New tree 'takes root' in Thai Hoa land

Nguyen Son• May 16, 2021 16:15

(Baonghean.vn) - Along with promoting investment attraction for industrial and service development, Thai Hoa town (Nghe An) advocates restructuring the agricultural sector towards clean production and high economic value.

New tree, new expectations

The rows of new grape varieties growing lush green on the slopes of land in Nghia Thuan commune not only bring excitement and anticipation for the harvest to growers but also joy and expectation to the leaders of Thai Hoa town. Because this new grape variety is currently planted and growing well on 5 hectares of greenhouses and will soon be 10 hectares.

Hơn 5 ha nho được trồng trong nhà lưới đã lên xanh ở Thị xã Thái Hòa. Ảnh Nguyên Nguyên

More than 5 hectares of grapes grown in greenhouses have turned green in Thai Hoa town. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

Engineer Phan Van Hong, in charge of grape growing and care techniques for Hung Cuong Company, smiled and shared: “Every day, watching the grape beds grow, we are more and more certain that this type of tree is suitable for the land here. In about 5 months, the grapes will bear fruit. This is a tree that requires high investment and high techniques in care, branching and topping to make the grapes bear fruit. According to estimates, each hectare of grapes will yield 20 tons, if sold in the garden for about 70 - 80 thousand VND/kg, it will yield over 1.5 billion VND/ha. That is the black grape variety, the green grape variety has a higher value…”.

In Nghia Thuan commune, since the beginning of 2020, Hung Cuong Company Limited has cooperated with local people to invest in planting 25 hectares of fruit trees such as jackfruit, Taiwanese custard apple, Phuc Trach grapefruit, green-skin grapefruit; at the same time, building high-tech greenhouses to grow melons, cucumbers, tomatoes... bringing practical results.

Sản xuất trong nhà lưới được nhiều hộ dân và doanh nghiệp, HTX đầu tư ở Thái Hòa. Ảnh Nguyên Nguyên

Production in greenhouses is invested by many households, businesses and cooperatives in Thai Hoa town. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

To create new value, the company boldly invested in growing grapes. This was a bold move, because in the province, no one had ever invested in this type of plant. After research, the company decided to invest in growing 10 hectares of grapes in greenhouses. The investment for each hectare of grapes is over 2.5 billion VND, so after 2 years it will bring profit and the initial investment infrastructure can be exploited for the next 5-7 years.

Accompanying and following every step of Hung Cuong enterprise, comrade Pham Tuan Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Thai Hoa Town Party Committee said: It is an enterprise with capital and passion for agriculture. In addition to the fruit tree system, Hung Cuong Company Limited also built a large-scale sow and pork farm system. The enterprise has invested in a chain of retail stores in Vinh city and plans to continue to develop in many other areas. Initially, the company brought many expectations, creating a solid foundation. Currently, the company creates jobs for 80 workers in the region with an average salary of 6 - 15 million VND/person/month.

Giống mắc ca được sản xuất và trồng trên địa bàn Thái Hòa. Ảnh Nguyên Sơn

Macadamia nuts are produced and grown in Thai Hoa town. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

In Quang Tien ward, Mr. Nguyen Manh Tuan's family in Doc Cao block was the first household in Thai Hoa town to plant 300 macadamia trees on an area of 1.2 hectares. After more than 1 year of planting, all the seedlings grew well.

Mr. Tuan said that the town supported 50% of the cost of the macadamia seeds; the supplying company will pay the remaining 50% with a commitment to collect the seed money after 3 years of harvesting. The supplying company also committed to purchasing the seeds at market prices every year for the next 20 years.

Up to now, 5 hectares of macadamia have been planted in Thai Hoa town and another 5 hectares will be planted in 2021. This is also one of the new crops that promises to bring sustainable agricultural development in Thai Hoa town.

Currently, many families in Thai Hoa town are boldly planting new crops with high economic value such as asparagus, new jackfruit varieties, melons, watermelons, etc. At the same time, households in wards and communes have joined together to promote bee and goat farming for sale, bringing in high income.

Một góc thị xã Thái Hòa nhìn từ trên cao. Ảnh CTV

A corner of Thai Hoa town seen from above. Photo: Contributor

Sustainable development

Thai Hoa town has just been approved by the Provincial Party Standing Committee to develop the goal of becoming a type III urban area in the Northwest of Nghe An. On that basis, according to comrade Pham Tuan Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Secretary of the Town Party Committee, the town is accelerating the urbanization speed, associated with attracting investment for industrial development, while developing sustainable agriculture in the direction of linking value chains.

In addition to traditional trees and animals, agricultural development in the town is being oriented to effectively exploit trees with high economic value and industrial crops. That contributes to creating environmental sustainability and long-term exploitation.

Comrade Pham Tuan Vinh - Secretary of Thai Hoa Town Party Committee

Businesses and households are promoting chain linkages, from production to a system of clean vegetable and fruit stores serving the consumer market.

Măng tây hàng hóa được nhiều hộ dân ở Thái Hòa đầu tư. Ảnh Nguyên Nguyên

Commercial asparagus is invested in by many households in Thai Hoa town. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

“The important thing is that during the implementation process, the town’s orientations have received positive responses from households and businesses. During the implementation of the goals, the town has determined that there needs to be effective accompaniment and support, especially in administrative reform, so that people and businesses can feel secure in their development,” affirmed comrade Pham Tuan Vinh.

To restructure the agricultural sector in a sustainable and highly effective direction, one of the solutions that Thai Hoa town focuses on is promoting the application of science and technology. This is identified as one of the important driving forces to improve productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness of products in the market.

Bí thư Thị ủy Thái Hòa Phạm Tuấn Vinh (áo xanh) gặp gỡ bà con nông dân xã Tây Hiếu khảo sát các mô hình sản xuất nông nghiệp hàng hóa. Ảnh Nguyên Nguyên

Thai Hoa Town Party Secretary Pham Tuan Vinh met with farmers in Tay Hieu commune to survey agricultural commodity production models. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

During the development process, Thai Hoa town has synchronously deployed many solutions to gradually build a plant variety center, associated with building the town into a service, tourism, trade and shopping center, serving the development and people's lives in the Northwest region of Nghe An.