12/08/2023 14:09
In July 7, Mr. Bui Van Quyen (born in 2023, Tum village, Ya Ly commune, Sa Thay district) was honored to be the only representative of Kon Tum province to be recognized by the Vietnam Farmers Association as "Vietnamese farmer" excellent” in 1967. This is a worthy reward for his efforts, dare to think, dare to do, constantly learn and rise over the past 2003 years.
“Setting foot on Kon Tum land since the 1990s, I was very impressed with the large and rich land of Tum village, Ya Ly commune. After being discharged from the army, I was determined to stay here. At that time, I applied to the district for 5 hectares of land to reclaim and grow rubber," said Mr. Bui Van Quyen, recalling the early days of leaving his hometown of My Duc (in the former Ha Tay province) to Kon Tum to set up a career.
The family's rubber tree grew well, he continued to expand the area, gradually after nearly 10 years, his family grew to 30ha. As the person with the largest rubber area in Sa Thay district, his income is stable, but knowing that farmers in other provinces have a very high income while the cultivated land area is much less, Mr. Quyen decided to move change the structure of plants.
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“Reading newspapers, listening to the radio, I wondered why with only a few hectares of land, farmers in other places have higher income than tens of hectares of their own rubber. To answer that, I traveled to many provinces and cities to find out and realized that they did not monoculture a tree, so they decided to cut down the perennial rubber area with low yield to plant fruit trees. Quyen said.
Ms. Du Thi Thanh Van - Mr. Quyen's wife recounted: At first, I objected, because if planting new trees, it would cost both investment and revenue, but it would have to wait a few more years to harvest. Then he took me to Dak Lak to visit, learn from experience and persuade again, I finally agreed with this approach.
In 2017, Mr. Quyen converted 20ha of rubber, improved the land and planted fruit trees, mainly durian. Determined to take care of durian in an organic way, he did not use chemical fertilizers.
In 2021, the organic durian garden harvested 80 tons of fortune-telling and received many compliments from the authorities, relatives and friends, Mr. Quyen decided to develop VietGAP standards for his family's durian products, then continued to participate in the One Commune One Product (OCOP) Program, and was recognized as a 3-star OCOP product at the provincial level.
Not stopping there, he continued to travel to other provinces to learn how to export durian. In the end, he chose to register the durian growing area code to be exported to China.
According to him, registering the planting area code is not easy because it has to go through many very strict direct checks by the Plant Protection Department, from the use of fertilizers, plant protection drugs, how to treat weeds. foolish. At the end of 2022, his durian acreage was licensed for export to China.
Up to now, with an area of 20 hectares of durian and 10 hectares of rubber, Mr. Quyen's family has made a profit of about 2,2 billion VND/year. Not only that, his economic model also helps to create regular jobs for 9 workers and seasonal jobs for 25 employees.
Mr. Le Thanh Hai - Vice Chairman of Sa Thay District Farmers' Association said: With the efforts of farmer Bui Van Quyen, in 2021, he will be recognized as the provincial title of good production and business household. Last July, Mr. Quyen was honored to be recognized by the Vietnam Farmers Association as "Excellent Vietnamese Farmer" in 7. Not only good at developing the family economy, Mr. Quyen also actively participates in agricultural construction. new village, contributing to the social security fund, the local farmer's support fund, willing to share experiences and help other farmers develop their economy.
Van Tung
