Good practices in developing effective economic models in Thai Hoa

(Baonghean.vn) - In recent years, thanks toknow how to promote available natural advantages,People in the suburbs of Thai Hoa town have invested in developing dozens of effective farms and family farms with high income.

Mr. Nguyen Thai Nhan in Dong Hoa hamlet, Nghia Hoa commune used to be the owner of a large hill chicken farm, but after a period of low efficiency in raising chickens, he switched to raising New Zealand rabbits and wild boars; the economic efficiency was many times higher.

With only a few dozen mother rabbits and wild boar breeders since 2016, after nearly 2 years, Mr. Nhan has built a farm worth over 800 million VND, including 1 rabbit farm and 1 wild boar farm; the total herd of rabbits is nearly 500, including 200 mother rabbits and 15 wild boar breeders.

The model of raising more than 500 rabbits and wild boars of Mr. Nguyen Thai Nhan's family in Dong Hoa hamlet, Nghia Hoa commune, brings in a profit of about 200 million VND/year. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Mr. Nhan said: Raising rabbits and wild boars makes use of the land and local food sources; there is no need to hire workers, so the investment cost at the same time is not too large.

To save money, through learning, Mr. Nhan bought cassava pulp to ferment, mixed it with earthworms and some types of bran to process into small granules for rabbits and pigs to eat. He reused the rabbit and pig manure to fertilize fruit trees and raised earthworms to feed fish.

With the integrated farming model, his family has increased their income; the annual profit is about 200 million VND. He plans to increase the total herd of rabbits to 500 mother rabbits and 50 breeding wild boars.

In Nghia Hoa commune, there is favorable land area for growing fruit trees, many households have successfully built farm models. Mr. Thai Quoc Huy's family in Dong Hoa hamlet, Nghia Hoa commune has been farming for more than 10 years, but in the last 3 years he has focused on investing in growing oranges and some fruit trees with high efficiency.

Although oranges are a long-term investment crop with high investment costs, he reasonably arranges short-term crops such as squash, beans, and sugarcane to intercrop. With this method, each year the family harvests about 300 million VND from short-term crops, saving money to pay for labor and continue investing in oranges.

To reduce labor, in 2016, Mr. Huy invested 150 million VND to install a water pumping system for the entire farm. The provincial agricultural extension center supported 105 million VND for him to install a drip irrigation system using Israeli technology and fertilizer.

Currently, Mr. Huy's family has built a farm worth several billion VND; including 5.5 hectares of oranges, 2 hectares of Taiwanese guava, 1 apple, and over 2 hectares of sugarcane, longan, lychee, etc. In a few years, the orange, guava, and lemon trees will be harvested; promising to bring a large source of income for his family.

Currently, to find outlets for his products, Mr. Huy is working with several large fruit farm owners in Thai Hoa and Nghia Dan towns to establish a fruit association and the Hop Long Cooperative. This is a stepping stone for the farms' fruit products to reach larger markets.

Since 2016, Thai Hoa town has had a policy of supporting interest rates for loans for dairy farming. Thanks to that, up to now, the whole town has developed 9 dairy farming models with a total of 35 cows; the average milk yield is 20 liters/cow/day; bringing stable income to the households.

The dairy cow model of Mr. Tran Van Huu's family in Hamlet 5, Nghia Hoa Commune, Thai Hoa Town brings high income. Photo: Nguyen Hai

A typical example is the household of Mr. Tran Van Huu in Hamlet 5, Nghia Hoa Commune, thanks to loan support (each dairy cow is supported with 5-6 million VND/year), he boldly borrowed 250 million VND to buy 4 New Zealand dairy cows. After more than 2 years, Mr. Huu had a herd of over 8 dairy cows.

Currently, with 4 milking cows, Mr. Huu's family earns over 1 million VND per day. It is worth mentioning that thanks to raising dairy cows, the family not only takes advantage of the land but also uses available food sources in the home garden.

The above models are typical of a reasonable and systematic investment process, knowing how to promote the potential and advantages of the locality to develop production. In addition, there are dozens of livestock models on hilly land in the area that bring high economic efficiency; average income from 100-150 million/model.

Along with dozens of Quang Tien pink grapefruit models, with an area of ​​about 10 hectares supported by the town, people earn an annual income of 200-250 million VND/ha. Currently, the whole town still has about 100 hectares of hilly land that can be converted to grow fruit trees and raise livestock for high economic efficiency.

Mr. Dang Thai Hoa - Acting Head of Thai Hoa Town Agricultural Extension Station said: To encourage farmers to effectively exploit the hilly land, the Town continues the support mechanism of 3,000 VND/seedling for households growing Quang Tien pink grapefruit; at the same time, it combines sources to support fertilizers and support packaging against sunburn, fruit flies and branding pink grapefruit...

At the same time, every year the District Agricultural Extension Station coordinates to organize training courses on dairy farming techniques and fruit tree planting; supports loans to help people convert production and develop effective farm models./.

Nguyen Hai