Diversifying sources of 'country food' for Tet

(Baonghean.vn) - As the Lunar New Year 2017 approaches, farmers in Nghe An are actively preparing clean food sources to serve the market.

Chicken farming model on the hills of Mr. Tam's family, Tan Huong commune - Tan Ky.

Thanks to the large land fund adjacent to the hill, Mr. Nguyen Duc Tam's family in Hamlet 6, Tan Huong Commune, Tan Ky District invested in raising chickens for sale. Currently, his family focuses on taking care of more than 4,500 chickens to serve the Tet market..Mr. Tam shared. “The family has a garden of 5 hectares, so we raise chickens in the hillside area so they can eat grass and agricultural by-products. The family also supplements corn and bran so this food source is guaranteed to be clean...”.

In Ky Son commune, the mixed livestock farm of Mr. Tran Dinh Van's family in Dien Luc hamlet invested in raising 60 wild boars, 30 goats and 10 ostriches to prepare for sale on the occasion of Dinh Dau Lunar New Year. Mr. Van said that these are easy-to-raise animals, with very simple food, mainly grass, forest leaves, corn, cassava, so the quality of the meat is guaranteed.

With a total herd of 765,000 poultry, 49,000 pigs, 22,000 goats and 47,800 cattle, Tan Ky district is ready with an abundant source of food to serve the Tet market. The district's departments have stepped up guidance for livestock farmers to practice good environmental hygiene, strengthen disease control, and ensure food safety for consumers.

Many farmers' livestock are ready to serve the Tet market.

In Nam Nghia commune (Nam Dan), responding to the program "Say no to dirty food", in the winter crop of 2016, farmers boldly expanded the area of ​​safe vegetable production to 50 hectares.

Exploiting the land potential, households have changed their crop structure towards diversifying products to anticipate the season, both avoiding mass production and selling well. Therefore, the entire winter vegetable area of ​​Nam Nghia commune has developed well, with a variety of vegetables such as Malabar spinach, mustard greens, green beans, shallots, squash, kohlrabi, cabbage, cucumber, lettuce and other spices.

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Many winter vegetables in time for Tet holiday.

Ms. Tran Thi Hien - Head of the Agriculture Department of Nam Nghia Commune, said: "The Agriculture Department of the Commune closely follows the grassroots, urging people to produce vegetables for goods; focusing on putting into production some short-term varieties to harvest in time to serve the Lunar New Year market...".

The conversion of crop and livestock structure towards commodities helps farmers increase their income, escape poverty, gradually get rich right on their homeland, contributing to the sustainable development of the local economy./.

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