(HBO) – With the love of land, trees and different mind, after ten years, Mr. Hoang Van Giang has become the owner of a Doi garden with 400 trees, which is considered as the largest scale in Lac Son area. In addition, his family raises hundreds of indigenous pigs, plants 2 hectares of yellow- hearted oranges in the commercial period. This economic model is being operated in the right direction and within some years, Mr. Giang can earn billion dongs from selling Doi trees.
When starting Doi plantation, many people
showed their doubt why he did not plant oranges on all his land because at that
time orange plantation could make the earning of 500 million dongs / hectare.
The Doi garden of 400 trees of Mr. Hoang Van
Giang has given the initial harvesting crop.
Mr. Giang introduced and told us the stories
about Doi trees with his delight and passion. Doi trees has higher value than
other kinds of trees, loving trees means getting money. At the same street of
La Van Cau, next to Mr. Giang’s house, Mr. Nguyen Duc Chieu also plants Doi
trees for sunshine protection for 15 years, 4-5 trees have in harvesting crop,
which can get from at least 5 kg to 10 kg per one tree. For two recent years,
he collected more than 30 million VND from selling Doi trees.
The Doi garden has 400 trees, in which 300
trees are original, (naturally planted, 100 trees were grafted) starts to be
harvested. Mr Giang said: The Doi garden has made profit, each plant can be
collected 3 kg, with the price from 1,2 – 1,5 million VND /kg, which is so higher
than planting oranges or pomelos. Only within two more years, when Doi tree is
at the peak, he can earn billion VND. Not only planting Doi, oranges, but he
also plans farming to raise indigenous pigs with hundreds of animals. He is
also a basic provider of Doi trees for other Northern areas and Tay Nguyen,
which provides him a large earning resources, at a time he needs to hire more
than 20 workers.
With the ahead mindset, Mr. Giang has just
bought 5 hectares of land in Chi Dao commune – the core Doi tree area in Lac
Son district to expand the "golden” area. Moreover, Mr. Giang is having a plan
of making Doi tree brand. He packed Doi seed that his family produced with the
brand name of "Dổi Hoàng Giang”, he has introduced and marketed
in tourism areas such as Mu Waterfall and some other tourist destinations and
to be favored by customers.
During the two days of November 14th – 15th, at the Provincial Cultural Palace, the Department of Industry and Trade organized a conference to connect the product consumption of the ethnic minorities and the mountainous areas in 2024. There was the attendance of the representatives of leaders of a number of departments, branches, businesses, manufacturers and distributors inside and outside the province.
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