Song Hinh farmers grow high-tech cassava

Song Hinh farmers grow cassava using a tarpaulin model.

Adapt to nature

At this time, the South Central provinces are in the dry season, with intense heat and temperatures above and below 40 degrees Celsius. In many places, some crops have reduced productivity, but cassava farmers in Son Giang commune, Song Hinh district are still confident about cassava, one of the crops suitable for local soil and climate conditions. More importantly, cassava in Song Hinh has been applied CNC with the form of planting covered with tarpaulin for the past few crops.

Currently, the commune government is focusing on encouraging farmers to grow cassava under tarpaulin combined with drip irrigation. This is a direction that is suitable for local conditions, as well as the needs and aspirations of cassava growers. Therefore, the locality will promote and guide farmers to replicate the model, thereby helping farmers to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty from cassava.

Mr. Nay Y Set, Chairman of the People's Committee of Song Hinh Commune, Song Hinh District

For example, Mr. Nguyen Phu's family in Ha Giang village, Son Giang commune - one of the households that boldly converted 5 sao of traditional cassava to growing cassava covered with tarpaulin combined with drip irrigation.

According to Mr. Phu, in the beginning, he did not have to spend much time taking care of the plants, saved irrigation water, and when harvesting, the cassava yield doubled. These are the advantages of the model of growing cassava under canvas that the people of Ha Giang village are applying.

In the same village of Ha Giang, with an area of ​​5 hectares, previously, Mr. Phung Xuan Thoi's family mainly grew cassava in the traditional way, so cassava yield was low due to leaf disease.

“With the guidance of local agricultural officials, I have improved the soil, switched to growing cassava using the model of covering the cuttings upright, using nylon tarps to cover the beds to prevent weeds. Thereby, it has limited fertilizer runoff, kept the soil moist, when it rained, the cuttings did not rot, and drained easily. Thanks to that, the cassava plants grew and developed well. When harvested, the cassava yield doubled, the starch content of the cassava tubers was much higher than the traditional cassava growing method that my family had long applied,” Thoi shared.

Song Hinh farmers prepare land to grow cassava.

According to some local people, the model of growing cassava under canvas has many advantages. Because of the use of canvas holes and drainage ditches between the rows, when it rains, the cassava plants are not flooded. Therefore, the plants grow well, are easy to care for, save water, reduce weeding work, reduce fertilizer... Currently, the yield of cassava grown under canvas in Song Hinh district reaches 45 - 55 tons/ha, while cassava grown in the traditional way only reaches 20 - 25 tons/ha. After deducting costs, farmers earn a profit of more than 50 million VND/ha.

Propaganda and guidance to replicate CNC cassava growing model

Mr. Nay Y Set - Chairman of the People's Committee of Song Hinh Commune, Song Hinh District said: Currently, the commune government focuses on encouraging farmers to grow cassava under tarpaulin combined with drip irrigation. This is a direction suitable to local conditions, as well as the needs and aspirations of cassava growers. Therefore, the locality will promote and guide farmers to replicate the model, thereby helping farmers to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty from cassava.

It can be seen that in Song Hinh district, cassava has helped many households escape poverty, being the main source of income for households. Cassava has the advantage of being suitable for the soil and easy to consume, so farmers choose to grow it, gradually forming concentrated production areas, creating a large volume of products, contributing to improving life. Therefore, the model of growing cassava covered with tarpaulin is a positive solution that is receiving special attention from localities in Song Hinh district to increase people's income.

Many farmers in Song Hinh district participate in growing cassava using the tarpaulin covering model.

As shared by Mr. Dinh Ngoc Dan - Chairman of Song Hinh District People's Committee: The District People's Committee has worked with Phu Yen Cassava Starch Joint Stock Company to continue investing in the model of growing cassava covered with tarpaulin in the next crop. Specifically, in Hai Rieng town, Song Hinh commune for people to learn from the experience, on that basis, they will calculate to replicate. With high productivity and stable purchasing price, cassava is expected to open up great prospects for people to increase their income and sustainably reduce poverty. Along with expanding the area of ​​cassava covered with tarpaulin, the local government will also calculate the solution to handle plastic waste (tarps) to ensure the environment.

In the whole Song Hinh district, there are currently more than 100 households applying cassava planting under tarpaulin with about 50 hectares. In the 2023 - 2024 winter-spring crop, the district will coordinate with Phu Yen Cassava Starch Joint Stock Company to deploy a model and provide technical guidance on cassava planting using agricultural tarpaulin combined with drip irrigation with an area of ​​5 hectares, with 7 households in Song Hinh, Son Giang communes and Hai Rieng town participating (support of 20 million VND/ha).

The first cassava season in Ky Son was a bumper crop and good price.

Source: https://baodantoc.vn/nong-dan-song-hinh-trong-san-cong-nghe-cao-1719484224614.htm