Anh Son farmers grow green onions for an income of 7 million VND/sao

Ms. Nguyen Thi De's family in village 1/5 of Cam Son commune has had a high income from winter crop production in recent years. This winter crop, she planted nearly 3 sao, mainly cabbage, cauliflower and green beans. Thanks to the rainier weather than previous years, the vegetables grew well, with few pests and diseases; the yield of cabbage reached 2 tons/sao, and green beans 8 quintals/sao.

Compared to last year, vegetable prices this year are stable. Currently, cabbage costs 8,000 VND/head, green beans 12,000 VND/kg, cauliflower 10,000 VND/head; after deducting expenses, each sao still gives Ms. De an income of 7 - 8 million VND. Currently, she has just harvested this crop and planted another crop to have a continuous income from now until Tet.

This year, the weather was very favorable, so farmers growing vegetables on alluvial land had a bumper crop; each sao brought in an income of 7-10 million VND. Photo: Thai Hien

These days, from early morning until late at night, the alluvial land along Lam River in Phuc Son commune is always bustling with people planting, caring for, and harvesting vegetables.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu in village 1, Phuc Son commune said that the land here is good because it is silted up with alluvium, has few pests and diseases, and has a convenient water source for irrigation. With 7 sao of vegetables, Ms.Regularly change the types of vegetables according to market demand such as cucumber, mustard greens, spring onions, kohlrabi, cabbage; income from growing vegetables reaches 7 million VND/sao/crop. Currently, she continues to grow more than 2 sao of vegetables and beans of all kinds to supply during Tet.

This year, her family planted scallions on an area of ​​nearly 1 sao. Thanks to the suitability of the alluvial land area, scallions grow very well. The special thing about this scallion variety is that it only needs to be planted once, after 40-45 days the first harvest will be harvested, the remaining onion roots will continue to sprout, if well cared for, 2-3 more harvests can be harvested. On average, after deducting expenses, Ms. Thu can earn up to 7 million VND/sail for 1 crop.

According to Mr. Nguyen The Phuong - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Phuc Son commune, this winter crop, the commune has planned 5 hectares in the Lam riverside area to specialize in growing commercial vegetables, of which 1 hectare is used as a safe vegetable production point. When participating in production according to the pilot model, people are supported with 30 million VND for seeds and nitrogen fertilizer. According to estimates, the income from winter vegetables on the alluvial land is over 100 million VND/ha.

After implementing the safe vegetable pilot model, people have had access to the application of science and technology in care, pest control, ensuring the health of growers and consumers. Seeing the effectiveness of vegetable crops, this year people have expanded the planting area on alluvial land to 12 hectares.

Scallions are grown by people in Cam Son commune (Anh Son) on alluvial land for high income. Photo: Thai Hien

According to the 207 winter crop production project, Anh Son planted over 500 hectares of various vegetables, concentrated in the communes of Cam Son, Thach Son, Lang Son, Phuc Son, Tao Son... of which more than 300 hectares of various vegetables and beans, 100 hectares of squash, 200 hectares of sweet potatoes on fields, alluvial land, and hillsides.

With the motto of "clean, quality, good for consumers' health", the district has coordinated with the local agricultural extension sector to organize training courses to guide techniques and methods of cultivating high-value crops; encourage people to introduce new varieties, new cultivation methods, and develop safe vegetable production areas in the direction of commodities./.