Anh Son farmers' 'fishing rod' to escape poverty

(Baonghean.vn) - In order to bring the Resolution of the District Party Congress into life, the Farmers' Association of Anh Son District has had many solutions to improve the lives of its members. In particular, the establishment of a farmer support fund has helped hundreds of farming households escape poverty sustainably.

Implementing the project to restore the Bai Phu orange brand, the Anh Son District Farmers Support Fund has supported 20 farming households with loans of 600 million VND, an average of 30 million VND/household. ProjectDmainly deployed in Thang Tam village, 2/9 village. Currently, orange trees are in a good growth stage, promising high income for people.

Thanks to the farmer support fund, 30 households in Dinh Son commune have restored Bai Phu orange trees.

Mr. Bui Manh Cuong in Thang Tam village, Dinh Son commune said: "With a loan of 30 million VND from the Farmer Support Fund, I bought 400 V2 orange and Xa Doai orange trees to plant on 7 sao of garden land. I expect that after only 2-3 orange harvests, I can pay off the debt and earn interest, so I am very confident in production."

Mr. Cao Ngoc Co in village 4, Cao Son commune, when he received a loan of 10 million VND from the farmer support fund, invested in planting agarwood roots on 1 hectare of hill land contracted from his family. Agarwood roots are very suitable for the climate here and are easy to care for. It is estimated that 1 hectare of agarwood roots will bring in an income of about 180-200 million VND.

Mr. Cao Ngoc Co in village 4, Cao Son commune, thanks to capital from the farmer support fund, invested in growing aromatic roots for high economic efficiency.

With the goal of having more and more farmer members escape poverty and become rich thanks to capital from the Farmers' Support Fund, Anh Son Farmers' Association has focused on mobilizing capital in many forms to build and develop the fund. Up to now, the total capital of the Farmers' Support Fund managed by all levels of the association is more than 2.3 billion VND, of which more than 2.1 billion VND is from the province's farmer support fund and 235 million VND from contributions from farmer members.

These funds are borrowed by members to invest in models such as commercial cattle breeding in Vinh Son, restoring Bai Phu oranges in Dinh Son, developing aromatic root trees in Cao Son... Each member is given a loan for 2 to 3 years. Through checking the loan funds, all farmer members use the funds for the right purposes and bring high efficiency in production and business.

Anh Son District Farmers' Association gave cows to Mr. Tran Van Hieu's family in village 1, Tuong Son commune.

In addition to supporting capital and technology, the association also mobilizes each member to save 3,000 VND to buy 6 cows to help poor members in the communes of Tuong Son, Tao Son, Cam Son, Tam Son, Thi Tran and Cao Son.

In addition, the association has effectively exploited capital sources from the Social Policy Bank and the Agricultural and Rural Development Bank. Up to now, the association at all levels has managed over 123 billion VND, lending to more than 4,320 households. Thanks to that, the association now has 17 households achieving good production and business at the central level, 99 households at the provincial level, 583 households at the district level and 7,093 households at the grassroots level.

Up to now, Anh Son Farmers Support Fund has helped thousands of households borrow capital with preferential interest rates, invest in development, shift the structure of agricultural and rural economy, gradually improve farmers' lives, contribute to accelerating the progress of new rural construction, sustainable poverty reduction.

Le Na

Anh Son Radio and Television Station