Born in 1983, the year of the Pig, businessman Le Manh Cuong (Zone 6, Dong Trung Commune, Thanh Thuy District) comes from a farming family. Perhaps that is why, since childhood, Cuong has been passionate about farming, the smell of straw and grass has fueled his dream of getting rich on his own land.
“At that time, my family was very poor. I was both studying and the main breadwinner in the family. Later, my passion for farming inspired me to start a business in the agricultural economy,” Cuong shared.
Mr. Le Manh Cuong's highly effective livestock farm combined with date palm growing model.
Recalling the early days of starting a business, he said: "For young people, when starting to do agriculture, especially large-scale agriculture, they will encounter many difficulties due to lack of capital, experience and support."
In 2006, after graduating from university, Mr. Cuong was recruited as a lecturer at the Central College of Transport I. With a hard-working nature since childhood, in addition to his job as a lecturer, Mr. Cuong worked as a technician for construction companies with the desire to save money to buy land and invest in agriculture.
After 3 years of working as a lecturer and doing part-time jobs, Mr. Cuong saved up some money to buy 2 hectares of agricultural land in Tien Phong commune, Ba Vi district, Hanoi. In 2011, when he returned to Thanh Thuy district, he saw that the source of hilly and forest land here was very abundant, Cuong came up with the idea of buying back barren hilly land to build an agricultural farm model. With his own determination and efforts, in 2015, Mr. Cuong bought 18.6 hectares of forest land in Trung Nghia commune (now Dong Trung commune) with 2.3 billion VND to start investing in building a comprehensive farm model with a total cost of over 30 billion VND in February 2016.
From capital mobilized from brothers, friends and bank loans, after the hardships in the early years of establishment. Currently, his farm is raising 600 breeding sows; growing 5 hectares of timber combined with growing 5 hectares of grapefruit, 2 hectares of fish farming; 3,500 spiny soft-shell turtles; 20,000 date palm trees.
Each year, the farm supplies the market with about 16,000 piglets, 15 tons of fish, soft-shell turtles, etc., with an average total revenue of 30 billion VND/year, creating jobs for 40 regular workers and 20 seasonal workers with an average salary of 8-10 million VND/person/month. The farm's products are productive, of good quality, and trusted by the market.
During the investment and production process on the farm, Mr. Cuong actively applies scientific and technical advances to production practices to achieve high efficiency. Combining high-tech livestock and crop farming processes to increase productivity and reduce costs. Applying circular agricultural production to maximize the use of waste products from livestock and crop farming to ensure savings and environmental hygiene...
The "Millionaire Farmer" Club, chaired by Mr. Cuong, always operates effectively, helping farmers find jobs and increase their income.
In addition to his passion and desire to get rich from agriculture, Mr. Cuong also joined the “Millionaire Farmer” club of the district and was elected as its chairman. During the activities, he always enthusiastically helped the farmer members with difficult circumstances while maintaining the production and breeding activities of the farm to maintain the title of Excellent Farmer Household in Production and Business at the Central level every year. The “Millionaire Farmer” club helps to form agricultural tourism tours in the district with many places to visit when tourists return to the locality.
With these achievements, Mr. Le Manh Cuong was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Chairman of the Provincial and Thanh Thuy District People's Committee. In 2022, Mr. Cuong was honored to receive the Third Class Labor Medal from the President for his outstanding achievements in labor, production, and business, contributing to the cause of building socialism and defending the Fatherland.
Dinh Tu
Source: https://baophutho.vn/dam-me-va-khat-vong-lam-giau-tu-nong-nghiep-216685.htm
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