Ninh Dong Commune: Many models help women develop the economy

Recently, the Women's Union of Ninh Dong commune, Ninh Hoa town has implemented many activities to support women in economic development, to stabilize their lives, and to enrich themselves legitimately.

Switch to suitable crops

Previously, in Ninh Dong commune, there were only 2 households growing chives. To implement crop conversion, the Women's Union of the commune promoted and mobilized people to share chive seeds so that more people could grow them together, creating favorable conditions for buying and selling. After that, many rice growing areas in the highlands were converted to chive growing by people. In 2017, the Women's Union of the commune established a Chive Growing Association with 35 members. Currently, the chive growing area of ​​the group is about 18 hectares. To help the members of the group, the Women's Union of the commune has supported loans to create jobs at a rate of 50 million VND/household to invest in production when needed. Households in difficult circumstances are supported with a revolving fund for poverty reduction of 5 million VND/household to buy seeds and expand the area. Members of the group contribute revolving capital without interest, and exchange labor to support each other in the production process. Thanks to that, chive cultivation has developed, bringing year-round income to growers and creating jobs for many local female workers.

Ms. Doan Thi Tuyet Suong takes care of her family's chive beds.

The family of Ms. Doan Thi Tuyet Suong (Phuoc Thuan village) has ^1,500m2 of land for growing chives, and is one of the households with a good income when participating in the model. Ms. Suong said: "Every month I harvest about 1.5 tons of chives, after deducting expenses, I earn about 9 million VND and create jobs for 2-3 female workers". While struggling to cut chives, Ms. Phan Thi Le (Phuoc Thuan village) said that for the job of cutting and bundling chives, she is paid 20,000 VND/hour. Every day, she works from 5 to 9 hours, earning about 100,000 to 180,000 VND, providing additional income to support her family.

Chive cutting work creates daily employment for many female workers.

Mr. Dang Tan Phi (Phuoc Thuan village) and his wife have 3,500m2 ^of chives, harvesting an average of about 200kg/day. Mr. Phi said that local chives are purchased on the spot by traders. Although it takes a lot of work to care for them, if the selling price is over 10,000 VND/kg, chive growers will make a profit. Currently, chives are purchased at 20,000 VND/kg, after deducting expenses, he earns 10,000 VND/kg, bringing a stable income for his family. In addition, he also hires 7-8 workers, creating jobs for local workers with the work of planting chives, cutting chives, and bundling chives...

Rice paper production by machine

Previously, Ms. Vo Thi Huong (Phuoc Thuan village) and her husband did many jobs to make a living such as: growing vegetables, growing rice, raising pigs, plowing fields for hire... Life was hard but the income was unstable. Later, when inheriting the traditional rice paper making profession left by her mother, the couple decided to invest in modern production machinery. In 2014, she invested about 100 million VND to buy a rice paper making machine, a rice paper drying tray, and an outdoor rice paper drying frame system... The Women's Union of the commune supported Ms. Huong to borrow 80 million VND by mortgaging assets at the bank. Thanks to the conversion from manual methods to machines, the productivity and quality of rice paper increased. 2 years later, Ms. Huong continued to invest about 100 million VND to build a drying oven and necessary equipment. The Union supported her to borrow 50 million VND from the job creation loan source to invest in expanding production. Ms. Huong said that every day, the facility uses 300 kg of rice to make 10,000 cakes. In addition to dipping rice paper, there is also rice paper for spring rolls. The quantity of rice paper produced is consumed as soon as it is produced. With a wholesale price of 15,500 - 16,000 VND/rice paper (20 pieces), after deducting expenses, she earns about 30 million VND/month. Since then, her family has had a stable income, raising 2 children to study well and becoming rich.

Thanks to rice paper production, Ms. Vo Thi Huong's family has a stable income and is striving to become rich.

Currently, Mrs. Huong's rice paper is known by many customers, so it has a stable output. Her production facility creates regular jobs for 10 local female workers with an income of about 5 million VND/person/month. Mrs. Thai Thi Thuy Lan (Phuoc Thuan village) shared: "The work at the rice paper production facility is year-round, except for rainy days when I have to take a day off, so I have a stable income to take care of my family and send my children to school."

Workers drying rice paper.

Ms. Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh - President of the Women's Union of Ninh Dong commune said that in recent times, the union has carried out propaganda and supported members in starting a business and developing the family economy . At the same time, it has promoted capital exploitation from many sources to support women in cultivation and production. Thanks to that, many female members have boldly converted to suitable crops; invested in technology for production, improved productivity... Thereby, not only bringing stable income to the family but also creating regular jobs for many female workers in the locality.

CHAU TUONG

Source: https://baokhanhhoa.vn/kinh-te/202506/xa-ninh-dong-nhieu-mo-hinh-giup-phu-nu-phat-trien-kinh-te-98c6f07/