Con Cuong: Clear poverty reduction efficiency from 135

(Baonghean.vn) -The production development component of Program 135 has been helping hundreds of poor households in Con Cuong district have the opportunity to escape poverty.With support contents: Replicating effective production models; supporting seedlings; animal feed, disease prevention vaccines, agricultural machinery.

With the support of multi-function plows, many households in disadvantaged communes of Con Cuong district have been able to free up labor and develop the economy. Photo: Hanh Minh

The family of Mr. Nguyen Van Phuc, Thanh Dao village, Bong Khe commune, was in poverty when in 2016, from the production development support component under Program 135, his family received a female calf to raise for breeding. Now that calf has become a big asset for the family; Mr. Phuc shared: "The family takes advantage of the vacant land in the garden to grow elephant grass to create a food source for the cow, now it is about to give birth, the family will have more income to take care of the children's education."

Currently, in Con Cuong district, 9/13 communes benefit from the production support policy of Program 135. In 2016 alone, this support component spent 2,256,219 million VND to support production development, including: Support for crop and livestock varieties 1,702,414 million VND (breeding cows, local black sows...).

The project also allocated 494,240 million VND to support 60 households to buy labor tools, machinery, and equipment for processing agricultural products such as: pesticide sprayers, tea pickers, grass cutters, plows, and rice harvesters. Thanks to their proper use, the machinery serving agricultural production not only saves time and effort but also effectively supports the work of hunger eradication and poverty reduction for many households.

The exchange of Ms. Vi Thi Thoa - Head of the Department of Rural Development of Con Cuong District emphasized: "The production development support component of Program 135 in Con Cuong has been bringing positive economic efficiency; creating conditions for ethnic minorities in the area to access high-yield crop and livestock varieties, applying production techniques towards commodities, contributing to reducing the poverty rate of the district to 30.69%".

The joy of having a cow from program 135 of Mr. Nguyen Van Phuc's family in Thanh Dao village, Bong Khe commune. Photo: Minh Hanh

In the period of 2016 - 2020, Con Cuong district continues to receive capital from Program 135 to support infrastructure investment, production development, helping poor households in remote, isolated and extremely disadvantaged areas to escape poverty./.

Minh Hanh