Farmers in the highlands of Nghe An grow sugarcane and vegetables on mountain tops
Hoai Thu•December 13, 2024 10:54
Farmers in the remote Ky Son district grow sugarcane on the mountain top, which gives it a sweet and cool quality and does not have enough to sell. Overcoming difficulties, households with high income from agriculture are always changing, researching and cultivating new plants and breeds to meet market tastes.
Hoa Son village, Ta Ca commune of Ky Son highland district has terrain and climate very suitable for developing livestock and crop farming, especially winter vegetables. Photo: Hoai ThuIn addition to growing traditional local vegetables, tubers and fruits such as bitter mustard greens, mustard greens, cucumbers, beans, etc., the people of Hoa Son village also research and grow new varieties of plants that have not been grown in the village. For example, Mr. La Tuan Ba's family has been experimenting with growing sugarcane for more than a year. After just over half a year, the sugarcane on Mr. Ba's family's mountaintop has grown taller than a person, with plump trunks. Photo: Hoai ThuThis is the first time Mr. La Tuan Ba has planted sugarcane on the mountain top, right on his family farm in Hoa Son village. From the initial few sugarcane bushes, seeing that the plants grow well and produce sweet sugar, in early 2024, he expanded the area to more than half of his farm. Photo: Hoai ThuMr. La Tuan Ba cuts sugarcane and sells it to local people who come to buy it in his garden. Mr. La Tuan Ba said that he uses organic fertilizer made from composted animal waste and natural water from the Huoi Giang stream flowing from the high mountains to water his sugarcane garden. Photo: Hoai ThuIn addition to using organic fertilizers in agricultural production, more and more people in Hoa Son village are using machinery to serve production. Photo: Hoai ThuThanks to that, many households have high incomes from hard work growing clean vegetables in the village. Photo: Hoai ThuThe sweet mustard greens grown on the mountaintops of Ta Ca commune are popular in the market, and are sold out as soon as they are produced. Growing vegetables helps dozens of households in Ta Ca earn an income of 40-100 million VND per year. Photo: Hoai ThuAccording to Mr. Vi Van Man - Chairman of Ta Ca Commune People's Committee, in 2024, people growing sugarcane, growing clean vegetables, raising buffaloes, cows, fish and pigs brought the commune's agricultural, forestry and fishery value to more than 14 billion VND. In addition, Ta Ca people also research and develop new economic models such as the community tourism farmstay model of Pu Nghieng Agricultural Service Cooperative, culinary service models processing traditional dishes of the Thai and Khmu people, etc., increasingly promoting people's self-awareness and dynamism in production labor. Photo: Hoai Thu
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