44 new rural standard gardens in Nghia Dan

A corner of the standard garden of Ms. Bui Thi Ha's family in Tho Dong hamlet, Nghia Loc commune, Nghia Dan district. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

The process of building new rural standard gardens,Nghia Dan district established a steering committee, systematically organize steps, from propaganda, mobilizing people to preparing planning documents, organizing technical training, closely following the set goals to guide farmers to complete the criteria.

The gardens take the main agricultural products of the locality such as: oranges, guavas, jackfruits, grapefruits, tangerines, custard apples, etc. for production. At the same time, the gardens grow short-term crops to "take the short to feed the long" on the newly planted land for fruit trees. All gardens apply measures to care for crops to ensure food safety and hygiene, apply organic farming methods, and use biological products to prevent pests for crops.

The livestock barns of the household gardens are built in the right planning position, ensuring the environment and landscape. All households build compost pits with lids or tarpaulins to ensure environmental hygiene and serve agricultural production. Many households use biogas tanks, but basically use biological products to treat the livestock areas.

During the implementation process, the authorities at all levels, relevant sectors, the core of which is the District Farmers' Association, have increased direct visits to the models, guiding farmers to properly implement the planning and technical requirements. At the same time, actively support farmers in production towards creating large-scale, high-quality commodity products, associated with the OCOP Program.

The levels, sectors and the farmers who build standard gardens are also actively building connections, creating output for agricultural products. The district and commune levels strengthen connections with localities and businesses in the province and the whole country to form a chain from production, input, care, harvesting, processing, and consumption.

Mr. Phan The Phuong - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Nghia Dan district added: Currently, the standard garden models in Nghia Dan have the lowest income from 70 million VND/garden/year, many gardens have an income of over 1 billion VND/year. The initial successes in building standard gardens in Nghia Dan started from the right policy and determination of households. Many households quickly accessed knowledge, technology and used capital to quickly promote efficiency. The successful construction of standard gardens contributes to building the district to soon become a new rural district.

Many standard garden models in Nghia Dan combine production and livestock farming effectively. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

To encourage people to build standard gardens, in addition to policies and increasing staff to stay close to the grassroots, Nghia Dan district also rewards households that successfully build gardens with 20 million VND/garden. According to a survey, Nghia Dan district has over 1,800 households with gardens large enough to build standard gardens.

Currently, the District Farmers' Association is coordinating with relevant agencies in Nghia Dan to survey and select 4 model gardens out of 44 recognized gardens to compete in the "Beautiful New Rural Standard Garden" contest of Nghe An province in 2022.