Do Luong: The whole commune grows sugarcane for refreshment

(Baonghean.vn) - Grasping the demand for soft drinks in the summer, many farmers in Giang Son Dong commune, Do Luong districtgrow sugarcane in home garden to serve refreshment.

Sugarcane is grown in 19/19 hamlets of Giang Son Dong commune.

Realizing the large demand for sugarcane for making sugarcane juice, in recent years, many farming households in 19/19 hamlets of Giang Son Dong commune, Do Luong district have grown sugarcane in their home gardens.

The family of Ms. Ho Thi Giang, Thi Tu hamlet, Giang Son Dong commune, planted sugarcane in the entire 2 sao garden area of ​​the family a few years ago. The first year, the sugarcane was harvested and sold for 20 million VND, she continued to expand the area to the fields. This year, she has 5 sao of sugarcane for harvest, expected to earn 50 million VND from selling sugarcane.

Ms. Giang said: "The initial investment for growing sugarcane is about 5 million VND per sao to buy seeds, fertilizers, bamboo, and wire to make a trellis to prevent it from falling. From the second year, you only need to invest about 500,000 VND/sao in fertilizer and labor to take care of it to harvest. This year, my family will continue to plant 2 more sao of sugarcane to have more income."

In addition to selling sugarcane, each year Ms. Ho Thi Giang also earns over 2 million VND from selling sugarcane seedlings.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa's family in Nguyen Tao hamlet, Giang Son Dong commune, grows less than 300 square meters of sugarcane, but each year earns 3 - 4 million VND from selling sugarcane to sugarcane juice shops.

Compared to rice cultivation, sugarcane cultivation is many times more effective without worrying about drought or flood because sugarcane is more drought and flood resistant than rice and other short-term crops.

People of Giang Son Dong commune grow sugarcane on forced land

It is known that Giang Son Dong commune currently has about 30 hectares of sugarcane, planted in 19/19 hamlets. Most of the sugarcane area is planted on high land, forcing farmers to grow crops with low efficiency. Growing sugarcane for refreshment, farmers earn from 10 - 12 million VND/sao/year. The sugarcane growing movement has developed, many households in addition to selling sugarcane plants also earn from 2 - 2.5 million VND from selling sugarcane tops for seeds.

Thanh Tam