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(Baonghean) - A new direction in Anh Son is to promote the development of agarwood roots on sloping land. One hectare of agarwood roots planted with the right technique will yield 20 tons of fresh roots, which at current prices will bring in an income of no less than 200 million VND.

The land hill contracted to Mr. Nguyen Trong Chin's family in Hamlet 4, Cao Son Commune (Anh Son) has an area of ​​nearly 2 hectares covered in green by the Agarwood tree. Mr. Chin is the "originator" of planting Agarwood trees on Cao Son land. Nearly 6 years ago, after many years of wondering what to plant effectively on the barren hill land, Mr. Chin made a bold decision to destroy all the 2-year-old Acacia trees to cover the area with Agarwood trees.

Mr. Chin confided: “At that time, many people thought I was crazy because the hybrid acacia planting movement was strong but I was destroying it, while there was no effective model to verify the effectiveness of the acacia tree. However, according to my calculations, 1 hectare of hybrid acacia planted for 6-7 years to harvest would only bring about 50 million VND, which means that each year 1 hectare would only earn no more than 10 million VND; moreover, the output was unstable, the consumption was forced down, while the acacia tree had a wide open market, especially during Tet when the demand was very high, so I decided to destroy the acacia tree to plant acacia roots.”

Visit the model of growing aromatic roots in Anh Son district.

After several seasons of growing incense roots, Mr. Nguyen Trong Chin has learned from experience that in order for the incense root garden to grow quickly, with roots and tubers meeting standards, it is necessary to follow the planting process in cool weather, with rain, because this type of plant is not drought-tolerant and after the incense root takes root, if it rains, it must be fertilized and hilled. To prevent the soil from degenerating, after a harvest, Mr. Chin improves it by spreading lime evenly and adding organic microbial fertilizer to increase soil fertility. Thanks to these technical solutions, his incense root garden consistently yields high efficiency in both productivity and quality every year; the average yield of fresh roots and tubers reaches 1 ton/sao, earning 12 million VND in revenue. Thus, 1 hectare of hilly land has brought in no less than 200 million VND. In addition to directly planting on the entire contracted land area of ​​nearly 2 hectares, nearly 2 years ago, Mr. Chin also invested in a factory, a crusher, a drying oven to process incense roots and purchase all products for people in the region. Mr. Chin added: "Agarwood roots are very easy to consume, the market is scarce due to the processing needs of large incense production facilities, so people can rest assured about the output, I promise to people in the region that I will purchase all products."

From the reality of the model of growing agarwood on sloping land for high income of Mr. Chin, in Cao Son commune, many households have also boldly converted from planting low-efficiency acacia, or branch tea (Gay tea) at the end of the cycle to growing agarwood such as Mr. Cao Ngoc Co's household planted 1 hectare, Nguyen Thanh Hung planted the most up to 3 hectares... Mr. Phan Viet Thuy, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Cao Son commune said: "From the reality of agarwood giving high economic efficiency on sloping land, the Party Committee and the People's Committee of the commune have issued resolutions and projects to direct the Farmers' Association to mobilize and encourage households with hilly land, with support mechanisms for seeds and techniques to replicate a number of models and methods of growing agarwood for high economic efficiency for members to learn and follow. Up to this point, the area of ​​​​growing agarwood in Cao Son has been over 30 hectares and the area will be increased in the coming time".

The model of developing the cultivation of aromatic roots is not only on the sloping land of Cao Son commune but is currently being actively implemented in some other communes such as Linh Son, Khai Son, Long Son... The People's Council of Anh Son district has also issued a resolution to support the development of aromatic roots, specifically supporting seeds, fertilizers, and techniques. With specific and systematic attention and direction from the district to the commune, the models of highly effective economic crops in Anh Son district have gradually affirmed their position in economic development in accordance with the reality in the localities.

Huu Nghia