Tam Duong is the gateway district of Lai Chau province, a large area with 12 ethnic groups living together; over 80% of the population are ethnic minorities. In recent times, the local Party Committee and government have had many solutions, allocating many investment resources to remote areas, ethnic minority areas, strengthening propaganda and mobilizing people to develop the economy , eliminate hunger and reduce poverty, thereby contributing to the successful implementation of local socio-economic development targets and tasks.
New rural appearance in the mountainous district of Tam Duong
Previously, with the family's production land area, Mr. Lo Van Bun in Cooc Noc village, Na Tam commune mainly planted corn and rice but the economic efficiency was not high; food was only enough to serve the family and livestock. With the encouragement of the Party Committee and the village and commune authorities, Mr. Bun boldly converted 1 hectare of land to grow cassava.
“My family has received support from the State for growing this cassava plant with seeds and fertilizers, and guaranteed output after harvest, so my family is very secure and hopes to have a higher income than corn and rice. Currently, my family's cassava area is growing well and will be ready for harvest in a short time,” Mr. Bun added.
Also boldly switching to new crops, but Mr. Lo Van En's family in Na Hieng village, Na Tam commune chose chili to improve income. According to Mr. En, with more than 3 sao of chili of his family, through the first harvest, it shows that chili is economically more effective than growing rice and corn 2-3 times. His family plans to expand the area to have higher income.
Growing chili brings high income to farmers in Na Tam
Taking agriculture as a resource for economic development, in addition to 300 hectares of double-crop rice to ensure food security, Na Tam commune has recently been promoting the transformation of crop structure, thereby gradually moving towards commodity agricultural production. Up to now, the whole commune has 87 hectares of macadamia trees, 227 hectares of Shan Tuyet and Kim Tuyen tea; of which, the commercial tea area is 167 hectares. In addition, the commune mobilizes people to convert ineffective agricultural land to grow cassava, chili, etc.
According to Commune Chairman Nguyen Van Chien, the chili growing area in the commune has reached nearly 1.3 hectares, the first harvest yielded 20 tons/hectare, with an economic value of 200 - 250 million VND/hectare; 45 hectares of galangal are expected to be harvested at the end of 2024, with about 60 tons of tubers/hectare with a selling price of 120 - 150 million VND/hectare.
"Through the conversion of crop and livestock structure, the spirit of economic development has been aroused, improving the income of the people. Up to now, Na Tam commune has achieved 14/19 new rural criteria, average income per capita reached 27.4 million VND/year, the poverty rate is 14.86%, near-poor 11%", said Mr. Nguyen Van Chien, Chairman of Na Tam Commune People's Committee.
Tea is also one of the strong crops in Tam Duong.
Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province has 13 communes and towns, with more than 12,500 households. Identifying the goal of sustainable poverty reduction as the top political task, the Party Committee and the district government have mobilized the strength of the entire political system, social organizations, businesses and people to participate in the poverty reduction program.
At the same time, the district has guided communes and towns to develop specific plans to implement poverty reduction programs; and include poverty reduction targets in annual socio-economic development programs and plans.
Tam Duong district has a total area of food crops of more than 8,670 hectares, with an output of nearly 41,000 tons; tea area of 2,332 hectares; fruit trees of 1,160 hectares; total livestock herd of an estimated 38,400, poultry of 252,000... 100% of poor, near-poor, ethnic minorities in difficult and extremely difficult areas are granted free health insurance cards; 8 communes meet new rural standards; the poverty rate has decreased to 11.15%.
"These are important results demonstrating the right direction of the local Party Committee and government in exploiting potential and strengths to develop the economy and reduce poverty," affirmed Mr. Sung Lu Pao, Chairman of the People's Committee of Tam Duong district.
With the results achieved in the past time, it has contributed to helping Tam Duong district successfully implement the targets, tasks and solutions to implement the Resolution of the Party Congresses at all levels for the 2020 - 2025 term as well as set out tasks and solutions for the 2025 - 2030 term; especially the goal of sustainable poverty reduction.
Trong Bao
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/tam-duong-lai-chau-khoi-day-tinh-than-vuon-len-thoat-ngheo-trong-dong-bao-dtts-1729239952629.htm
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