that it has strength in and cultivate them on over 2,800ha of land to harvest about 14,000 – 20,000 tonnes of materials each year.

To that end, provincial authorities have been assisting localities to convert ineffective farmland areas into those for growing herbs in the long term, thus helping to improve the economic value on the same farming area, create more jobs and raise income for locals, and protect producers and consumers’ health and the environment.

Under the province’s instructions, localities in Hoa Binh are reviewing areas zoned for herb farming, proposing support policies, and inviting investment to medical herb cultivation and processing. They are also building hi-tech production models, form connectivity between producing and processing companies, and encouraging farmers to change crop structures to develop concentrated medical herb growing zones./.

 


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