Growing clean specialties helps people in Sa Pa escape poverty

TPO - Thanks to its particularly suitable climate, Sa Pa shiitake mushrooms have long been a favorite specialty of tourists. Small but well-organized clean mushroom factories are opening up new livelihoods, creating jobs for local people and contributing to building a clean agricultural product brand for this tourist land.

Along O Quy Ho Street (Sa Pa Ward, Lao Cai Province), it is not difficult to come across typical agricultural models: high-tech vegetables, climbing chayote, temperate plants... Among them, the model of growing clean, high-quality shiitake mushrooms, targeting demanding customers, making gifts and specialties for tourism is a highlight.

Linh Huong mushroom facility is creating jobs for 20 workers in Sa Pa ward. Photo: Pham Quynh

Visiting Linh Huong mushroom facility, which is creating jobs for 20 rural workers in O Quy Ho 1 residential group, Sa Pa ward, we clearly saw the potential and vibrant atmosphere of this production model. The production facility operates according to a closed, organic process. From preparing the growing medium bag, controlling the water source, sterilizing with natural materials to recycling by-products into fertilizer, all are aimed at ensuring hygiene and safety, and being environmentally friendly.

Therefore, the price of fresh mushrooms is quite high, from about 100 - 200 thousand VND/kg. Dried mushrooms cost from 1 - 2 million VND/kg. Mushrooms are sold out as soon as they are produced.

Each year, the facility produces about 100 tons of fresh mushrooms, with revenue of nearly 12 billion VND/year. Photo: Pham Quynh

Ms. Chao May Pham (Ta Chai village, Ta Phin commune) shared that thanks to her stable job and learning clean agricultural techniques, her income is steady. Her family no longer has to worry about working far from home and facing hardships and shortages.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Ha Manh Phong, Director of Linh Huong Mushroom Company Limited, said that Sa Pa's climate and soil are especially suitable for shiitake mushrooms, providing high levels of Beta-glucan (an active ingredient that helps increase resistance, support the cardiovascular system and inhibit cancer cells). With an area of over 0.4 hectares, the facility produces about 100 tons of fresh mushrooms each year, with a revenue of nearly 12 billion VND/year. The facility's clean mushrooms are on the shelves of many supermarkets and food stores and are expected to conquer demanding export markets.

Clean mushrooms from the facility are on the shelves of many supermarkets and food stores. Photo: Pham Quynh

Mr. To Ngoc Lien, Chairman of Sa Pa Ward People's Committee, said that the locality is focusing on supporting OCOP models, building typical products to contribute to tourism development and sustainable poverty reduction.

According to Mr. Lien, Sa Pa will soon organize a workshop, inviting experts and scientists to pave the way for clean, high-quality products, including Sa Pa shiitake mushrooms, to reach far and wide.

In addition, Sa Pa ward is a bridge between communes and wards of the old Sa Pa town in the strategy of developing clean and valuable products.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/trong-dac-san-sach-giup-nguoi-dan-o-sa-pa-thoat-ngheo-post1766246.tpo