New tree 'takes root' in Thai Hoa land
(Baonghean.vn) - Along with promoting investment attraction for industrial and service development, Thai Hoa town (Nghe An) advocates restructuring the agricultural sector towards clean production and high economic value.
New tree, new hope
The rows of new grape varieties growing lushly on the slopes of land in Nghia Thuan commune not only bring excitement and anticipation for the harvest to growers but also joy and expectation for the leaders of Thai Hoa town. Because this new grape variety is currently grown and developing well on 5 hectares of greenhouses and will soon be 10 hectares.
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| More than 5 hectares of grapes grown in greenhouses have turned green in Thai Hoa town. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen |
Engineer Phan Van Hong, in charge of grape growing and care techniques for Hung Cuong Company, smiled and shared: “Every day, watching the grape beds grow, we are more and more certain that this type of tree is suitable for the land here. In about 5 months, the grapes will bear fruit. This is a tree that requires high investment and high techniques in care, branching and topping to make the grapes bear fruit. It is estimated that each hectare of grapes will yield 20 tons, if sold in the garden for about 70 - 80 thousand VND/kg, it will yield over 1.5 billion VND/ha. That is the black grape variety, the green grape variety is even more valuable...”.
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| Production in greenhouses is invested by many households, businesses and cooperatives in Thai Hoa town. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen |
To create new value, the company boldly invested in growing grapes. This was a bold move, because no one in the province had ever invested in this type of plant. After research, the company decided to invest in growing 10 hectares of grapes in greenhouses. The investment for each hectare of grapes is over 2.5 billion VND, so after 2 years it will bring profit and the initial investment infrastructure can be exploited for the next 5-7 years.
Accompanying and following every step of Hung Cuong enterprise, comrade Pham Tuan Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Thai Hoa Town Party Committee said: It is an enterprise with capital and passion for agriculture. In addition to the fruit tree system, Hung Cuong Company Limited also built a large-scale sow and pork farm system. The enterprise has invested in a chain of retail stores in Vinh city and plans to continue to develop in many other areas. Initially, the company brought many expectations, creating a solid foundation. Currently, the company creates jobs for 80 workers in the area with an average salary of 6 - 15 million VND/person/month.
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| Macadamia nuts are produced and grown in Thai Hoa town. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen |
In Quang Tien ward, Mr. Nguyen Manh Tuan's family in Doc Cao block was the first household in Thai Hoa town to plant 300 macadamia trees on an area of 1.2 hectares. After more than 1 year of planting, all seedlings grew well.
Mr. Tuan said that the town supported 50% of the cost of the macadamia seeds; the supplying company owed the remaining 50% with a commitment to collect the seed money after 3 years of harvesting. The supplying company also committed to purchasing the seeds at market prices every year for the next 20 years.
Up to now, 5 hectares of macadamia have been planted in Thai Hoa town and another 5 hectares will be planted in 2021. This is also one of the new crops that promises to bring sustainable agricultural development in Thai Hoa town.
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| A corner of Thai Hoa town seen from above. Photo: Contributor |
Sustainable Development
In addition to traditional trees and animals, agricultural development in the town is being oriented towards effectively exploiting trees with high economic value and industrial crops. That contributes to creating environmental sustainability and long-term exploitation.
Businesses and households are promoting chain linkages, from production to a system of clean vegetable and fruit stores serving the consumer market.
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| Commercial asparagus is invested in by many households in Thai Hoa town. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen |
“The important thing is that during the implementation process, the town’s orientations have been positively responded to by households and businesses. During the implementation of the goals, the town determined that there needs to be effective companionship and support, especially in administrative reform, so that people and businesses can feel secure in their development,” affirmed comrade Pham Tuan Vinh.
To restructure the agricultural sector in a sustainable and highly efficient direction, one of the solutions that Thai Hoa town focuses on is promoting the application of science and technology. This is identified as one of the important driving forces to improve productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness of products in the market.
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| Thai Hoa Town Party Secretary Pham Tuan Vinh met with farmers in Tay Hieu commune to survey agricultural commodity production models. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen |
During the development process, Thai Hoa town has synchronously deployed many solutions to gradually build a plant variety center, associated with building the town into a service, tourism, trade and shopping center, serving the development and people's lives in the Northwest region of Nghe An.