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'Poverty alleviation tree' nursery in a border commune of Nghe An

Thu - Phuc• September 22, 2023 14:47

(Baonghean.vn) - The main livelihood of people in Ngoc Lam border commune (Thanh Chuong) is growing acacia. Until now, people had to buy acacia seedlings from other localities at quite high prices and costs. Now the government and people have decided to borrow capital to build a self-service nursery for purebred seedlings.

bna_HT keo ngọc lâm16.jpg — Ngoc Lam border commune is more than 20km from the center of Thanh Chuong district. The commune has 6 villages with more than 1,450 households and 6,175 people. Of which, 482 households are poor (accounting for 33.06%), and 670 households are near-poor (accounting for 45.95%). Ngoc Lam has 6 ethnic groups living together: Thai, Kinh, Kho Mu, O Du, Tho, and Muong. Since its establishment in 2009, Ngoc Lam people have lived mainly by farming, mainly growing acacia, combined with small-scale livestock farming and seasonal work, and life is still very difficult. Regarding acacia planting, people shared that buying acacia seedlings is quite expensive and they have to go to other localities to buy them. Photo: Hoai Thu

bna_HT keo ngọc lâm,..JPG — Ngoc Lam is known as the "resettlement commune" of Thanh Chuong district, where Thai ethnic people from Huu Khuong commune, Tuong Duong district came to live, giving up land to build Ban Ve hydropower plant since 2009. People in the new place were very confused with the new way of doing business and living, especially because there was not much land, and exploiting secondary forest products was not as convenient as in their old hometown. Up to now, people's lives have stabilized, but the rate of poor and near-poor households is still very high. Thanh Chuong district Farmers' Association has supported households to build nurseries of acacia trees of purebred varieties. Photo: Thanh Phuc

bna_Ht keo..png — On September 20, the Thanh Chuong District Farmers' Association coordinated with the District Protective Forest Management Board to organize a hands-on training session, instructing Ngoc Lam people on acacia seedling cultivation techniques at the newly built nursery in Tan Lam village. Photo: Hoai Thu

bna_Ht keo Ngọc Lâm ..jpg — After listening to technical instructions from experts, people practice right in the garden. Photo: Thanh Phuc

bna_HT keo ngọc lâm4.JPG — People of Tan Lam village practice soil ball making techniques to prepare for planting acacia cuttings. Photo: Hoai Thu

bna_HT keo ngọc lâm11.jpg — Officials of the Thanh Chuong District Farmers' Association and the People's Committee of Ngoc Lam Commune guide people to choose quality acacia seedlings to cut and grow in the garden. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Khanh (right of the photo) - Chairman of the Thanh Chuong District Farmers' Association said that the construction of acacia nursery in Ngoc Lam Commune comes from the fact that the acacia seedlings that people are using are mainly bought from floating sources on the market, leading to the situation that acacia seedlings planted for 1-3 years often die for unknown reasons, causing great losses to people. Therefore, the District Farmers' Association contacted the Institute of Industrial Crops, guiding people to buy pure acacia seedlings to build a nursery. Photo: Thanh Phuc

bna_HT keo ngọc lâm5.JPG — Mr. Luong Van Hai - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Ngoc Lam commune said that the total area of acacia trees in the commune is over 200 hectares, about 90% of households grow acacia. This year, for the first time, the commune has a model of acacia nursery garden, the source of seeds is from the Agricultural Institute. The model was lent 100 million VND by the District Farmers' Association Support Fund to the Acacia Nursery Association (9 members), the commune created favorable conditions in terms of land to build the nursery. Mr. Lo Van Dau, Tan Lam village is the Head of the Association. The nursery has a scale of about 50,000 tree pots/time of seeding. Photo: Thanh Phuc

bna_HT keo ngọc lâm14.jpg — For the first time, people in Ngoc Lam commune learned the technique of selecting and cutting acacia branches to grow seedlings. Photo: Hoai Thu

bna_HT keo ngọc lâm12.jpg — Officials from the People's Committee of Ngoc Lam commune said that currently, the price of acacia seedlings that Ngoc Lam people buy from other localities ranges from 600 - 1,000 VND/tree pot. On each hectare of acacia, Ngoc Lam people usually plant about 3,000 acacia seedlings, equivalent to the cost of buying seedlings of 1.8 million VND to 3 million VND/ha depending on the time, not including travel and transportation costs. Therefore, building acacia nurseries right in the locality helps people proactively source seeds to ensure quality. Photo: Thanh Phuc

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