Billionaires of the Hills

(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, Thanh Chuong district (Nghe An) has nearly 400 farms and ranches, of which 29 farms meet the criteria according to Circular 27 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Of these, 13,182 households achieved the title of good production and business with an income of 50 - 200 million VND/year; 83 households had an income of 500 million - 1 billion VND/year, and 10 households had an income of over 1 billion VND/year.

A typical example is Mr. Nguyen Sy Thanh in Hamlet 7, Thanh Thuy Commune. Starting in 2008, with the help of the Commune Farmers' Association, his family borrowed 30 million VND. With his family's capital, he decided to buy 8 breeding cows and after about 2 years, the number doubled and now he has a well-developed herd of over 80 cows. Including 30 breeding cows, 10 mother buffaloes and over 7 hectares of raw acacia trees, his family earns an average of nearly 1 billion VND per year.

A herd of more than 80 cows at Mr. Nguyen Sy Thanh's farm in Khe Mu hamlet, Thanh Thuy commune.

Or the farm economic development model of Mr. Nguyen Huu Bang in hamlet 3B, Thanh Phong commune. After doing business in many places but not effectively, when the locality had a policy of exchanging land, he boldly accepted to live in high land areas where rice cultivation was ineffective but had large areas to develop the farm economy.

To expand the area, he has contracted an additional 1.5 hectares of land from the Commune People's Committee to grow grass and graze cattle. Currently, his family's farm has over 600 orange, grapefruit, lemon, and dragon fruit trees, and has invested in raising and developing a herd of cows. Currently, his family's total herd of cows is nearly 20.

People of Ban Lap, Ngoc Lam resettlement commune take care of tea garden.

In addition to raising livestock and poultry, the fruit tree planting movement is also receiving attention from farmers, bringing in a large source of income. Implementing the policy of the district and commune on eliminating mixed gardens to grow valuable fruit trees, since 2000, Mr. Vo Van Ky's family in Hamlet 10, Thanh Nho Commune has boldly planted a number of new fruit trees such as oranges, lemons, tangerines, and acacias, and timber trees. After 3 years, oranges and tangerines began to bear fruit and by the 5th year, they provided a stable income.

The orange garden earns over 1 billion VND of Mr. Vo Van Ky in hamlet 10, Thanh Nho commune.

Realizing the suitable land and soil and the value of fruit trees, he gradually expanded the area and now his family has 4 hectares, over 2,000 trees with high-yield varieties such as pomelo, native lemon orange, V2 orange, Xa Doai orange... earning over 1 billion VND per year.

Many households have purchased tillage and harvest machines to improve labor productivity.

Currently, Thanh Chuong has hundreds of models that bring high income, creating jobs for local workers (average 5 workers/model). Currently, more than 1,200 households have invested in buying agricultural machinery for production, contributing to increasing labor productivity, ensuring planting progress... gradually modernizing rural agriculture.

Tran Dinh Ha