Changes in Ea Mar village

Buon Ea Mar, a border commune of Buon Don, is a purely agricultural area. The land here is barren and rocky, and for generations, people have only known how to rely on rice, corn, and cassava for a living.

However, thanks to the dedication and enthusiasm of a prestigious person like Mr. Y Khai Nie, he has contributed to changing the economic picture and people's lives here.

Mr. Y Khai Nie, a prestigious person in Ea Mar village.

Ea Mar village has a total agricultural land area of ​​510 hectares, the main income of the people comes from farming, but is not favored by nature and soil.

With 263 households and 987 people, the village still faces many challenges with 75 poor households, accounting for 32.4% of the population.

Faced with that situation, Mr. Y Khai, together with the political system in the village, made efforts to change people's thinking, ways of working, and strongly transform their production mindset.

Ea Mar villagers' rice fields have grown 2-3 crops per year.

First of all, with his closeness, sincerity and business experience, he analyzed, encouraged and suggested new ways to sow in people's hearts the belief and aspiration to escape poverty right on this difficult border land.

The highlight of the change in Ea Mar village is the strong change in production thinking. Previously, people were only used to growing rice with traditional varieties all year round, one crop per year, with low productivity. When the irrigation works and the internal canal system invested by the State were completed, bringing water to the fields, Mr. Y Khai mobilized and persuaded people to change their way of doing things, from one crop to 2-3 crops per year.

In addition to growing rice, corn, and cassava, many households in Ea Mar village have learned to grow additional crops to increase their income.

On the other hand, he, together with the village chief, farmers' association, and the village front working committee, has presided over the implementation of the task of mobilizing the development of livestock production, converting crop structure associated with the emulation movement of good production and business, and legitimate enrichment.

Ea Mar village is changing, with more and more solid houses.

With encouragement from prestigious people in the village, along with enthusiastic guidance and technical support from the farmers' association, Ea Mar villagers have gradually changed their farming process, learned how to choose new rice varieties for high yield, and applied science and technology to production, from fertilization to pest control.

Thanks to the proactive water source, fields are no longer left fallow. Rice cultivation has increased to 2-3 crops/year, productivity has also increased significantly, bringing a more stable source of income to many households.

He analyzed and encouraged people not to let livestock and poultry roam free under stilt houses.

Not stopping at increasing rice crops, Mr. Y Khai also struggled to find new directions, encouraging people to diversify crops and livestock to "take short-term to feed long-term". He encouraged people to take advantage of home gardens and natural ponds to raise chickens and ducks, creating a source of food and additional income during the off-season.

Thanks to that, many people in Ea Mar village have boldly grown more sugarcane to sell to the factory, intercropped with short-term crops such as pumpkin and cucumber for quick income and raised small-scale livestock to fully exploit land resources.

A typical example is Ms. H' Puch Rya's household. On 2 sao of gravel land, she learned how to grow cucumbers to earn extra income. After only a few successful cucumber crops, it brought in a significant income, helping her family cover their living expenses and reinvest in production.

Mr. Y Khai and prestigious people in the area have been joining hands to build the border commune of Buon Don to develop more and more.

The efforts of the Ea Mar hamlet government combined with the people's will to rise up have brought about positive results, contributing to promoting socio-economic development and reducing the poverty rate in the area. Accordingly, the poverty rate in Ea Mar hamlet has decreased by an average of 3-5% per year, the material and spiritual life of the people has been increasingly improved, and the number of well-off and wealthy households has also increased.

Not only interested in economic development, Mr. Y Khai also focuses on mobilizing people to build a cultural life and environmental sanitation. He and the organizations in the village persistently mobilize people to change old habits such as grazing livestock and poultry under the house to ensure village hygiene. This activity is integrated into the movement "Building a residential area with 3 no's", "5 no's, 3 clean". Ea Mar village has established an environmental protection team and organizes a general cleaning of village roads and alleys every month.

Thanks to the leadership of Mr. Y Khai and the consensus of the people, the appearance of Ea Mar village is gradually changing. The economy is improving, the fields are green, and the village life is more civilized and beautiful.

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/tin-moi/202512/doi-thay-o-buon-ea-mar-9b605d5/