Good experience - Good practice: Opening a way out of poverty with new varieties of crops and livestock

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Due to harsh climatic conditions, people in some mountainous areas of Quang Tri province have difficulty in choosing seedlings to "entrust" their livelihoods. However, in recent years, the type of tree that grows naturally on the hills has become one of the sources of livelihood for many households in Tuyen Hoa or Phu Trach communes (Quang Tri).

Quang Tri people harvest sim on the hill

The entire Quang Hoa village, Tuyen Hoa commune currently has about 5 hectares of sim trees that are professionally cared for, with each household cultivating about 1 hectare. The trees bear fruit regularly during the harvest season, with about 200 sim trees and a selling price of more than 25,000 VND/kg. Ms. Dam Kim Hue said that in the past 3 years, sim trees have been one of the family's main sources of income, bringing in about 500,000 VND per day. Along with raising pigs and growing vegetables, income from sim trees has helped her family stabilize their income and cover living expenses. Sim trees are grown naturally on hills, do not require fertilization and have few pests, so they do not require much investment, and customers can buy with peace of mind without worrying too much about safety.

According to local people, sim can be sold fresh, dried or processed into wine, this is also a product that is popular in the local market and many other provinces, including OCOP sim wine products. The purchase price at the garden ranges from 25,000 - 30,000 VND/kg. After about 4 years of care, the sim tree begins to bear fruit with each season lasting about a month. If well cared for, the yield can reach 10kg/picking, helping each household earn an income of 10 - 15 million VND/season. This is the number that many mountainous farming households hope for, when production conditions are still difficult. In particular, the sim ripening season coincides with the time to prepare for the start of the school year, helping families support the education costs of their children.

The civet farming model has the support of local authorities and functional agencies.

Along with the sim tree, some new animal breeds have also helped many farmers change their lives, bringing in large incomes. Mr. Nguyen Quoc Vuong, Trung Thuan commune (Quang Tri) failed after raising hill chickens, then searched and tried with weasels. Raising this animal also requires research to ensure safe confinement conditions, limiting disease, but then it is quite simple in finding food sources.

The civet farm invested by Mr. Nguyen Quoc Vuong is modern, consisting of four rows, each row has three floors, divided into separate compartments, ensuring moderate temperature and regular disinfection. In addition to ensuring hygiene, the civets only eat simple foods such as bananas and tilapia porridge, at a fairly cheap price. Through a long period of careful care, Mr. Vuong has raised more than 100 civets with a good income each year, becoming a model of economic development for local people to learn from.

Community economic development

From strange crops and breeds, pioneering households have shared their experiences with villagers, along with the support of local authorities, creating a local community with a common will to escape poverty and become rich.

Regarding the sim tree, the Chairman of the Farmers’ Association of Tuyen Hoa commune said that the sim growing model has helped people take advantage of vacant hill land; at the same time, creating more jobs and increasing stable income. The Farmers’ Association of the commune is coordinating propaganda, providing technical support, finding outlets and calling on businesses to participate in the sim product value chain.

According to the Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Tuyen Hoa Commune, sim can be developed into a local product, helping to increase its value and expand its consumption market. From a few experimental households, the sim growing model in Quang Hoa has now expanded to the entire village, creating a specialized area for growing special varieties of plants, while also supporting a stable livelihood for the people.

For the mink farming model, it is an opportunity to change the lives of some households to escape poverty and get rich when this animal brings high economic resources. The representative of the Economic Department of Trung Thuan commune said that the locality is very interested in developing livestock farm models in the commune, in which the mink farming model in operation in the past has had high economic value, little impact on the environment, promising great potential. The locality also hopes to receive attention and investment to continue to replicate this model.

However, for new plant and animal breeds, farmers also need to pay attention to the legal regulations on breeding and keeping wild animals for commercial purposes. For civets, breeding facilities need to be granted facility codes and periodically managed according to regulations.

According to the Head of Bo Trach Forest Protection Department, Doan Van Ngai, forest rangers have coordinated with local authorities to guide individual households to manage, update, monitor, and record books promptly and accurately on the quantity of breeding, selling, etc., to maintain environmental hygiene and safety. "Raising wild animals in compliance with the law contributes to the economic development of individual households and reduces the hunting of wild animals in the wild," added the Head of Bo Trach Forest Protection Department, Doan Van Ngai.

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