The diverse ways in which people in Mai Hung get rich.

(Baonghean.vn) - Recognizing agricultural production as a key economic objective, in recent years, under the correct guidance of local authorities, people in Mai Hung ward (Hoang Mai town) have learned to apply scientific and technological advancements to rationally transform the structure of crops and livestock, achieving high economic efficiency.

Ms. Tran Thi Phuong's household in Block 14, Mai Hung Ward, owns over 5 sao (approximately 0.5 hectares) of garden land. Previously, they only planted a few miscellaneous fruit trees, resulting in low yields. In 2014, she invested over 200 million VND to build pig pens for raising both meat pigs and breeding pigs. Currently, the pens always house around 30 meat pigs raised in staggered batches and 8 breeding sows that produce over 150 piglets annually.

Ms. Tran Thi Phuong's duck egg incubation model in Block 14, Mai Hung Ward (Hoang Mai town) generates an income of 200 million VND per year.

In addition, she also raises laying ducks and invested in an incubator to supply ducklings to people in the surrounding area. With 500 ducks, she lays an average of 250-300 eggs per day and incubates them; each month she sells thousands of ducklings at a price of 8,000-10,000 VND/each, earning tens of millions of VND. Her family's total income currently reaches nearly 200 million VND per year.

Thanks to the conversion from two-crop to three-crop land, each hectare of land yields an income of 130-150 million VND per year.

Along with livestock farming, the Party Committee of the ward has issued a plan to restructure crop patterns and seasons; apply scientific and technological advancements and advanced technologies to production; and form several concentrated specialized areas for the production of high-yield, high-income agricultural products such as: high-quality rice production areas; safe vegetable production areas; potato and flower cultivation areas; and shrimp farming areas... In particular, the shrimp farming area alone covers 80 hectares and applies the VietGAP-compliant farming model for high productivity.

Leaders of Mai Hung ward inspect the summer-autumn crop production situation of local farmers.

A typical example is Mr. Nguyen Xuan Tinh's household in Block 13, Mai Hung Ward, which owns 3 sao (approximately 0.3 hectares) of elevated land. Previously, he only grew corn in the spring and summer-autumn seasons, resulting in low yields. After receiving training on the application of scientific and technological advancements, he chose the CP999 hybrid corn variety, achieving a yield of 4 quintals per sao in the main season and 3.5 quintals per sao in the off-season. After harvesting the corn, he planted winter vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbage, and bok choy. Thanks to proper care, effective pest and disease prevention, and a stable market, each hectare of land yields an income of 130 million VND per year.

Farmers inspect shrimp in the first crop.

The crop rotation structure has also been adjusted to suit local production conditions. Mai Hung Ward has over 400 hectares of land for growing various agricultural crops. Previously, it mainly produced two crops per year, with an income value of only over 50 million VND/hectare. Faced with this situation, the Ward Party Committee held a meeting and assigned the Ward's Agricultural Committee to conduct a survey of the land's current status and increase the number of crops per year. Currently, farmers combine two rice crops with one corn crop; on higher ground, they plant two corn crops with one vegetable crop, and the land is intensively cultivated year-round.

As a result, agricultural production accounts for 40% of the ward's economic structure. The annual economic growth rate reaches 14%, per capita income reaches 29 million VND/year, and the poverty rate, which was 10.3% in 2014, has now decreased to 6.8%. The material and spiritual lives of the people have continuously improved, contributing to the transformation of the new urban landscape.

Thanh Thuy

Hoang Mai Radio