Ia Dal border commune leads economic development, creating "leverage" to build new rural areas

Along with improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party organization, the Party Committee of Ia Dal commune, Ia H'Drai district, Kon Tum province focuses on leading the implementation of socio-economic development goals.

Thanks to that, the appearance of rural border areas has been increasingly renewed, people's lives have been improved, contributing to firmly protecting the 47.5 km border with neighboring Cambodia.

Xã biên giới Ia Đal lãnh đạo phát triển kinh tế, tạo 'đòn bẩy' xây dựng nông thôn mới

Leaders of Ia Dal border commune receive decision to meet new rural standards. (Photo: Nguyen Van Chien)

Ia Dal Commune Party Committee has 14 subordinate Party cells with 98 Party members. Every year, the Commune Party Committee issues resolutions on economic development, focusing on exploiting potentials, creating internal strength, promoting investment attraction in agricultural production, associated with forest protection and development; actively mobilizing people to change the structure of crops and livestock, applying technical advances in production; implementing the Campaign "Changing the thinking and working methods of ethnic minorities, helping ethnic minorities to escape poverty sustainably".

Taking us to visit the medicinal chicken farming model of Hop Tien Cooperative in village 3, comrade Trinh Quoc Hoan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ia Dal commune introduced: Medicinal chicken farming in the commune develops rapidly, the chickens are healthy, when sold, each chicken weighs from 3-3.5 kg, the selling price is about 120,000 VND/kg. Mr. Le Van Hao - Director of the Cooperative said that the main medicinal herbs are lemongrass, turmeric... after harvesting, the leaves and stems will be taken, then ground into bran and mixed together to make chicken feed.

According to this model, growing medicinal herbs is not only for chicken feed but also helps people earn extra income from selling medicinal stems and roots. As for lemongrass, in addition to being used as chicken feed, it is also cooked into essential oil, mixed with water for chickens to drink to increase resistance. Each hectare of lemongrass yields about 30 tons of lemongrass stems; each month, the Cooperative sells 25-30 liters of lemongrass essential oil to the market. As for turmeric, in addition to using stems and leaves as chicken feed, the roots are processed into turmeric starch. On average, each hectare of turmeric yields about 30 tons of roots. Other medicinal herbs are similar, in addition to being processed into chicken feed, they are also processed into by-products, depending on the type, there are different processing procedures.

Along with the key task of Party building and economic development, after 3 years of implementing the Resolution of the 3rd Ia Dal Commune Party Congress (term 2020-2025) with the high determination of the entire political system, especially the consensus among the people, the commune's socio-economy continues to be stable and develop positively and in the right direction.

People of Ia Dal commune join hands to build new rural areas. (Photo: Nguyen Van Chien)

Mr. Le Van Lien, Head of Ia Dal Village, said that in 2023, the village was selected as a district-level pilot for new rural construction and has basically completed it. People not only participated in donating land to build roads but also actively built and renovated gardens, planted flowers and ornamental plants in front of their houses, creating a green, clean and beautiful landscape. The village currently has 175 households, 536 people, including 8 ethnic groups living together. People are determined to build Ia Dal village to be rich in economy, strong in security and politics, Mr. Lien affirmed.

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuan, Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, the total annual crop area of the commune is 1,195 hectares, mainly rubber, coffee, cashew, squash... The total livestock herd is 3,522 heads, poultry herd is over 23,000 heads. The aquaculture area is over 20 hectares, with an output of about 75 tons per year.

In the commune, there are 5 cooperatives, including 48 members, operating quite effectively, mainly focusing on production and business in the fields of agriculture, livestock, cows, goats, deer... Typically, Minh Phuc and Hop Tien Cooperatives have created jobs and stable income for workers. In addition, many effective household economic development models such as Mr. Le Van Binh, Mai Van Thu in village 7, people growing oranges, Hoang Kim star apples... have a good income, creating models, leading people to develop their family economy. The average income per capita of Ia Dal commune is currently about 43.8 million VND/person/year.

Branch 716 (Army Corps 15) coordinated with the Border Guard Station to help the people of Ia Dal commune harvest the rice crop. (Photo: Nguyen Van Chien)

The highlight in 2023 is that thanks to the consensus of the people and the attention and support of units and businesses, 11/11 villages in the commune have installed lighting systems on the main roads and some alleys and public places. Some villages such as Ia Dal, 3, 4, Chu Hem also have solar lighting systems, creating a bright, fresh appearance in the formerly quiet and desolate border countryside.

Comrade Nguyen Vinh Thinh, Secretary of the Commune Party Committee, said: In the coming time, the Ia Dal Commune Party Committee will continue to enhance its leadership role, synchronously implement solutions, mobilize all resources, effectively exploit the potential and advantages of the locality to develop the economy, sustainably reduce poverty, improve people's lives, and firmly protect the country's borders.

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