Tan Ky clean vegetables reach out to markets outside the district

(Baonghean.vn) - This winter crop, Tan Ky district is planting 600 hectares of various vegetables and beans, mainly kohlrabi, lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, squash, pumpkins, etc. Currently, some areas have been harvested.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh, Van Xuan hamlet, Giai Xuan highland commune, grows a variety of winter crops.

The highland commune of Giai Xuan, Tan Ky district, has over 70% of the Tho ethnic people living there. This is also a typical locality of Tan Ky district that focuses on developing commercial vegetables. Leading us through the lush green vegetable fields of kohlrabi, cabbage, and coriander, ready for harvest, Mr. Nguyen Van Bien - Head of the Agriculture Department of Giai Xuan commune, Tan Ky district said, "Unlike before, now almost every household in Giai Xuan commune grows vegetables both for family meals and for sale to the market. Typically, in the two hamlets of Van Long and Van Xuan, vegetables have been grown commercially for the past 5 years. Growing vegetables has brought a good income to the people."

Up to this point in Giai Xuan commune, people have planted more than 36 hectares of winter vegetables, many early planted areas have been harvested, although the beginning of the vegetable growing season was not favorable, but now the selling price is good, so people are very excited.

The family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh in Van Xuan hamlet, Giai Xuan commune specializes in growing vegetables for sale. Ms. Thanh shared: "Previously, on this 3-sao garden area, the family grew corn, and even left it fallow for a year. Now the family has focused on growing vegetables and has seen real results. Every 3-month vegetable crop, each sao brings in an income of 10 to 15 million VND."

If in the past, vegetable growing was mainly concentrated in the plain communes, with many flat fertile land areas, recently in Tan Ky district, the highland and remote communes have continuously expanded the vegetable growing area such as Giai Xuan, Tan Hop, Dong Van, Tan Huong communes...

Tan Ky farmers promote winter vegetable cultivation.

Due to the need to provide green vegetables primarily for the family and understanding the consumer psychology of preferring clean vegetables, vegetable growers in Tan Ky have limited the use of pesticides; proactively provided water for irrigation of crops; many households have drilled and dug wells directly in the middle of the fields, and regularly visited the fields to promptly detect pests and diseases early.

Mr. Tran Tu Ba - Vice President of Tan Ky District Gardening Association affirmed: "In previous years, markets such as Lat Market in the Town, Sen Market in Nghia Dong, Cua Market in Nghia Hoan had to buy vegetables from Do Luong, Quynh Luu, Yen Thanh districts, but now, the problem of not having to buy vegetables from other districts has basically been solved, and some vegetable products have been exported to other districts such as green squash, pumpkin...".

Cam Tu

(Tan Ky Radio)