Get rich from the homeland fields

Born into a poor family in a purely rural area, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nguyen soon understood the hardships and difficulties of farmers. In 1999, she married Mr. Tran Van Binh, born in 1976, who was from the same village and also came from a farming family. Three children were born one after another, and the difficult life made them even more determined to become rich through their own labor. Ms. Nguyen shared: "Thinking is simple, but doing is not easy. My husband and I have little education and no capital, but we always believe that if we persevere, we will succeed."

Nguyen Thi Nguyen and her husband check the sweet potato field ready for harvest.

The couple's journey to make a living started with simple jobs. The husband drove for hire, the wife worked in the fields, did sewing, and saved up every little bit of capital. Later, when they had a little extra money, they boldly invested in buying a car to provide passenger transport services. When the market was saturated, Mr. Binh went to work in Korea, and Ms. Nguyen stayed home and did many jobs such as: buying scrap, opening a beverage shop, investing in a children's playground... With the motto "not afraid of work, not afraid of difficulties", the couple both studied and worked, constantly looking for ways to develop the economy . Thanks to that, the family's economy gradually stabilized, and they had enough to eat and save.

Faced with the situation of abandoned agricultural land due to people switching to work as workers, not willing to accept the fallow fields, Ms. Nguyen and her husband proactively traveled everywhere to learn about agricultural models and actively participated in training courses on technology transfer. In 2019, Ms. Nguyen and her husband pioneered in renting 10 hectares of fields from more than 200 households in the village to build a "large-scale field" model, cultivating agricultural commodities in a modern direction.

After having the land, the couple focused on improving the fields, renting land clearing machines, creating flat ground, and dumping alluvial soil. At the same time, they invested in automatic irrigation systems and mechanized machinery from land preparation, planting, care to harvesting. Her family's fields "have their own season", from onions, garlic, sweet potatoes, potatoes, soybeans, watermelons, cantaloupes, jicama, cassava to Tet peaches and vegetables. In addition, Ms. Nguyen's family also took advantage of 1 hectare of low-lying fields to grow lotus. Thanks to outstanding production efficiency, in 2020, they established the Dai An Safe Vegetable Production Cooperative. The product "Dai An - Trung Kenh Dried Garlic" was recognized as meeting 3-star OCOP standards, contributing to bringing their hometown's agricultural products to markets inside and outside the province. The model not only brings a sustainable source of income, but also creates stable jobs for 15-20 local workers, with an income of 5-6 million VND/person/month.

Sharing about the difficulties, Ms. Nguyen said: “Agriculture has never been easy. The investment capital is up to nearly 4 billion VND, land rent and labor costs alone are about 600 million VND per year, not to mention the cost of seeds, fertilizers, materials... Although partly supported by the State's policies, applying machinery helps reduce labor, agriculture is greatly affected by weather and natural disasters. Without careful calculation and perseverance, it is very difficult to survive”. She also expressed her hope that authorities at all levels will continue to pay attention, support preferential loans, provide scientific and technical guidance and ensure stable output for agricultural products so that farmers can confidently invest and stick with the profession for a long time.

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Source: https://baobacninhtv.vn/lam-giau-tu-dong-ruong-que-huong-postid427031.bbg