Poverty eradication 'leaders' in Lang Son

TPO - As a mountainous and ethnic province, Lang Son is facing difficulties such as limited awareness and barren fields... However, from there, people who dare to think, dare to do, overcome challenges to develop the economy, production and business, thereby contributing to improving people's lives.

According to the report, in order to improve the lives of ethnic minorities, Lang Son province has identified the implementation of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period; the National Target Program on Socio -Economic Development for Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period, and the New Rural Development Program for the 2021-2025 period as key tasks.

Accordingly, Lang Son province has implemented an agricultural restructuring program associated with shifting crop structure; developing infrastructure, building concentrated commodity production areas. At the same time, mobilizing diverse investment resources for programs and projects to integrate measures to support commodity production development; stabilize population; support production forest planting; support and training in production and livestock techniques; support housing and house repairs for poor households, etc.

Thanks to the development of the cooperative model, agricultural products of people in Chi Lang and Huu Lung districts no longer have to worry about output. In the photo: Farmers in Quan Son and Huu Kien communes (Chi Lang district) sell turmeric to the Agricultural Processing Cooperative at a high price.

In Lang Son, many cooperative models have appeared, business owners develop the economy with local specialty trees and fruits. Identifying linkage in production and product consumption as an important link, a sustainable direction in agricultural production, improving production efficiency and income for farmers.

Forms of association in agricultural and forestry production and consumption of agricultural products in Lang Son have been formed and developed in many forms. Currently, a number of cooperatives have participated in production and consumption linkages according to the value chain, building brands and increasing product value in the market.

Hop Thinh Cooperative model (Cao Loc district) develops the profession of planting seedlings, supplying to farmers in and outside Lang Son province.

For example, Hop Thinh Cooperative (Cao Loc district), established by Ms. Ly Bich Linh in 2006, has now become one of the leading cooperatives in Lang Son province with a chain linkage model of a pig farming project worth nearly 43.5 billion VND. Annual revenue reaches 25 billion VND, ensuring stable income for workers at an average of 5 million VND/month...

Realizing that many households in the village are engaged in the business of growing seedlings, but with small areas, without stable outputs and proper technical processes, Ms. Hoang Thi Hong (Van Mieu village, Minh Son commune, Huu Lung district) mobilized women in the village to join a production-linked cooperative group, with her as the group leader. Up to now, the seedling nursery cooperative group has grown and sold more than 4 million forestry seedlings to the market, earning more than 1.2 billion VND and creating regular jobs for nearly 20 women members.

Ms. Vi Thi Tuyet, a member of the seedling nursery cooperative, said: “My family is a near-poor household. When I joined the cooperative, I was guaranteed an outlet for my products and given technical guidance, which gave me an income of about 100 million VND/year. My family gradually escaped poverty and stabilized their lives.”

Ms. Vy Lua is one of the typical examples of a woman who dares to do and is creative in producing and trading locally available herbal tea.

One of the dynamic "Leaders" in developing and enhancing local product brands is Ms. Vi Thi Lua, Director of the Vy Lua Agricultural Processing Cooperative in Chi Lang District. It operates mainly in the field of production and trading of fish mint tea, black tea, guava... which are products available in the homeland. Thanks to the attention and support of relevant levels and sectors and its own initiative in building brands and promoting products, the cooperative's tea products quickly became known and used by consumers.

As a result, the cooperative's revenue has also increased rapidly. In 2021, the cooperative's revenue was only about 400 million VND, but by 2024 it had reached about 2 billion VND. As a result, many people have escaped poverty sustainably and become rich in Lang Son.

Nguyen Duy Chien

Source: https://tienphong.vn/nhung-thu-linh-xoa-ngheo-o-lang-son-post1751279.tpo