From mixed gardens to high-income fruit orchards in Anh Son.

(Baonghean.vn) - Recognizing that developing high-value fruit trees is an important direction contributing to the transformation of crop structure, improving production efficiency, and increasing farmers' income, the People's Committee of Anh Son district is implementing many solutions to improve the economic efficiency of orchards.

Ms. Pham Thi Sinh, residing in Hamlet 1, Hoa Son Commune, owns 4 sao (approximately 0.4 hectares) of garden land. Previously, she cultivated various crops, but the economic returns were low. In early 2010, following the commune's policy of renovating unproductive gardens to plant fruit trees, she purchased red dragon fruit seedlings from Ninh Thuan province. Thanks to proper care and techniques, her dragon fruit garden thrived. By the second year, it yielded a harvest of over 2 tons per year. With a selling price of 20,000-25,000 VND/kg at the farm, Ms. Sinh earns over 40 million VND annually.

Currently, the Anh Son district has 690 hectares of fruit trees under the garden-based economic development project.

In 2013, Dinh Son commune initiated a project to revive the Bai Phu orange brand. Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa from Thang Tam village invested in planting 200 orange trees. With guidance from the commune's agricultural extension officers on planting and caring procedures, his orange orchard developed rapidly and has now yielded its first harvest. On average, each tree produces about 200 oranges, equivalent to 40-50 kg; with orange prices ranging from 25,000 to 30,000 VND/kg purchased at the orchard, he earns tens of millions of VND each season.

In Hamlet 8, Khai Son Commune (Anh Son District), over 100 households participate in commercial banana cultivation, generating high incomes.

Besides dragon fruit and oranges, hundreds of other households in Anh Son district have also boldly renovated their orchards and planted other fruit trees such as Dien pomelo, apples, bananas, lychees, and longan. In particular, many households are now proactively introducing high-yield, high-quality fruit tree varieties to increase economic efficiency.

Anh Son district currently has 690 hectares of fruit trees. Some fruit tree varieties have large areas of cultivation, such as: oranges (nearly 100 hectares in Dinh Son, Khai Son, Cao Son, and Phuc Son communes); pomelos (39 hectares in Long Son and Phuc Son communes); and bananas (303 hectares in Khai Son, Duc Son, Vinh Son, Hoi Son, and Hoa Son communes).

To enhance the value of their crops, many households have proactively introduced high-yielding, high-quality varieties into production.

In addition to planning key fruit-growing areas, the district's agricultural sector also organizes training courses and transfers scientific and technical advancements into production to encourage people to invest in fruit cultivation. The goal is to have 1,000 hectares of fruit trees in the entire district by 2020, with a production volume of 14,500 tons and a production value of 200-300 million VND/hectare/year. This will gradually lead to the formation of concentrated commercial fruit production areas, making fruit farming a profession and a primary source of income, enriching the lives of people in the district.

Huyen Trang

Anh Son Radio