Dong Viet commune develops commodity agriculture, increases income for people

Make the most of your advantages

Recently, we went to Bac village with the professional staff of Dong Viet Commune People's Committee right when people were entering the watermelon harvest season. At the field of Mr. Le Van Vinh's family (born in 1960), 5-6 people were concentrating on transporting watermelons to the shore, handing them over to traders to take them to consumption.

Farmers in Dong Viet commune harvest watermelon.

Taking a break, Mr. Vinh said that in the past, on the agricultural land area, he and his wife, as well as other households in the village, only focused on growing 2 rice crops and 1 sweet potato crop. Although they were interested in introducing new rice varieties into cultivation, their family only had enough to eat. 20 years ago, after learning about the watermelon growing model in some localities, he brought it back to try planting on 4 sao of his family's agricultural land. A few years later, seeing the effectiveness, he and his wife decided to rent land and expand the area.

Currently, on an area of nearly 1 hectare, Mr. Vinh's family grows 3 watermelon crops each year. With a yield of 7 quintals/sao, an average selling price of 7,500 VND/kg, each year he earns nearly 150 million VND, with a profit of more than 90 million VND. "To increase value and reduce labor, I plant in alternating batches, ensuring that each crop has products harvested scattered over nearly 1 month. Between crops, I plant rice to proactively source food," Mr. Vinh shared.

With the advantage of having more than 1,500 hectares of agricultural land and 227 hectares of aquaculture, in recent years, the Party Committee and People's Committee of Dong Viet commune (the commune was formed on the basis of merging the communes: Dong Viet, Dong Phuc and Duc Giang - PV) have focused on leading and directing the development of commodity agriculture associated with the market, applying science and technology to increase productivity and product quality.

With the intensive fish farming model, each year Mr. Pham Van Hong's family, Bac village, Dong Viet commune, earns more than 400 million VND in profit.

Up to now, the whole commune has built 6 model fields for quality rice production with an area of 180 hectares. At the same time, the area for growing vegetables and melons of all kinds has been expanded to 46 hectares; the area for intensive aquaculture has been expanded to 165 hectares, of which 145 hectares meet VietGap standards... Thanks to that, many models of agricultural commodity production with an income of 400 - 600 million VND/year have appeared in the commune such as: the model for growing melons of all kinds of Mr. Ho Minh Doan and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Doan; the intensive fish farming model of Mr. Pham Van Hong's family, both in Bac village...

“With more than 13 hectares of intensive fish farming, my family harvests about 200 tons of fish each year, earning more than 400 million VND. With a stable income, my wife and I have the conditions to raise our children and contribute to the local movement,” said Mr. Pham Van Hong.

Encourage linkage and expand production

In fact, from developing agricultural commodities, households not only enrich their families but also care to support and guide local people to follow. In Bac village, after more than 20 years of melon taking root, up to 85% of households in the village develop this crop with a total area of 31 hectares. Similarly, in the villages: Hoang Phuc, Dong Nhan, Cao Dong, Tien La also formed large model fields cultivating fragrant rice varieties...

Watermelon - a crop that brings high economic efficiency in Dong Viet commune.

Thanks to the change in crop structure, the introduction of new high-yield plants and breeds into production, the average value per hectare of agricultural land in the commune increases annually, estimated to reach 115 million VND/ha by 2025. The economy develops, the people's lives in the commune improve, the poverty rate decreases by an average of 1.5%/year, currently the commune has only 54 households, accounting for 0.82%...

To achieve the goal of having no poor households in the commune by 2027, in the period of 2025 - 2030, Dong Viet commune determines to promote all potentials, advantages, and resources to promote sustainable and highly effective development of industry, services, and agriculture.

Accordingly, in the agricultural sector, the commune focuses on directing the development and expansion of the scale of concentrated agricultural commodity production areas; building a high-tech agricultural production model associated with crop restructuring, introducing new crop varieties into production, improving product quality and competitiveness. Focusing on developing livestock farming in the direction of commodities, encouraging the establishment of concentrated livestock farms far from residential areas and converting livestock farming to industrial and semi-industrial methods.

Comrade To Van Luong, Vice Chairman of Dong Viet Commune People's Committee said: "In order to encourage households to expand their scale and increase mechanization, we will combine capital sources to support the construction of models applying advanced technology to farming and product processing. Encourage households and groups of households to link with enterprises and cooperatives in production and consumption to reduce intermediaries and increase product value."

Article and photos: Sy Quyet

Source: https://baobacninhtv.vn/xa-dong-viet-phat-trien-nong-nghiep-hang-hoa-nang-thu-nhap-cho-nguoi-dan-postid430847.bbg