Many ways to get rich of Mai Hung people

(Baonghean.vn) - Identifying agricultural production as the key economic goal, in recent years, under the right direction of local authorities, people of Mai Hung ward (Hoang Mai town) have known how to apply scientific and technical advances to convert the structure of crops and livestock reasonably, for high economic efficiency.

Ms. Tran Thi Phuong's household in Block 14, Mai Hung Ward has more than 5 sao of garden land. Previously, she only planted a few mixed fruit trees, so the efficiency was not high. In 2014, she invested over 200 million VND to build a pig farm and breeding pigs. Currently, in the farm there are always about 30 pigs raised for meat and 8 sows that give birth to over 150 breeding pigs each year.

The goose incubation model of Ms. Tran Thi Phuong in block 14, Mai Hung ward (Hoang Mai town) brings in an income of 200 million VND/year.

In addition, she also raises laying geese and invests in an incubator to provide breeding geese to people in the area. With 500 geese, on average, each day she lays 250-300 eggs and incubates them; each month she sells thousands of breeding geese, at a price of 8,000-10,000 VND/geese, earning tens of millions of VND. Her family's total income currently reaches nearly 200 million VND/year.

Thanks to the conversion from 2-crop land to 3-crop land, each hectare of land gives an income of 130 - 150 million VND/year.

Along with animal husbandry, the Ward Party Committee has issued a project to change the structure of crops and seasons; apply scientific and technical advances and advanced technology to production; form a number of specialized areas for concentrated agricultural commodity production with high productivity and income value such as: high-quality rice production area; safe vegetables; potato and flower growing and shrimp farming... In particular, the shrimp farming area alone has an area of ​​80 hectares, applying the farming model according to VietGAP for high productivity.

Mai Hung ward leaders inspected the summer-autumn crop production situation of farmers.

A typical example is Mr. Nguyen Xuan Tinh's household in Block 13, Mai Hung Ward, which has 3 sao of high-altitude land. Previously, he only planted corn in the spring and summer-autumn seasons, with low productivity. After being trained in the application of scientific and technological advances, he chose the CP999 hybrid corn variety, with a main crop yield of 4 quintals/sao and an off-season yield of 3.5 quintals/sao. After harvesting corn, he planted winter vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbage, and bok choy. Thanks to proper care, good pest prevention, and a stable output market, each hectare of land brings in an income of 130 million VND/year.

Farmers check shrimp farming crop I.

The conversion of crop structure is also adjusted to suit local production conditions. Mai Hung Ward has over 400 hectares of land for growing various agricultural crops, previously mainly producing 2 crops, with an income value of only over 50 million VND/ha. Faced with this situation, the Ward Party Committee held a meeting and assigned the Commune Agriculture Board to conduct a survey of the current land status and increase the crop season. Currently, people combine 2 rice crops + 1 corn crop; and on high land areas, people grow 2 corn crops + 1 vegetable crop, the land is intensively cultivated year-round.

Thanks to that, the proportion of agricultural production in the ward accounts for 40% of the economic structure. The annual economic growth rate reaches 14%, the average income per capita reaches 29 million VND/year, the poverty rate in 2014 was 10.3%, now it has decreased to 6.8%. The material and spiritual life of the people is constantly improving, contributing to changing the appearance of the new urban area.

Thanh Thuy

Hoang Mai Radio Station