From early morning, in all the fields of the communes: Thanh Nua, Thanh An, Pom Lot... people are urgently preparing the land, sowing, creating a bustling, urgent working atmosphere. With the advantage of flat terrain, available water resources, fertile land, for many years now, the movement of growing winter crops has developed widely. Realizing that sweet potatoes bring economic efficiency and a stable consumption market, in recent years, Mrs. Bui Thi Tan's family, Dong Bien 1 village, Thanh An commune has maintained the area of sweet potato cultivation. Immediately after harvesting more than 2,000m2 of winter-spring rice , Mrs. Tan's family hired more people to work the land to plant potatoes in time for the season. Thanks to proper care, the family's potato garden grows well every year, bringing high economic efficiency. From 1,000m2 of potato fields, the family earns about 12 - 13 million VND. If calculated compared to rice cultivation on the same area, it only earns 8 - 10 million VND/crop. “Every year, in addition to the two main rice crops, the family continues to increase the winter crop area, especially sweet potatoes, to increase income and stabilize life,” Ms. Tan added.
Similar to Thanh An commune, at this time, after completing the corn harvest, in Pom Lot commune, farmers started plowing, preparing the land, and planting new vegetables. This winter crop, the commune planted 38 hectares of vegetables, focusing on vegetables such as: cabbage; kohlrabi; cauliflower; chili... and corn. Commenting on the development direction of specialized vegetable areas, Mr. Nguyen Van Luyen, Vice Chairman of Pom Lot Commune People's Committee, said: "To make vegetable growing more effective, in the coming time, the commune will continue to invest synchronously in science and technology, and cooperate with businesses to ensure output." At the same time, the Party Committee and the commune government stepped up propaganda and mobilized people to take advantage of ineffective corn growing areas to switch to growing vegetables; directed cadres to guide people in choosing suitable plant varieties, implementing measures to care for and prevent pests and diseases. The highlight of the 2024 winter crop is that the crop structure continues to shift positively towards expanding the area of high-value crops, easy-to-sell products and producing goods according to market demand. Up to now, some early tea growing areas have been harvested such as: Chili plants with prices ranging from 40,000 VND/kg, cauliflower 40 - 45,000 VND/kg...
This winter crop, Dien Bien district planted over 860 hectares of vegetables (vegetables over 720 hectares, sweet potatoes 140 hectares), mainly concentrated in the communes of Thanh Nua, Thanh Luong, Sam Mun, Pom Lot and Thanh An... To achieve high results in winter crop production, right from the beginning of the crop, the local government has actively encouraged people to plant crops that are the strengths of each commune. Although there are still some difficulties in weather, but with accumulated experience, the efforts of the people and timely direction of the government in production, the winter crop has basically completed 80% of the area.
Mr. Nguyen Hong Thang, Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dien Bien district, shared: In the 2024 winter-spring rice crop, Dien Bien district was heavily affected by the weather, heavy rains with whirlwinds, flash floods, and landslides, causing many rice areas to be completely lost and productivity to decrease. Winter crop production is very necessary for people in the district, contributing to ensuring livelihoods, increasing income, and stabilizing life. To achieve the set goals and plans, after the winter-spring rice crop ended, the district's professional agencies coordinated with communes to mobilize people to focus on developing winter crop production in the direction of commodities, organizing winter crop production in the direction of compact areas, according to planning to ensure convenience in purchasing and consuming products, gradually forming a concentrated winter crop production area, the Muong Thanh 3-crop field area.
Source: https://baodienbienphu.com.vn/tin-tuc/kinh-te/218961/huyen-dien-bien-day-manh-trong-cay-vu-dong
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