Accompanying farmers of Son Nam ward to develop the economy

Promoting the role as a bridge and a solid support for farmer members, in recent times, the Son Nam Ward Farmers' Association has always accompanied and supported farmers to effectively implement many activities to help members develop the economy and strive to become rich legitimately.

Kumquat growing model of farmer member Vuong Van Dong, Son Nam ward.

Currently, the Farmers' Association of Son Nam Ward has over 5,300 members, operating in 20 branches, of which more than 2,100 farmer households are recognized as good producers and traders at all levels. Accompanying farmers in economic development, the Association has effectively implemented the movement "Farmers compete in good production and trading, unite to help each other get rich and sustainably reduce poverty"; innovate content, promote propaganda, mobilize members to exploit local potentials and advantages in conjunction with the ward's planning; mobilize farmers to actively transform the structure of crops and livestock, creating many high-value commodity products; coordinate with specialized units to organize training courses on science and technology transfer for officials and members; organize for farmers to visit effective models to learn experiences and apply them in production and business; Support farmers to establish cooperative models, cooperatives, professional associations, bring local agricultural products to participate in programs and trade fairs to promote and consume products... From 2023 to now, the Association has coordinated to organize 25 training courses to transfer science and technology to over 2,000 farmer members on techniques for planting and caring for fruit trees, agricultural production in the direction of VietGAP, integrated pest management on fruit trees, techniques for using fertilizers and biological products...; effectively implement programs in coordination with credit and credit institutions to provide preferential loans to members for economic development, with a total outstanding loan of over 200 billion VND; provide over 100 tons of fertilizers with deferred payment to members; mobilize and guide members to participate in collective economic development, production linkage... Thanks to that, in the ward, there are more and more large-scale farmer production models, bringing high income, creating jobs for many workers. A typical example is the cow breeding model combined with banana growing of Mr. Vu Van Tien's family in Dong Hong village, with a scale of more than 30 beef cows and more than 17 hectares of bananas and pink bananas. Mr. Tien said: In the past, my family encountered many difficulties in raising and growing livestock due to lack of knowledge and experience. During the production process, I participated in training courses on science and technology organized by the Ward Farmers' Association such as: Applying scientific and technical advances in cultivation, fertilization, use of pesticides, applying mechanization, post-harvest preservation technology of bananas; building a cow breeding farm in a closed barn, proactively handling waste and controlling diseases; Visiting effective livestock models... Thanks to that, I have mastered production techniques and applied them effectively in practice, contributing to improving family economic efficiency.

In 2024, due to the impact of storms and floods, 18 fish cages on the river of Mr. Huynh Tuan Quyen's family in Tan My 2 residential group were severely damaged. With support from the Ward Farmers' Association, his family was given the opportunity to borrow 200 million VND from preferential capital from the Provincial Social Policy Bank Branch to restore production. At the same time, the Association drew from the association's fund, mobilized members to contribute and support 1 fish cage worth 9 million VND. Mr. Quyen shared: Thanks to the timely attention of the Ward Farmers' Association, my family quickly recovered production, gradually stabilizing our lives after the damage. In the coming time, my family will continue to expand the scale of rafts, apply effective production methods, and at the same time, share experiences with local people, contributing to spreading the model of sustainable economic development in the ward.

Comrade Pham Thi Tuat, President of the Farmers' Association of Son Nam Ward, said: In the coming time, the Association will continue to focus on building a strong organization; promoting emulation movements, mobilizing resources to support members and farmers in developing production and business; continuing to support seeds, capital, science and technology, promoting vocational training activities for members; building and replicating effective economic models... to help farmers increase income and improve their lives.

Van Anh

Source: https://baohungyen.vn/dong-hanh-voi-nong-dan-phuong-son-nam-phat-trien-kinh-te-3187980.html