Earning billions from green squash in Thanh Chuong

(Baonghean.vn) - These days, in Thanh Linh and Thanh Lien communes (Thanh Chuong), people are busily harvesting spring squash.

The joy of a good harvest is evident on the farmers' faces.

Green squash is a familiar crop to households in Linh Hong village, Thanh Linh commune (Thanh Chuong). Many years ago, people started growing squash on 5% plots of land, but it has become a commercial crop in recent years, when land was consolidated and exchanged, creating conditions for intensive investment.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh in Thanh Linh commune shared: "My family grows 2 sao of green squash, this is an easy-to-grow, quick-to-harvest crop; each year we can grow 4 crops, if we count all 4 crops, the average income is more than 30 million VND/sao/year.

People in Linh Hong village, Thanh Linh commune (Thanh Chuong) harvest the spring squash crop. Photo: Dinh Ha

According to Ms. Tran Thi Thuy - Head of the Farmers' Association of Linh Hong village, currently 100% of households in the village grow squash with a total area of ​​about 4 hectares. The Farmers' Association has linked up with businesses in Do Luong, Nam Dan and Vinh city so that products are purchased at the field. Although the price is unstable, the lowest is 4,000 VND/kg, never unsold, squash is currently the crop with the highest economic efficiency on this land.

Due to the effectiveness of green squash, many villages in Thanh Linh commune are now participating in growing squash. Mr. Nguyen Trung Sy - Chairman of Thanh Linh Commune Farmers' Association affirmed: The locality has built many production models, but green squash is still the number one crop chosen by the people. From Thanh Linh commune, squash has spread throughout the district, most in Thanh Lien, Thanh Giang, Cat Van communes, which are communes with large areas of fertile land and alluvial soil. Thanh Lien commune has 3 households in Lien Chau hamlet bidding for 5 hectares of alluvial soil to specialize in growing green squash.

Traders from Do Luong and Nam Dan districts come to Thanh Linh commune (Thanh Chuong). Photo: Dinh Ha

In addition to high productivity, green squash products also record good consumption, with current selling prices ranging from 4,500 - 5,000 VND/kg, sometimes increasing to 7,000 VND/kg. According to Mr. Nguyen Tien Nam - Owner of a squash purchasing business in Do Luong district: "Although prices are unstable, fluctuating according to the market, squash is easy to sell. When we cooperate with farmers to get high prices, we are happy together, when prices go down, we share, so everyone is excited".

With more than 100 hectares of pumpkin spread throughout the district, this spring, Thanh Chuong people harvested about 400 tons, earning billions of dong. This is the result of the association to make people feel secure in investing, and is the basis for the district to continue to propose policies to change the crop structure to increase productivity and economic value per unit area.

Tran Dinh Ha