Quy Hop farmers grow Japanese-technology melons for high profits
(Baonghean.vn) - Although it has just been put into trial cultivation, the intensive cultivation model of melons in Tam Hop commune, Quy Hop district has brought high economic efficiency; produced outstanding quality and productivity, and is favored by consumers.
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| The model of growing melons using Japanese technology was first implemented in Tam Hop commune, Quy Hop district, with high productivity and good quality. Photo: Phan Giang |
On an area of 1,000 m2 Growing vegetables and fruits is ineffective, with support from the local government, Ms. Vo Thi Ngoc in Tam My hamlet, Tam Hop commune has boldly implemented a model of growing 2,200 melons in net houses and greenhouses using Japanese technology with a total investment of over 200 million VND.
Melons have been planted since March 2018 and have yielded the first crop with high yield (45 - 60 tons/ha). The fruit weighs an average of 1.5 - 2.5 kg, has eye-catching colors, is round, and has a bright orange flesh, sweet and fragrant.
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| The average weight of each melon is from 1.5 - 2.5 kg. Photo: Phan Giang |
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| Melons grown according to safe processes achieve good quality. Photo: Phan Giang |
Ms. Ngoc excitedly said: “Previously, my family grew many types of vegetables, but the efficiency was low and the income was low, so with the support of the locality, my family switched to growing melons in greenhouses and net houses.
Families are instructed and transferred high-tech techniques for growing and caring for melons, calculating the appropriate amount of fertilizer, manual pollination, minimizing pests and diseases, and not using pesticides; in order to create quality and safe agricultural products.
Although this is only the first trial crop of growing melons on an area of 1,000 m2,After 3 months, the melon garden yields about 3 tons and the wholesale price at the garden is from 40 - 50 thousand VND/kg; after deducting expenses, the family makes a profit of about 80 million VND.
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| The intensive melon farming model using Japanese technology opens up a direction for sustainable livelihood transformation for Tam Hop farmers. Photo: Phan Giang |
Discussing the effectiveness of the first experimental melon growing model in Tam Hop commune, Quy Hop district, Mr. Vi Thanh Vinh - Deputy Head of the District Economic Infrastructure Department said: "From the initial results of the melon growing model in greenhouses and greenhouses of Ms. Ngoc's family, it is estimated that the melon production model brings income to the people from 300 - 350 million VND/ha; opening up a direction for sustainable livelihood conversion for farmers in Tam Hop area. Learning from the experience of selecting seeds, planting, caring and preventing pests and diseases so that in the upcoming summer-autumn crop, local people can improve efficiency, and at the same time replicate this effective production model"./.
