Con Cuong: Poor farmers are supported with machines for production.

(Baonghean.vn) - Dozens of planting, harvesting and plowing machines have been distributed to poor and near-poor households in Con Cuong district to serve agricultural production.

People are instructed to practice using the 4-row hand transplanter without engine. Photo: Bao Ngoc

On December 22, the Con Cuong District Rural Development Board coordinated with Dien Phuong Trading and Service Company Limited to distribute machinery and equipment for agricultural production to people participating in the project in 3 communes: Mon Son, Yen Khe and Chi Khe.

The allocation is part of the Project to support production development, livelihood diversification, and replication of poverty reduction models of Program 135.

Farmers in Mon Son commune receive motorless hand transplanters and rice harvesters. Photo: Ba Hau

The number of distributions in Mon Son commune is 15 sets of 4-row hand transplanters (no engine); 15 sets of Oshima 330 hand-held rice harvesters; in Yen Khe commune: 5 sets of Honda F210 soil milling machines, and in Chi Khe commune and 1 set of Oshima 330 hand-held rice harvester with a total State support budget of 194,850,000 VND.

The beneficiaries of the project are poor, near-poor and newly escaped poverty households. Before receiving the machines, the households are instructed by the technical staff of the supplying company on the process of disassembling, assembling, operating and using the hand-held rice harvester and the soil milling machine.

Technical instructions for machine installation for people. Photo: Thanh Thuy

In addition, the supplier also organized a wide training conference for people participating in the project and local people in Mon Son and Luc Da communes who have a need to use the product.4 row hand transplanteron the technical process of using and the technical process of sowing seedlings on hard ground using a transplanter.

The application of machinery in production will contribute to increasing labor productivity, reducing human labor, and reducing labor costs. In addition, people participating in the project can also use the machines to increase their family income by planting for hire or renting out machines.

Bao Ngoc - Thanh Thuy Ba Hau