The effectiveness of crop and livestock restructuring in Quynh Di

(Baonghean.vn) - Implementing the Resolution on shifting the structure of crops and livestock to develop agriculture, in recent years, people of Quynh Di ward (Hoang Mai town) have boldly invested and introduced many new varieties of plants and animals into production, bringing high economic efficiency. In particular, the models of raising cows in captivity and fish - rice are prominent.

Realizing that raising beef cattle by the fast fattening method is effective, safe and easy to care for, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phan in Yen Trung block, Quynh Di ward decided to build a large-scale barn. Initially, she renovated her garden land to build 3 rows of barns and increased the number of cows to 15 in a batch. After selling the beef cattle, she invested in buying more lean or mother cows to fatten. Thanks to that, each year, after deducting expenses, she earns a profit of about 200 million VND.

The fattening cow raising model of Ms. Nguyen Thi Phan's family brings in an income of nearly 200 million VND/year.

Meanwhile, Mr. Dau Sy Tam's family chose to intercrop fish in rice fields in the land of Dam Coi. With more than 1 hectare of land, at first he only raised a few tilapia. After harvesting the rice, he saw that the fish grew quickly and increased in quantity, so he added silver carp, common carp and grass carp. Fish raised from rice fields, because they use natural food, are delicious and sell for a good price. Raising fish - rice brings double benefits because fish eat pests that harm rice, stir up mud, kill weeds and release fertilizer for rice, so the rice yield is much higher, reaching nearly 3.5 quintals/sao. On average, each year, he harvests nearly 7 tons of rice and over 1 ton of fish, earning nearly 100 million VND.

Intercropping fish with rice in the Coi Dam area helps farmers increase their income.

In addition, the Party Committee and People's Committee of the ward have also implemented many solutions to invest in intensive farming of the existing shrimp farming area. With 85 hectares of white-leg shrimp farming, the output reaches 520 tons/year, the ward has built a model of association and joint venture between shrimp farming households in the fields of production protection, environmental protection, application of scientific and technical advances, capital and human resource support to help each other develop. Thanks to that, the average shrimp yield reaches over 6 tons/ha, bringing a large source of income to farming households.

To create conditions for shrimp farming households to achieve high efficiency, the Ward Farmers' Association has coordinated with the Community Learning Center and the Town Agricultural Extension Station to open 23 training classes to disseminate new scientific and technical knowledge to more than 1,600 people, 7 vocational training classes with 220 workers. Currently, the shrimp farming area of ​​Quynh Di has received the World Bank's coastal resources protection project to invest in infrastructure for the farming area to build a VietGAP farming area.

White leg shrimp farming in Quynh Di ward has a yield of 6 tons/ha.

Mr. Ho Sy Ha - Secretary of the Party Committee of Quynh Di Ward said: Although the strength of the ward is not agricultural production, however, thanks to the conversion of crop and livestock structure suitable to actual conditions, it has helped the socio-economic development in Quynh Di continue to have stable steps. For areas of ineffective rice land, highland, the locality recommends people to switch to growing tobacco and aquaculture. Particularly for livestock, people are encouraged to develop family farm models.

The transformation of crop and livestock structure in Quynh Di ward has contributed positively to the process of restructuring the local agricultural economy, gradually increasing people's income. Thanks to that, the average economic growth rate of the ward in 5 years reached 16.3%, people's income reached nearly 25 million VND/person/year (2.19 times higher than in 2010), reducing the poverty rate to 4%.

Thanh Thuy

Hoang Mai Radio Station