Farmers who refuse to be poor

(Baonghean) - In recent years, the movement of farmers' associations participating in developing household economies to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty has been widely replicated in Nghe An.Nghe An Newspaper introduces some typical examples of economic development and getting rich in rural areas.

Dynamic business transformation

Acacia forest of Ms. Hong's family. Photo by Kim Nghia

Previously, Ms. Luong Thi Hong (Na Phay village, Muong Noc commune) also went to the forest to find cassava, yam, and pick wild vegetables to make a living.

At the end of 2005, Ms. Hong borrowed 200 million VND from the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to buy pigs, chickens and ducks to raise; invested in planting 5 hectares of acacia and opened a grocery store. When she started to save, she opened a stall selling bedding, pillows and mattresses. After only 5 years, her family had enough to eat and save. In 2010, her family invested in building barns to raise livestock and poultry, upgraded the store and built a petrol station.

It is worth mentioning that every year, Ms. Hong spends 5-6 million VND to support the Fund for the Poor, the Fund of Love, the Fund of Gratitude; responding to the movement of farmers participating in building new rural areas, her family donated 30 square meters of land, contributed more than 10 million VND and labor to concrete the village road.

Up to now, Ms. Hong's family has maintained raising 2 local black breeding sows, each year earning 35 million VND; chickens earning 100 - 120 million VND/year; pigeons earning 50 - 60 million VND/year; grocery business, selling blankets, sheets, pillows, and mattresses for the family earning 170 - 180 million VND/year. Especially from the petrol station, each year earning nearly 300 million VND; then adding growing rice, acacia... Thus, on average each year after deducting expenses, Ms. Hong's family has a net profit of 750 - 850 million VND; now they have bought a car, built a spacious house, and invested in their children's education; Create jobs for 4 regular workers with salary from 3.5 - 4 million VND/person/month and 20 - 25 seasonal workers with salary of 150,000 - 200,000 VND/day.

Kim Nghia

Diligent people are not afraid of difficulties.

In the impressive property of Mr. Nguyen Van Huu's family (Hamlet 1, Hung Yen Bac Commune, Hung Nguyen District) there is a garden full of green fruit trees with a variety of production and livestock farming types.

After completing his military service, in 1989, Mr. Huu returned to his hometown to start a family and did several jobs but all failed. Fate brought him to the profession of growing flowers and ornamental plants. At first, he only planted for fun, but gradually he practiced grafting, cutting branches, growing trees, shaping, and gradually expanding his profession. In 1992, the locality had a policy of allowing households to exploit barren lands, Mr. Huu and 15 others pioneered in Da Da field. Overcoming many initial difficulties, especially the lack of water, Mr. Huu mobilized his brothers to dig ponds to get water for daily use, water plants, and raise fish...

Mr. Nguyen Van Huu's tree nursery in Hung Yen Bac commune (Hung Nguyen). Photo: Hoang Minh

Just like that, Mr. Huu reclaimed, bid for, and converted land to his brothers and neighbors to create a 2.2-hectare area, gradually expanding the varieties of construction trees, fruit trees, flowers, and ornamental plants. Up to now, in his garden there are hundreds of ancient ornamental trees and many fruit trees, construction trees, and office trees; each batch is exported, another batch is multiplied, grafted, layered, or purchased. Mr. Huu also combines raising buffaloes, cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, pigeons, and fish ponds, using one to supplement the other. On average, each year, after deducting expenses and labor, his family earns a net profit of 3-4 billion VND, an income of 33 million VND/person/month. In addition, he also creates regular jobs for 6 workers with wages of 6-7 million VND/person/month; at peak times, he hires seasonal workers in the area.

Growing up in difficult circumstances and receiving help from many relatives and friends, whenever he has the opportunity, he always keeps in mind that he must help others. Every year, he always spends 7-10 million VND to support and help families with policies, families with illnesses, misfortunes, and difficulties. Especially for families in Da Da and neighboring areas, he is willing to lend them seeds to develop the economy.

Hoang Minh

Fall from where, stand up from there

Mr. Truong Dinh Thong (Tho ethnic group, in Nghia Long commune, Nghia Dan district) has persistently built a large-scale industrial pig farm.

In 1992, after returning to his hometown after being discharged from the army, Mr. Thong started building a farm model; receiving 11 hectares of bare hills to plant 10 hectares of eucalyptus and acacia forests and 1 hectare of fruit trees; and also contracting 3 hectares of dams from the Agricultural Cooperative to raise fish; the initial investment capital was 20 million VND, of which 10 million VND was borrowed from the bank, 8 million VND was borrowed from relatives and friends. In the early years, the family's main source of income was the 3 hectares of dams, but it was only enough to pay the bank interest and labor costs. To increase income, he raised hundreds of goats, chickens and ducks, gradually paying off his debts.

Super lean pig farming model of Mr. Truong Dinh Thong in Nghia Long commune (Nghia Dan). Photo: Minh Dan

During a visit to Dong Nai province, he saw people raising super lean pigs in an industrial way, so he also wanted to try his hand. In 2006, he converted 1 hectare of fruit tree land to build a 1,200m2 farm to raise 100 sows, pigs and 3 breeding boars, with a total capital of 1.2 billion VND. He invested in building a closed biogas tank system, using pig waste as fuel, running generators, and heating pigs in winter...

In addition, he also planted 2.4 hectares of oranges and tangerines with an initial capital of over 200 million VND. On average, each year he sells 1,200 - 1,400 pigs for meat, earning about 12 billion VND. Income from fish farming and fruit tree planting is about 300 million VND; after deducting expenses, his family earns more than 1 billion VND/year.

From the farm, each year Mr. Thong's family creates jobs for 20 regular workers with a stable salary of 3.5 million VND/person/month and 50 seasonal workers. Many households in the commune are directly guided by him on techniques and provided with breeding animals to develop the economy. In particular, in the past 3 years, his family has supported the locality with excavators, rollers, and trucks to build new rural roads worth over 150 million VND.

Minh Dan

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