With the determination to overcome poverty and become rich legitimately, young Van Kieu Party member Ho Van Tron in Loa village, Ba Tang commune, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province took the lead in setting an example in exploiting the potential and advantages of the locality. Initially, he succeeded in exploiting hilly land to develop suitable cassava and rubber trees with high economic efficiency.
Mr. Tron harvests rubber latex - Photo: ML
Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Ba Tang Commune, Ho Van Du, said: "With his industrious, hard-working, and daring nature, Mr. Tron has become a typical example in the locality for knowing how to convert suitable crops for economic development. He has become rich legitimately on the hilly land that used to be used for ineffective crop cultivation. His family's economic model was chosen by the association as one of the model points for farmers in the commune to learn and follow."
Responding to the local government's policy of converting crops to increase production value per unit area, Mr. Tron reclaimed and renovated 2 hectares of hilly land, choosing the KM94 cassava variety suitable for mountainous land and soil for cultivation. To facilitate production, he actively learned knowledge and production experience from books, newspapers, the internet, and typical models in Vinh Linh district and neighboring communes to grow cassava. Thanks to careful preparation of the land, selection of varieties and fertilization, his family's cassava area has outstanding productivity and quality, not unstable in the "heavenly" way, completely dependent on the weather as before. On average, each cassava crop, after deducting expenses, he earns more than 100 million VND.
In particular, grasping the district's policy on crop conversion, especially the pilot planting of rubber trees in the Lia communes, nearly 10 years ago, Mr. Tron proactively researched and learned, becoming one of the households boldly piloting in Ba Tang commune. He decided to convert the hilly land that was used to cultivate ineffective crops to rubber, with an area of over 2 hectares. After carefully studying the varieties and experience from the models of Vinh Linh district and A Doi commune of Huong Hoa district, his family planted and carefully cared for this crop. Although rubber was a new crop for local people at that time, Mr. Tron was not afraid of difficulties, actively participated in training courses and proactively learned knowledge to both work and gain experience, taking good care of the rubber area.
Up to now, his family's rubber garden has grown well, is free from pests and diseases, has a high latex content, and is a priority choice for purchasing facilities. The purchasing facilities are all located in neighboring communes such as A Doi and Thuan, so the output for fresh latex products is favorable with prices ranging from 25,000 to 30,000 VND/kg.
With this rubber plantation, his family earns 50-70 million VND per year. In addition, he also cultivates rice and raises livestock and poultry on a small scale to ensure food for his family all year round.
“In the beginning of implementing the new crop model, my family and I were quite worried. The land does not disappoint the people. After many years of cultivation, the economic model has basically stabilized and developed, and we are very confident to maintain and expand production. In the future, I will continue to research and learn more about quality rubber varieties to replace some ineffective crop areas,” said Mr. Tron.
Minh Long
Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/lam-giau-o-vung-kho-nho-chu-dong-chuyen-doi-cay-trong-187564.htm
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