Effectiveness of chili growing model in Nhan Thinh

In recent years, production in the fields of Nhan Thinh commune (Ly Nhan) has changed significantly. People have actively changed the crop structure and plant variety structure to help increase the value of the cultivated area; in which, the most prominent is the chili pepper plant that people have chosen and expanded production to promote good efficiency.

On the Red River bank, Lam Cau village - Bang Lam cooperative, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh's chili pepper field is growing green, some early planted plots have begun to harvest fruit. This production season will be postponed until April next year to avoid the hot summer when the chili pepper plants grow poorly. Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh said: The chili growing area was rented from the villagers who previously grew corn, under a 10-year contract, the rental price is 200 - 250 thousand VND/sao/year. Chili pepper has been maintained in production for the 8th year now, still ensuring stability and economic efficiency.

8 years ago, when deciding to invest in growing chile pepper, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh carefully studied this new plant, especially its ability to adapt to the local climate and soil... In fact, chile pepper is easy to care for, and is rarely affected by pests or diseases. The cost of fertilizer is not much, mainly organic fertilizer purchased from local farms and a portion of phosphate fertilizer applied at the beginning of the season. In general, 1 sao of chile pepper produced in 1 crop (about 8-9 months and planted over 2 years) costs more than 4 million VND, including: Seed money, fertilizer, pesticides, plastic covering the planting beds, irrigation pumps, and labor costs. Meanwhile, the yield of chile pepper is from 500 - 700 kg/sao, with an average selling price of 25 - 30 thousand VND/kg. Thus, the production value of 1 sao of chile pepper is over 12 million VND, minus costs, bringing in a profit of about 8 million VND. More importantly, the market for chili pepper products is quite good and diverse. Up to 50% of chili pepper production is sold by Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh to export processing enterprises.

Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh shared: Chili products sold to export processing enterprises require quality assurance, especially no pesticide residue. Selling through this source ensures the lowest price of 25,000 VND/kg (even when the free market price is lower) and will increase when the market price increases. In the future, if the sale to export processing enterprises is stable, I will continue to rent land from local people to expand production.

Effectiveness of chili growing model in Nhan Thinh — **Chili pepper growing area of Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh, Nhan Thinh commune (Ly Nhan).**
Photo: Kimchi

After the model of Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh, in Nhan Thinh commune, there is now another model of growing chili peppers of a household with an area of nearly 10 hectares on high-grade rice land. This is the first chili crop in this model and is starting to be harvested. Although newly developed, the model has been invested in a systematic way to meet safety standards and the main consumption direction of the product is export processing enterprises. It is known that if production is favorable, some households here can invest in building chili processing lines; thereby, promoting linkages to expand production scale with households in the area. From the results, it is hoped that chili peppers will be a new direction to replace old, low-value crops in the locality.

Nhan Thinh commune has a fairly large production area of nearly 750 hectares, of which 511 hectares are used for annual crops. The local alluvial land area alone is more than 150 hectares along the Red River. Currently, most of the local annual crop land is still mainly focused on rice and hybrid corn with low economic efficiency. The efficiency of the chili pepper fields in the commune opens up a new direction for development, helping to effectively exploit the land potential. Evaluating the chili pepper growing model in Nhan Thinh commune, Ms. Nguyen Thi Quyen, Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ly Nhan district, said: The production thinking of people in Nhan Thinh in particular and in the district in general has changed through the promotion of the application of science and technology and new plant varieties. At the same time, people actively invest in concentrating land, developing large-scale production.

Manh Hung

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