For the goal of modern countryside, civilized farmers

With the spirit of "people know, people discuss, people do, people check, people benefit", in recent years, Quang Ninh farmers have been affirming their role as the main subject in building new rural areas, creating comprehensive changes from fields, village roads to thinking and working methods. Not only contributing working days, donating land and assets to expand infrastructure, farmers are also the core force in developing the rural economy, promoting digital transformation, protecting the environment, preserving cultural identity... This cooperation is gradually changing the face of the countryside, contributing to realizing the goal of developing ecological agriculture, modern countryside, and civilized farmers.

Provincial People's Council leaders visited economic development models in Quang Yen town.

Farmers are prosperous and well-off

Since the new rural development program was strongly implemented in the locality, Mr. Le Van Thang's family (village 3, Quang Minh commune, Hai Ha district) has boldly re-planned their garden, focusing on developing a vegetable growing model. Under the regular support of the commune's Farmers' Association, Mr. Thang has actively participated in training courses on vegetable care techniques, selecting new, high-yielding vegetable and root varieties to replace traditional vegetable varieties. At the same time, he has focused on clean production, using microbial fertilizers to improve product quality and ensure safety.

Currently, Mr. Thang's family is cultivating about 3,000 square meters of various vegetables, such as: cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkins, tomatoes... Income after deducting expenses reaches over 100 million VND/year.

New economic models are currently developing strongly in Quang Minh commune. Under the guidance of the commune's Farmers' Association, many households are focusing on developing ornamental peach trees to increase their income. Mr. Tran Van Thuat, a well-off household thanks to ornamental peach trees, said: In the first peach crop of 2025, my family sold about 200 ornamental peach trees, with a revenue of more than 400 million VND.

According to Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Quang Minh Commune Tran Van Thanh, implementing the program of building new rural areas, the Farmers' Association of the commune has mobilized members and farmers to implement a project to produce 10.2 hectares of vegetables according to VietGAP process with 61 households participating. Connecting with units to support 27 tons of organic fertilizer to implement the above project and deploying quality crops in concentrated production areas, such as hybrid corn, green squash, vegetables and fruits of all kinds. In particular, the association also mobilized 34 households to participate in converting 8.5 hectares of ineffective cultivated land to grow ornamental peach trees, bringing in an income of about 350-500 million VND/household/year.

Farmers' Association of Quang Minh commune, Hai Ha district accompanies members and farmers to develop a safe vegetable growing model.

Not only Quang Minh commune, but also in many other rural areas in Quang Ninh , farmers' lives are becoming more and more prosperous and wealthy. Up to now, the average income in rural areas in the province has reached 84.14 million VND/person/year. The whole province has no more poor households and has reached the finish line 3 years early for the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the period 2021-2025.

Implementing the criteria on income and production development, Farmers' Associations at all levels in the province have actively accompanied and supported members and farmers to increase their income through implementing economic models and deploying fund sources. Up to now, the Farmers' Support Fund has maintained 82.7 billion VND for 1,078 households to borrow through 170 projects. Farmers' Associations also cooperated with banks to receive trust and credit for farmers to borrow capital to develop production. Up to now, the outstanding credit balance entrusted through banks has reached over 2,363 billion VND.

In particular, through the movement "Farmers compete in good production and business, sustainable poverty reduction" implemented by HND, it has encouraged farmers in the whole province to get rich, increase their income, and contribute to the completion of the new rural criteria. From the movement, many typical examples of farmers have emerged who are dynamic, creative, dare to think, dare to do, boldly apply scientific , technical and modern technological advances in production and business; forming collective economic models, small and medium enterprises, and cooperatives linked in production, processing and consumption of products according to the value chain, bringing high economic efficiency.

Farmers in Quang Nghia commune, Mong Cai city develop shrimp farming model to increase income.

Continue the journey to reach new heights

In addition to focusing on developing the rural economy, over the past 5 years, under the advocacy and propaganda of the Farmers' Association, members and farmers have donated 364,679 square meters of land, contributed over 28,000 working days, and participated in repairing more than 2,600 kilometers of inter-village roads and 1,397 kilometers of intra-field canals.

Farmers' cooperation is also clearly shown through the movement to protect the environment and preserve cultural identity. The whole province is also maintaining more than 600 farmer models associated with environmental protection, such as: "Beautiful houses, clean roads, clean fields", "Self-managed farmer routes"; "Say no to plastic bags and plastic waste"; "Collect, classify and process waste and waste into fertilizer at the source"; "Collect pesticide packaging"...

Through these models, farmers' awareness and behavior are gradually changing, proactively and actively participating in environmental protection from living habits to production. At the same time, contributing to building a green lifestyle in the community and implementing environmental criteria in building new rural areas. The rate of households achieving the title of "Cultural Family" among members and farmers is always maintained at over 96%, which is a clear demonstration of the harmonious development between material and spiritual in building new rural areas.

Dong Tien Commune Farmers' Association (Co To District) launched an environmental protection movement. Photo: Co To Farmers' Association.

In the period of 2025-2030, Quang Ninh determined to continue improving the quality of new rural construction associated with ecological agriculture, modern countryside, and civilized farmers. According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Hanh, Chairwoman of the Provincial Farmers' Association, the Farmers' Association will continue to accompany its members and farmers in promoting its role as the main subject and center in the journey of building new rural areas, striving to build a generation of Quang Ninh farmers who are not only good producers, but also become sustainable partners in the process of digital transformation of agriculture, building Quang Ninh into a leading province in developing advanced new rural areas and model new rural areas in the country.

Nguyen Ngoc

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