Resolution guiding economic development

Forming specialized commodity growing areas

Owning 7 hectares of alluvial land along Lam River used for cultivating bitter melon, sweet melon, green squash, 3 hectares of fruit trees in Cua Ran field, 10 key model gardens and high-quality rice cultivation areas, Trung Son commune is gradually becoming one of the leading localities in building the movement.economic developmentof Do Luong district. From the effective implementation of resolutions, programs and economic development projects, Trung Son has formed many concentrated production areas with large scale. Many farming households have changed their small-scale business methods to build pilot models with the support of both local Party committees and authorities.

The model of growing yellow melons in a greenhouse of Mr. Nguyen Phung Khoi's family (born in 1975) on the fields of Den Nghe has breathed new life into the business thinking of farmers in Hamlet 3, Trung Son Commune. According to Mr. Khoi, before 2020, his family only cultivated hybrid rice and hybrid corn on the fields of Den Nghe and grew seasonal vegetables on the riverbanks. However, the idea of ​​breaking away from traditional ways of doing business to open up a direction for building a high-tech agricultural model was formed when he participated in a vocational training class organized by the commune. While attending the class, he was able to directly visit modern production models in Nam Dan, Thanh Chuong districts and Ha Tinh province to learn the necessary knowledge and experience. After that, when he decided to build the model, he was supported with loans from the Social Policy Bank and rented rice fields from neighboring households to expand the area.

Melon model of Mr. Nguyen Phung Khoi's family, Trung Son commune (Do Luong). Photo: Thanh Quynh

In April 2020, Mr. Khoi invested nearly 1 billion VND to build a greenhouse model to grow the golden queen melon variety in Den Nghe field. The production method is also invested differently from traditional farming methods when applying scientific and technical advances to build a high-tech agricultural model. The greenhouse has an area of ​​nearly 1,500m2 with more than 300 trees planted in alternating seasons according to VietGAP technology and drip irrigation. According to estimates, each melon costs an average of 80,000 VND, so each crop he has an income of over 200 million VND. In addition to implementing the greenhouse model, on the Lam River alluvial land area, he has planted 7 hectares of green squash since 2019, applying plastic covering techniques for high productivity. Thanks to his many years of experience in growing squash, this crop his family harvested 30 tons of fruit per hectare.

According to Vice Chairman of Trung Son Commune People's Committee Doan Van Kien, the commodity-oriented production models of Mr. Nguyen Phung Khoi's family are increasingly appearing in the locality. That achievement is based on resolutions, programs, and projects on local economic development. Because right after successfully organizing the Congress for the 2020-2025 term, the Party Executive Committee of Trung Son Commune assigned tasks to members, built programs, and action plans to implement the resolution. In particular, the key tasks are agricultural development, advanced new rural construction, and basic construction. In order to make Trung Son a bright spot in building production models with high economic value, the commune has built resolutions focusing on key areas. From here, it creates a fulcrum for building local economic models.

In Thanh Chuong district, the innovation of agricultural thinking has also been effectively implemented by the Party Committee, government and farmers to gradually realize the goal of "Building Thanh Chuong into a prosperous districtof Nghe An province”. Resolutions on economic development, especially agricultural economy, were issued and implemented to help localities gradually build larger-scale production models through contiguous planning, contiguous plots of fruit trees, industrial tea, raw material crops, aquaculture, vegetable growing, buffalo, cow, chicken raising, etc. At the same time, many models of commercial fruit trees such as VietGAP Thanh My grapefruit; organic green squash were expanded in many communes such as Thanh Linh, Thanh Lien, Thanh Hoa, Xuan Tuong, Dai Dong, Thanh Khai, Thanh Chi, etc. Some products of melons, cucumbers, tomatoes, and vegetables in greenhouses in Thanh Khe, Thanh Lien, Thanh Tien, Thanh Linh, Thanh Duong, and Vo Liet communes have also affirmed their position in the market, contributing to increasing income for people to stabilize their lives.

Tea trees bring great profits to many households in Thanh Chuong district. Photo: Mai Hoa

Find a new direction

Located in the center of Pha village (Yen Khe commune, Con Cuong district), the product display booth of the Agricultural Services, Orange Processing, Trading and Production CooperativeProducts from Pha orangemakes many tourists excited. These are products such as: orange peel jam, orange wine, orange wine, orange soap, orange essential oil, orange syrup.

The products here all have full codes and barcodes, eye-catching appearance and have been granted food hygiene and safety certificates by the authorities. With prices ranging from 100 - 150 thousand VND per product, the booth has become a shopping stop for many community tourism groups when coming to Yen Khe. From the change in thinking in processing agricultural products, it has created the premise for the development of the main crop of Yen Khe commune with more than 260 hectares of oranges. Along with Yen Khe, many new models and good practices have also been replicated, becoming sustainable livelihoods for the people.

Con Cuong District Party Secretary Nguyen Dinh Hung shared: In the process of directing and operating socio-economic development, the Party Committee and government from the district to the grassroots level have been concerned and issued appropriate resolutions to exploit the strengths of local agriculture and forestry. In particular, many new directions are focused on such as processing medicinal herbs, forming products from oranges; fermented wine, and rice wine. Along with that, the district promotes the application of science and technology in cultivation, production, and animal husbandry to gradually improve production efficiency.

Booth displaying orange products of Pha village people, Yen Khe commune (Con Cuong). Photo: Thanh Quynh

Not only Con Cuong, many mountainous districts of the province have recently focused on investing in developing and expanding many products participating in the provincial-level classification assessment and being recognized as products meeting OCOP standards of "3 stars", "4 stars", thereby contributing to improving productivity and quality of agricultural products; reducing the rate of poor households, opening up sustainable development directions for ethnic minority and mountainous areas.