Don Phuc Commune (Con Cuong): Awakening advantages, making efforts to escape poverty

(Baonghean) - In the last days of May, when the summer sun has spread evenly across the valleys, urging the fields to ripen, farmers in Don Phuc commune are entering the harvest season. Joy and excitement are evident on every face, because this rice crop is a bountiful harvest, the whole year will be full, many households will no longer have to go hungry one day, full the next, and poverty will be pushed back.

Wet rice cultivation is not Don Phuc's strength, because the rice fields here are small (the whole commune has only more than 320 hectares), mainly located along large streams, not enough to meet the needs of farmers. Don Phuc's strength is developing the forest area, including planting raw material forests. The previously wild hills have now given way to acacia and mahogany trees. Along the inter-commune road, the vast green of acacia forests, a tree species that people hope will bring "life-changing" to Don Phuc farmers. Here, many families currently have over 10 hectares of acacia, which will earn hundreds of millions of dong in the next few or three years.

Mr. Lang Van Trung, Phuc village (Don Phuc) invested in developing 11 hectares of hybrid acacia.

Lang Van Trung in Phuc village is a young man who dares to think, dares to do, has the will to overcome poverty and become rich legitimately. This year, 34 years old, Trung has a fortune of 11 hectares of acacia, a herd of 11 buffaloes and cows and hundreds of commercial chickens. He boldly borrowed capital, developed the farm, brought in a large source of income, and his economic life became more and more prosperous. Following Lang Van Trung's example, many households in Don Phuc have expanded the area of ​​acacia plantation, built farms to raise buffaloes and cows, and made "the forest give birth to food, the forest give birth to money". Currently, the area of ​​​​forest planting raw materials is continuing to increase with about thousands of hectares. Cadres and people of Don Phuc determined that acacia will be the main tree in economic development.

People in Don Phuc have now begun to exploit the advantages of raising livestock and poultry to accelerate the development of household economy. With a large forest area, it is favorable for farm development and the development of buffalo and cow herds. Along with that, in Don Phuc there is also an area of ​​land for growing corn, cassava and sweet potatoes, which is a significant source of food for the development of pig and chicken herds. Many families invest in building a system of barns to raise pigs. A typical example is Ms. Nguyen Thi Sau in Hop Thanh village, her family always has about 20 pigs in the barn, bringing in a large source of income, excluding expenses, the profit is tens of millions of VND/year to reinvest in production and construction, and purchase household amenities. Currently, Don Phuc commune has a total herd of about 2,000 buffalo and cows, and a herd of about 2,500 pigs. Developing livestock and poultry farming is considered a suitable direction to promote advantages in human resources, customs, practices and food sources, bringing a stable source of income.

Along with promoting internal resources, Don Phuc has received much attention in investment for socio-economic development through programs and projects to eliminate hunger, reduce poverty and build infrastructure. In the past 5 years alone, the commune has invested in building 21 new works and maintaining 6 works with a total value of more than 24 billion VND. In particular, focusing on basic construction works, irrigation works and rural traffic.

Road to Don Phuc commune (Con Cuong).

Implementing the national target program on new rural construction, the Party Committee and the government have focused on directing the planning and planning management work well, and have so far achieved the criteria on planning, irrigation, electricity, universal education and communal cultural post office. In particular, it is necessary to mention the construction of rural roads and intra-village roads. With the State's support of cement, the commune has mobilized people to contribute 350 million VND, 3,600 working days, donated nearly 1,000 m2 of land, and 500 trees to build nearly 2.7 km of new intra-village roads. Currently, the inter-village road from Phuc village to Xieng village, with a length of more than 1 km, is under construction with an approved budget of more than 1.85 billion VND. Thanks to that, the appearance of rural traffic in Don Phuc is improving...

What the cadres and people of Don Phuc are most concerned about is that the current poverty rate is still at 50%, quite high compared to some communes in the district. This stems from many reasons, including a rather low socio-economic starting point, previous difficult transportation, unfavorable terrain, and complex weather. Along with that, the awareness, qualifications and capacity of the cadres, party members and people are not uniform. That is a significant obstacle in the process of accelerating socio-economic development and improving material and spiritual life.

From this reality, in the coming years, Don Phuc is determined to mobilize maximum resources to focus on investing in socio-economic development. First of all, effectively exploiting land potential, forest capital to develop paper raw materials; applying scientific and technical advances to livestock development. At the same time, rationally using supported capital to build infrastructure according to the national target program on new rural construction and gradually escape poverty.

Vi Thanh Hai

(Party Secretary of Don Phuc Commune)