(Baonghean.vn) – Starting from nothing, with determination and willpower, Mr. Dang Anh Tuan (60 years old) overcame difficulties to become the "king of farms" right in his hometown (Hamlet 7, Xuan Son Commune, Do Luong District). Now, his multi-cropping farm, worth billions of dong, including pigs, red-fleshed dragon fruit, various fruit trees, and raw material crops, has become a shining example of successful business production, and his path doesn't stop there…
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| Mr. Dang Anh Tuan's integrated economic development model, located in Hamlet 7, Xuan Son Commune, Do Luong District, combines raising foreign pig breeds with fruit tree cultivation, covering a total area of 15.5 hectares. Of this, over 4 hectares are planted with various fruit trees such as dragon fruit, green pomelo, and cassava, while the remaining area is used for fish farming in ponds. |
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| After leaving his job as an official at the Department of Sports and Physical Education of Hau Giang province, he returned to his hometown and started his own business. He invested in planting fruit trees and raw material trees, digging ponds for fish farming, and raising chickens on a large scale. From one initial chicken hatchery in 1998, by 2000 he had eight hatcheries, supplying chicks and broiler chickens to the districts of Tan Ky, Con Cuong, Thanh Chuong, Do Luong, Anh Son, and some districts of Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa provinces. He created jobs for dozens of local people with stable salaries of 2-3 million VND per month. However, the H5N1 avian flu epidemic in 2003 caused him to lose billions of VND. From then on, he switched to pig farming. |
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| From an initial investment of 1 billion VND, Mr. Tuan's pig farm now has a total investment of 13 billion VND. Mr. Tuan's farm produces three types of pigs: breeding pigs for meat; replacement sows; and replacement boars. To ensure environmental hygiene, Mr. Tuan's farm applies biological bedding in livestock farming. Biological bedding is a scientific development using technology to warm pigs in winter without causing environmental pollution; the waste is easily disposed of and used in agriculture, ensuring hygiene. |
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| Mr. Dang Anh Tuan's pig breeding and meat market covers three provinces: Nghe An, Ha Tinh, and Quang Binh. His farm is one of the earliest established and largest-scale farms, currently raising 1,000 pigs, including 150 breeding sows. Each year, he sells hundreds of tons of pork. |
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| To ensure a good source of breeding stock, he traveled to the Institute of Animal Husbandry to purchase it. There, he reunited with friends who were leading scientists, staff from the Institute of Animal Husbandry, and teachers from the Agricultural University, all of whom wholeheartedly helped him, giving him strength and confidence. He also had the opportunity to visit animal husbandry models in Japan and Thailand with his friends to apply to his own farm. Thanks to his diligent learning, within just two years he had established himself firmly in the market both within and outside the province. |
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| Despite his considerable success in pig farming, Mr. Tuan has not given up his passion for transforming the once barren hills into fruit orchards. His next breakthrough is the red-fleshed dragon fruit. In Do Luong district, Mr. Dang Anh Tuan is the first person to experimentally cultivate red-fleshed dragon fruit. |
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| Mr. Tuan collected and purchased 700 red-fleshed dragon fruit plants to cultivate on a 1-hectare plot. To ensure the dragon fruit plants developed properly, Mr. Tuan's family invested over 300 million VND in seedlings, materials, fertilizers, and support stakes. Currently, all the dragon fruit plants are bearing their first harvest. |
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The investment cost for 4 hectares of fruit trees is approximately 1 billion VND, of which nearly 200 million VND is invested in automatic irrigation systems. |
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| The red-fleshed dragon fruit trees have initially adapted to the soil in the Xuan Son hilly area. According to Mr. Tuan, this is a crop with high economic value. |
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| The dragon fruit flower buds are beginning to sprout for the first time. |
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| The soil conditions are favorable, so the flowers grow quite quickly. |
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| From the flowers, the dragon fruit gradually formed. |
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...and the fruits of years of "living and breathing" with the red-fleshed dragon fruit trees of Mr. Tuan. The H14 red-fleshed dragon fruit variety yields 50-60 fruits per tree per year, with each fruit averaging 1 kg.
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| In addition to generating billions of dong in income for his family each year, Mr. Tuan's farm has created stable jobs for 14 workers with an income of 4 million dong per person per month. Currently, his farm has the highest revenue and profit in the district. |
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