(Baonghean)-Giang Son Dong is located in the difficult mountainous area of Do Luong district, separated from the old Giang Son commune. The whole commune has an agricultural land fund of over 450 hectares/1800 hectares of natural land, mainly garden and hill land. In recent years, to increase people's income, the commune has proactively changed the structure of crops and livestock, focusing on building many diverse economic models to create a spreading effect in the new rural construction movement.….
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| After the land consolidation, farmers in Giang Son Dong commune have proactively invested in large-scale production. The most obvious is the land consolidation to develop high-income vegetable fields in Hoa Binh hamlet, Tay Xuan, Yen Tan. The model of Mr. Tran Van Thien - Yen Tan hamlet has 1.5 hectares specializing in growing vegetables, squash, pumpkins of all kinds, with an average income of 100 million VND/ha/year. |
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| Commercial sugarcane has affirmed its strength on barren lands and hills. The whole commune has now developed over 60 hectares of sugarcane, concentrated in Xom Pho, Lien Giang, Hoa Binh, Thi Tu, bringing in an income of 200 million VND/ha/year. Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuc - Pho hamlet, said: After nearly 10 years of growing sugarcane, the average income has reached 10 million VND/sao, 5 times higher than growing corn and potatoes before. |
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| Giang Son Dong also planted Dien grapefruit trees on hilly land. Many models of growing Dien grapefruit in Xuan Thinh and Nam Tam bring in an income of 250-300 million VND/model/year. Mr. Dao Danh Bay's household in Xuan Thinh hamlet currently grows nearly 800 Dien grapefruit trees, earning a profit of about 300 million VND/year. |
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| Taking advantage of garden and hill land, Giang Son Dong people proactively grow corn and cassava to feed livestock. |
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| Many VietGAP livestock models have contributed to establishing the position of the livestock industry in the locality. The whole commune currently has 60 households raising livestock according to the model, of which 12 households raise chickens, 48 households raise pigs with a total herd of over 6,000 pigs and 105,000 poultry/year. The free-range chicken farming model of Mr. Bui Van Quang's household - Phuong Dong hamlet currently has a scale of 6,000 chickens/year and has been implemented since 2010. |
Luong Mai
