Tran Van Nghi, a farmer in Thanh Ha town (Lac Thuy district), has succeeded in orange cultivation.

 Nghi’s orange garden is ready for harvest. His oranges are big, round and ripe. In 2007, when Lac Thuy farmers started planting citrus trees, Nghi was one of the first pioneers to bring orange trees to the area which was full of potential. After visiting gardens in Hoa Binh province’s Cao Phong district and Hung Yen province, he found that orange trees were suitable for the soil where he lived. With a 40 million VND loan from the bank, Nghi had put everything he had on the line to try out these new trees.

He started with 500 orange trees and after 3 years, his trees started to bear fruits. Having found that his oranges had savory taste and nice aroma, with quality similar to oranges from well-known regions, he boldly expanded his orange growing area. He meticulously piled up whatever capital he had left to increase the area and number of orange trees. Starting from a few thousands of aquare meters, Nghi now owns over 10 hectares with 8,000 orange trees, mostly "yellow-flesh” oranges, V2 oranges and Canh oranges. His orange garden is equipped with fences, underground irrigation systems, a watch-tent and labourers who regularly take care of the trees.

To achieve his successes today, Nghi had to put in a lot of efforts to prepare the soil, learn the skills required to grow the trees, fertilize them and prune tree branches so that the oranges could have the top quality. Sharing his experience in growing oranges after 10 years, Nghi said: "It is always like that when it comes to growing trees, if you do not know how to take care of them then the quality of the fruits will not be good. The same goes for orange trees, even the way you harvest the fruits matters as if it is not the correct technique, the next harvest may give poor fruits. After you harvest, if you do not prune branches, hoe the soil at the tree roots and fertilize the soil at the right time then the next harvest will give fruits of poor quality. You need to go through it first hand to gain this experience.”

At first, as he had not fully understood all of the techniques and skills required for planting, there were many times where Nghi’s garden was attacked by pests, affecting the quality as well as the quantity of the fruits. He said: "Many times I got tired, seeing my orange garden falling ill and lamenting all the wasted labor and funds that our family has put into the oranges. But I did not give up because of it, after asking and studying through newspapers and the Internet, I found a way to prevent my trees from falling ill. Because of that, for many years now I have not had a problem with pests”.

Thanks to this, his oranges are famous across the region due to their savory flavor as well as their high quality. Traders come from other regions across the country flocked to buy his oranges. Although he does not advertise it but his reputation for the oranges’ quality is always assured. The average income from his garden, after deducting maintenance costs, reach around 1 billion VND per year, creating stable jobs for over 15 labourers./.

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