Song Con Sugar Company expands large-scale sugarcane fields

Nghia Thai - Tan Ky commune for the first time directed the construction of a large-scale model field for sugarcane. The implementation location was Giang hamlet, where many Thai ethnic people live. To get people to agree to participate, the Party committee and government from the commune to the hamlet promoted propaganda work on the benefits of land consolidation and plot exchange to form large production areas.

With this policy, we have received exemplary pioneering from party members, thereby attracting the masses. Unlike previous years, this year people are producing on larger plots, from land preparation to planting by machine, so the progress is faster. So far, sugarcane has grown well.

Talking to us, Mr. Ha Dinh Hung - Head of Giang Hamlet, Nghia Thai Commune said: At first, it was difficult, but when they understood the policy, 100 households participated in the implementation. Initially, people found it convenient that each household produced 1 plot, no longer fragmented as before and from land preparation to planting was fast, during the land preparation process, Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company also supported with a 3-pan plow with 6.5 million VND per hectare.

People in Nghia Thai commune (Tan Ky) take care of sugarcane. Photo: Cam Tu

In Giai Xuan commune, this is the second year of building a large-scale model field for sugarcane. To get people to agree to participate, the Party Committee and authorities from the commune to the hamlet have stepped up propaganda work on the benefits of land consolidation and plot exchange to form large production areas.

Giai Xuan sugarcane is grown according to intensive farming process. Photo: PV

Mr. Ho Viet Hieu - Head of the Agriculture Department of Giai Xuan Commune, Tan Ky District, said: "In the 2017-2018 crop year, Giai Xuan Commune consolidated and exchanged plots to build a large model field with an area of ​​nearly 120 hectares in Van Xuan Hamlet, Van Long, which proved effective with a yield of 85 to 90 tons/ha, while the sugarcane yield in the commune only reached 60 tons/ha, so this year Giai Xuan Commune expanded the model to 63 hectares in Ke Mui Hamlet, Long Tho."

As a household participating in the large-scale field model, Mr. Truong Hai Ho in Ke Mui hamlet has been mechanized in land preparation, planting and care, so the progress is faster. In particular, the cost for the family has been reduced by 50 million VND for planting and care. Mr. Ho is excited: "Participating in the model, mechanization is brought into production. Previously, to plant 1 hectare of sugarcane, my family hired 20 workers to work for 2 days, but now with only machines and 4 people working in 1 day, 1 hectare is finished, the same for care, there is also a fertilizer machine".

Not only Nghia Thai and Giai Xuan communes, but also Tan Ky district has expanded large-scale sugarcane fields. If in the 2017-2018 crop year, the whole Tan Ky district only had 220 hectares of concentrated sugarcane that had been effective, with a yield of 85 tons/ha or more, while mass sugarcane cultivation only achieved an average yield of 56 tons/ha, this 2018-2019 crop year has increased to 900 hectares, concentrated in Tan Xuan, Giai Xuan, Tan Phu, Ky Son, Tan Hop, and Nghia Dong communes.

Each commune will receive 150 million VND from the district to build the model (transferring science and technology and supporting part of the seeds for farmers). On the business side, Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company has a support policy for households participating in the model.

Mr. Nguyen Sy Hai - Head of Raw Material Development Department of Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company said: "Implementing the linkage model, the company supports people to apply mechanization in planting and land preparation with a support level of 6.5 million VND/ha. The company also helps people select new sugarcane varieties for planting, provides fertilizers and when taking care of the crop, continues to support machine work with 2 million VND/ha...".

Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tan Ky district added: Tan Ky district replicates effective models such as the large-scale field model for sugarcane with an area of ​​900 hectares, mainly using 2 new varieties LK92-11; KK3. In addition to the sugarcane model, the district encourages the implementation of linkage models in the field of livestock and other crops.

Focusing on developing a concentrated sugarcane growing model according to the value chain, Tan Ky district actively builds links between the State, farmers, and businesses to improve economic efficiency on the same area, creating stable output. This is a sustainable direction to help people and sugarcane factories in Tan Ky gradually get rich from sugarcane.