Exciting production linkage direction from model garden chain in Thanh Chuong
(Baonghean.vn) - Building a chain of model farmer gardens and new rural standard gardens, thereby creating a production linkage chain and forming a commodity area from the garden economy is the direction that many localities in Thanh Chuong (Nghe An) choose.
MILLION-DOLLAR GARDENS
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| 4-year-old Dien grapefruit garden of Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Lieu's family (My Son hamlet, Thanh My). Photo: Thanh Phuc |
In 2018, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Lieu, 65 years old, and his wife in My Son hamlet (Thanh My commune) started to renovate their mixed garden. Accordingly, on an area of nearly 1,000 square meters, he planned into plots with suitable crops: 1 plot for growing vegetables and spices; 1 plot for growing medicinal herbs; planted 60 grapefruit trees, 20 custard apple trees, along the edge of the fence planted jackfruit, avocado, dragon fruit and in a corner of the garden he dug a small pond, both to raise catfish and to get water to irrigate the garden. Along the entrance, he made an arched gate, built a trellis for climbing viburnum and grapes.
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| Many localities, due to insufficient garden area, have taken the initiative to collect ineffective rice fields to build model gardens with commercial crops such as squash, pumpkin, corn, melon, peanuts, beans... interspersed with perennial fruit trees. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Mr. Lieu said: “Both of us are old, we no longer have the strength to plow the fields, so we only invest in taking care of the vegetable garden, fish pond, and chicken flock. After 3 years of renovating the garden, in addition to the vegetables that bring in a daily income of 70,000-100,000 VND, the fruit trees also begin to yield. It is estimated that in the 4th year, when the fruit garden gives its first crop, the income from the garden will reach about 50-70 million VND/year. Gardening not only provides us with money to spend but also makes us enjoy our old age, working instead of exercising.”
In Hanh Lam (Thanh Chuong), previously, vast hilly gardens were left uncultivated or mixed with all kinds of trees such as areca, coconut, longan, mango... growing naturally, without care, and with no economic value. From 2018 to now, the movement has been implementedrenovate mixed gardens, build standard gardens,The hill gardens have "changed their skin", creating rich fruit gardens, bringing in hundreds of millions of dong in income per year.
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| While growing fruit trees provides long-term income, the nutritious vegetable gardens in Hanh Lam provide daily income for farmers. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
A typical example is the garden of Mr. Le Dinh Chanh's household, hamlet 7, on an area of 1,500 m2Planting: Green-skinned grapefruit, guava, apple; nutritious vegetable garden of all kinds, raising 200 chickens, 12 sows, 30 pigs... after deducting expenses, each year brings in an income of 80-120 million VND; Or the garden of Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hoa's family, on an area of 1,200 m2 In the garden, he grows: green-skinned grapefruit, various types of nutritious vegetables, raises 300 chickens for an income of 50 million VND/year...
FORMING A GOODS ZONE FROM A STANDARD GARDEN CHAIN
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| With the strength of the hilly land, Thanh Chuong is building a chain of model farmer gardens and NTM standard gardens into a specialty fruit tree commodity area, creating a stable output. Photo by Thanh Phuc |
According to the rough calculation of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Luan, Chairman of Farmers of Hanh Lam Commune (Thanh Chuong), the whole commune currently has 14 NTM standard gardens and 7farmer's model gardenCurrently, all gardens generate an income of 10-150 million VND/year. In particular, 80% of households have renovated mixed gardens, grown vegetables and fruit trees, providing clean food every day for their families.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Luan said: "In the near future, to create a stable output for garden products, we willLinking standard gardening households and farmer model gardenstogether, establish a Cooperative Group, a professional association "Building model gardens and growing fruit trees" in the commune. From there, form a commodity area from standard garden chains, aiming at products that meet VietGAP standards, connecting with wholesale markets, stores, supermarkets to create a consumption market for the products".
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| Households linked together into chains and clusters of household gardens will create key commodity areas, making it easy to find outlets. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
This is also the direction that Thanh My commune (Thanh Chuong) chose in its development.garden economic developmentof the locality. Mr. Hoang Tien Tho, Chairman of Thanh My Commune People's Committee said: "In 2021, we selected My Son village to deploy a pilot model of a chain of NTM standard gardens. Accordingly, 15 households will be selected to develop garden economy, with grapefruit trees as the main crop, grown according to VietGAP standards, registered for traceability, with stamps, labels, geographical indications, etc. From there, a commercial grapefruit growing area will be created, with stable output.
Accordingly, the Party Committee, the government and organizations have stepped in to review gardens that meet the conditions, mobilize people to register to build model gardens, and guide families to re-plan their gardens. At the same time, capital sources have been actively integrated to support production development. Many areasinefficient landare being converted into concentrated, specialized, large-scale model gardens.
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| To build a brand, household garden models apply organic care according to VietGAP standards. In the photo: Farmer Thanh Mai composts organic fertilizer for oranges. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
This approach of the localities in Thanh Chuong is opening a new direction in the development of garden economy, bringing the movement of building standard new rural gardens into reality, with practical meaning. It is not only creating changes in appearance but also increasing income and improving people's lives. To achieve that goal, in addition to planning support, garden owners hope that the locality as well as relevant levels and sectors pay attention to and support the registration of trademarks.trade promotion, output connectionfor garden products.
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| In addition to building model gardens, clusters, and chains of model gardens, connecting and finding outlets for household garden products is of interest to localities. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
“In the near future, in each residential area and each hamlet, 10-15 households with large enough garden areas will be selected to plan suitable plants and animals; groups will be established to build family gardens, groups with the same interest in gardening, creating connections from seed selection, care to consumption. From there, create commodity areas with key local crops and livestock, develop local specialty products, and find stable output for family garden products.”
