Nghe An farmers are eager to exchange rice for labor to celebrate Tet
(Baonghean.vn) - These days, farmers in the districts are eagerly exchanging labor for planting rice, aiming to finish the planting season early to prepare for the Lunar New Year. The labor exchange group model is really effective, helping farmers feel secure about their labor source and strengthening solidarity.
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| Take advantage of the warm weather, everyone.farmerDo Luong, Yen Thanh, Thanh Chuong, Nam Dan districts... are concentrating on human resources for winter-spring crop planting. On this occasion, people in many localities have organized rotational labor exchanges to help each other in the hamlets. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Because the seedlings are still young, it is difficult to pull them up. Instead of pulling them up by hand, some people use sickles to cut the roots. InimplantIn exchange for labor, the homeowner often takes on the task of cutting and transporting seedlings. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Before planting in exchange for labor, the homeowner must carefully prepare the field. Although there are threshing machines, the dry rice fields are still uneven and bumpy, so many households have to bring boards to the fields to rake and level, which is very difficult. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The groups that exchange labor for transplanting rice are formed due to the actual needs of the crop season. They are people from the same family group, same hamlet... Each group usually gathers from 5 to 15 people, or even more. Because of the collective work, every transplanting session is filled with laughter. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| An old woman in Nam Hung commune (Nam Dan) actively transports rice seedlings to the field, serving those who plant in her field. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| During the planting season, men and boys are often busy plowing and pulling up seedlings, while women are busy bending over the fields to plant evenly and quickly. In many places, boys also plant and plant better than women. In some families that do not participate in the labor exchange, the husband and wife still work hard to plant and complete the fields. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In cases where the homeowner is short of people, they go to exchange labor for planting, sometimes not only planting but also pulling out seedlings, transporting seedlings... Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien (36 years old) in Cao Son hamlet, Nam Hung commune (Nam Dan) shared: "This year's planting season, I participated in exchanging labor with some families in the hamlet. Going to exchange labor for planting is fun, everyone is enthusiastic, excited, working to finish quickly, so the hard planting season has passed easily". Photo: Huy Thu |
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Although agriculture has undergone many changes, with machinery and machinery being widely used in production, manual planting has not been able to completely replace it. The arduous and tiring planting season has been a part of rural people for generations. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The labor exchange groups operate throughout the planting season, helping one family after another with the requirement that each household must participate at least 1 person. Depending on the preparation of the fields, seedlings, and conditions of the families in need of labor exchange, the group will decide which family to help first. Mr. Le Van Nghia (60 years old), residing in Thanh Lam commune (Thanh Chuong), said that his family has 5 sao of rice fields, this season they have to sow and plant at the same time, so the work is very busy, while the family only has an elderly couple, the children are all working far away and no one can come back, fortunately thanks to the labor exchange group, they only need to go to the field for 1 day to finish the planting season. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Households with fields often provide lunch as well as drinks, fruits, cakes, candies, etc. to nourish the group. Those who participate in the exchange of labor work as enthusiastically as if they were working for their own families. They can have lunch in the fields and take a break right on the edge of the fields. In the photo: The joy of people who exchange labor in Thanh Lam commune (Thanh Chuong). Photo: Huy Thu |
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| According to the people, they exchange labor for rice planting at the end of December to help each other finish the crop early to have time to prepare for the upcoming festival.Lunar New YearThanks to this spirit of mutual assistance, the harvest season becomes faster and more timely, not only reducing production costs and overcoming the labor shortage in rural areas, but also becoming more meaningful when people bond, share and help each other, promoting the spirit of mutual love. Photo: Huy Thu |
| Hard work in the planting season. Video: Huy Thu |
