Expanding medicinal plant area in Con Cuong

After surveying suitable lands, Con Cuong district coordinated with local businesses to organize training and transfer of techniques for planting, processing and preserving medicinal plants to 50 households in the production areas of the communes: Chi Khe, Cam Lam, Don Phuc and Mon Son.

People are trained in techniques of breeding, planting, harvesting, processing and preserving medicinal plants. Photo: Minh Hanh

With theoretical training methods in the hall and practical training in the field, students are introduced to some medicinal plants such as: Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Solanum procumbens, Gymnema sylvestre as well as techniques for propagation, planting, care, harvesting, processing and preservation.

Organizing training helps people in raw material areas quickly access scientific and technical advances, thereby applying them to production to improve productivity and value of agricultural products in general and medicinal plants in particular.

To ensure productivity and quality, the entire medicinal herb growing area in the localities is grown using the plastic covering method. Photo: Minh Hanh

According to the plan in 2018, in addition to the existing 5 hectares of medicinal plants, Con Cuong strives to plant 3 hectares of Solanum procumbens in Chi Khe, Don Phuc, Cam Lam communes; and plant nearly 1 hectare of Gynostemma pentaphyllum in Mon Son commune. It is estimated that by 2020, the area of ​​these medicinal plants will grow to about 15-20 hectares.

Besides growing medicinal plants, Con Cuong area now exports medicinal tea products of Solanum procumbens and Gymnema sylvestre.