Expanding the area for medicinal plants in Con Cuong.

After surveying suitable land areas, Con Cuong district, in coordination with local businesses, organized training and technology transfer on planting, processing, and preserving medicinal plants for 50 households in the production areas of Chi Khe, Cam Lam, Don Phuc, and Mon Son communes.

Locals received training on techniques for propagating, planting, harvesting, processing, and preserving medicinal plants. Photo: Minh Hạnh

Through a combination of theoretical training in the lecture hall and practical fieldwork, trainees were introduced to several medicinal plants such as Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Silybum marianum, and Gymnema sylvestre, as well as techniques for propagation, planting, care, harvesting, processing, and preservation.

Organizing training sessions helps people in the raw material producing areas quickly access scientific and technological advancements, thereby applying them to production to improve the productivity and value of agricultural products in general and medicinal plants in particular.

To ensure productivity and quality, the entire area of ​​medicinal plants in the localities is grown using the plastic mulch method. Photo: Minh Hạnh

According to the plan for 2018, in addition to the existing 5 hectares of medicinal plants, Con Cuong aims to plant an additional 3 hectares of Solanum torvum in Chi Khe, Don Phuc, and Cam Lam communes; and nearly 1 hectare of Gynostemma pentaphyllum in Mon Son commune. It is estimated that by 2020, the area of ​​these medicinal plants will expand to approximately 15-20 hectares.

Besides cultivating medicinal plants, Con Cuong district now sells herbal teas made from milk thistle and Gymnema sylvestre.

Minh Hanh