Replicating the model of growing aromatic roots
To ensure sufficient local raw material supply for incense production villages in the area, on the morning of January 8, at the Minh Tien communal cultural house (Chau Hanh commune), the Agricultural and Fisheries Extension Station (AFF) of Quy Chau district organized a workshop to propagate the expansion of the agarwood tree planting model for 50 farmer members and representatives of the committees of 12 communes and towns.
(Baonghean.vn) -To ensure sufficient local raw material supply for incense production villages in the area, on the morning of January 8, at the Minh Tien communal cultural house (Chau Hanh commune), the Agricultural and Fisheries Extension Station (AFF) of Quy Chau district organized a workshop to propagate the expansion of the agarwood tree planting model for 50 farmer members and representatives of the committees of 12 communes and towns.
At the workshop, experts from the District KNKN Station guided farmers to grasp new plant varieties and basic techniques in the planting and care process such as: ecological conditions of the aromatic root plant, soil conditions, planting season, selecting seedlings, steps such as watering, fertilizing and organizing tours of experimental models.
District agricultural extension officers introduce techniques for growing aromatic roots to members.
After 3 years (2009-2012) of implementing the project of planting incense roots in 6 communes (Chau Hanh, Chau Binh, Chau Thang, Chau Phong and Tan Lac town), it has brought about economic efficiency, providing nearly 200 tons of fresh incense roots for craft villages each year, producing over 21,000,000 incense sticks, with a total value of nearly 8 billion VND. The expansion of the incense root planting model has opened up a new direction, creating jobs for local people, increasing income, contributing to rapidly reducing the poverty rate, raising awareness of protecting resources and sustainable forest ecology.
Tran Ngoc Lan