Boldly transform the crop structure.
Born in a rural area facing many difficulties, the family of Ms. Ly Thi Binh, in Truong Son village, Son Ha commune, Huu Lung district, previously relied mainly on a few acres of rice fields and small-scale livestock farming, resulting in an unstable income.
Always yearning for a better economic situation for her family and locality, in 2012, recognizing the enormous potential for reforestation in the area, Ms. Binh decided to invest in developing a nursery for forestry seedlings at her home.
Ms. Binh confided: "In the beginning, the work was very difficult because we lacked the techniques for propagating and preserving seedlings. Even though we only propagated a small number, about 30,000 acacia and eucalyptus seedlings, more than half of them were still lost. Undeterred, Ms. Binh sought knowledge from other localities, learned from newspapers, books, and actively participated in training courses and technology transfer programs for seedling propagation organized by the province and district."
"I've always believed that learning while working, gaining experience while working, is the best approach. No success comes without challenges. Perhaps it's thanks to that perseverance that my family's seedling nursery model has expanded in both scale and number of plants," Ms. Binh shared.
Before she could finish her story, Mrs. Binh's phone rang incessantly. The calls came from traders from several neighboring districts and provinces, as well as from other businesses in the same nursery trade. People were asking her to order seedlings for the reforestation season, inquiring about her experience in effectively propagating seedlings…
For the local people, Mrs. Binh's nursery has become a trusted source. She always keeps them updated on new policies and guidelines for developing the hill and forest economy, and is always ready to share her experience, skills, and guidance on producing forestry seedlings so that everyone in the commune can learn and replicate the practices.
Bidding farewell to Mrs. Binh, we continued on to Nam Lan 2 village, Y Tich commune – a mountainous commune located nearly 20km from the center of Chi Lang district. The terrain features many rugged limestone mountains, interspersed with valleys where the topsoil is about 30cm thick, suitable for growing short-term industrial crops, food crops, and fruit trees.
Welcoming us right in his family garden, Mr. Luong Van Dung (of the Tay ethnic group), from Nam Lan 2 village, Y Tich commune, shared: Recognizing the advantages of the natural conditions, soil, and climate in his area, which are very suitable for custard apple trees, Mr. Dung's family boldly invested in planting 1,400 custard apple trees, 250 pomelo trees, and 0.5 hectares of tobacco. After a period of implementation, the effectiveness and suitability of custard apple trees for this land have been demonstrated.
Besides developing the economy and generating income for his family, Mr. Dung's family economic model also contributes to creating jobs for 5 seasonal workers in the locality. Furthermore, his family always adheres to the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws, participating in campaigns and emulation movements at the grassroots level. In 2020, his family voluntarily donated 120 square meters of land for road construction and contributed funds to the new rural development program.
Let's get rich together with farmers.
Meanwhile, in Tan Hoa commune – a particularly disadvantaged commune in Binh Gia district – there is Dang Thi Tan, a Dao ethnic woman who is hardworking, creative, dynamic, and daring to think and act.
Born into a struggling farming family, in 2015, Ms. Tan got married and settled in Yen Bai province. There, she and her husband began experimenting with developing a plant nursery. Recognizing the economic benefits of this business, in 2016, she discussed it with her husband and decided to return to her hometown of Tan Hoa to open a plant nursery.
In the early days of their business, to secure the necessary capital, she borrowed money from relatives and friends, and combined it with her meager savings of 150 million VND, she and her husband opened a cinnamon tree nursery covering 5 acres, with a capacity of 400,000 seedlings per season.
At the end of 2016, she sold her first batch of 400,000 seedlings to customers in the district, neighboring districts, and the provinces of Thai Nguyen and Yen Bai. Seeing the economic benefits, from 2018 to the present, she has rented land from villagers to expand her nursery to 12 acres. Each year, she cultivates nearly 1 million seedlings, bringing in an income of over 300 million VND.
Drawing on their own experience, Ms. Tan and her husband also wholeheartedly support dozens of households in the commune with seedlings and guidance on planting and caring for cinnamon trees, aiming for organic product quality.
Mrs. Binh, Mr. Dung, Ms. Tan… and many other kind and simple farmers in Lang Son province are exemplary, active, and enthusiastic role models in the movement to develop family and local economies.
According to the Lang Son Provincial Farmers' Association, they represent the spirit of hard work, dynamism, creativity, daring to think and act, knowing how to apply science and technology to production, and are the image of farmers in the new era: Patriotic - Exemplary - Dynamic - Creative - United - Compassionate.
Beyond simply enriching their family's economy, these farmers also serve as a "bridge" in disseminating the Party and State's policies and guidelines on economic and social development, the new rural development movement, and the building of cultural life in residential areas.
Driven by their determination and willpower to prosper from their homeland, these farmers have inspired a large number of Lang Son farmers' association members to compete in developing their fields and industries, actively transforming the structure of crops and livestock, and contributing to helping disadvantaged farming households, especially ethnic minorities, to develop their economy and stabilize their lives.
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