(HBO) – We returned to Dong Lai, one of the communes which specialise in growing pomelos. Head of Dong Tien hamlet Le Duc Canh, who took us on a tour around pomelo growing households, said local residents are enjoying a bumper pomelo crop this year.
Vu Van Bay’s family in Dong
Tien hamlet, Dong Lai commune, Tan Lac district, plant nearly one hectare of
pomelos with about 250 trees. Of which 90 trees are yield fruits this crop.
Thanks to farmers’ improved cultivation
techniques, the pomelo productivity has been raised significantly, from about
200 fruits in the previous crops to 400-500 per tree in this crop. Many farmers
like Tran Cong Dam and Luong Ba Cuong even harvested 500-600 fruits from each
pomelo tree.
In the previous crop, each pomelo fruit was sold for from 25,000-30,000 VND. If
the price averages 20,000 VND, farmers can earn about 4 million VND from 200
fruits, and nearly 10 million VND per tree each year. Therefore, tens of pomelo
trees can help farmers pocket hundreds of millions of VND. Local farmers are
now planting pomelos in their orchards, hills and fields.
All 67 households in Dong Tien hamlet have grown rosy-pulped pomelos. They have
turned their gardens into pomelo orchards. About 16 out of
20 hectares of pomelos
in the hamlet are ready for harvest. Many farmers have leased land and joined
hands with their peers in other communes to grow pomelos.
With favourable soil and weather conditions, Dong Lai is seen as the home land
of pomelos. Traders have come to order pomelos of this crop with prices equal
to last year’s. Local farmers are expected to get higher earnings.
Some
68 hectaresout of
168 hectaresof pomelos in Dong Lai commune are in the harvest period. Households growing
pomelos have savings. Many with more than one hectares of pemelos can earn hundreds of millions of VND each year.
Head of Tan Lac district’s Agriculture and Rural Development Division Vu Quang
Hung said Resolution No. 10-NQ/HU of the district’s Party Committee on rosy-pulped
and green skin pomelo development during the 2013-2020 period has been brought
into life. In 2016, the district had
800 hectares of pomelos,
with
85 hectaresof newly-grown trees,
226
hectares yielding fruits and
489 hectares of pomelo
trees of 1-3 years old. Pomelos are grown mostly in communes along 12B
National Highway,
including Dong Lai, Thanh Hoi, Man Duc, Tu Ne and Quy Hau. Rosy-pulped pomelos
can be grown at a density of 200 trees per hectare, with each tree producing
150-200 fruits and each ha yielding 30,000-40,000 fruits. A pomelo fruit is
sold at prices ranging from 20,000-30,000 VND.
Green skin pomelos require more complicated cultivation techniques and higher
investment, therefore, a green pomelo fruit costs about 50,000-80,000 VND, even
100,000 VND at certain times. Many households said they can earn billions of VND
per hectare.
With a larger area and higher output, this year’s pomelo crop, from October to
December, is expected to bring great benefits to local farmers.
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.
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