Over the years, the comprehensive farm model of growing fruit trees combined with livestock, forestry and aquaculture of veteran Tran Ngoc Son, born in 1957 in Dong Co area, Thuc Luyen commune, Thanh Son district has brought high economic efficiency, a bright spot for many people inside and outside the province to learn and follow.
Having participated in the fight to protect the northern border in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province, he was discharged from the army and returned to his hometown in August 1982. At that time, his family's income was still mainly from agricultural production, so life was very difficult.
In 1991, the State leased more than 30 hectares of barren hill land in Dong Co area, Thuc Luyen commune, his family boldly planted acacia and tea. In 2007, through the media talking about the profits of red-fleshed dragon fruit trees, he bought Taiwanese red-fleshed dragon fruit varieties to plant 200 pillars, however, the trees grew slowly, the fruits were small and fell a lot, so in the first year he lost more than 100 million VND.
Not discouraged, after carefully studying the information, he went to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Research Institute (Gia Lam District, Hanoi) to ask for advice, learn how to choose varieties, plant and care for dragon fruit suitable for the local climate and soil. Mr. Son shared: "After being supported in researching soil quality, terrain, local climate and advice and guidance from the Institute's staff, I decided to choose the Long Dinh 1 red-fleshed dragon fruit variety. Thanks to strictly following the technical care process, plus good varieties suitable for the soil, the dragon fruit tree grew well, bore fruit and had good quality, so I quickly expanded the model with 3,000 tree pillars on an area of 3 hectares, the harvested products were not enough to supply the market, bringing high economic efficiency".
With the determination to get rich right in his hometown, he continued to persevere in overcoming difficulties, constantly accumulating experience, buying more land to gradually plan and rebuild a more and more perfect production model. After being given the opportunity by the district and commune to visit and learn from good economic models at home and abroad, and participating in training courses on transferring scientific and technical advances, his family boldly converted the entire old, low-yield tea area to expand the cultivation of red-fleshed dragon fruit and other fruit trees such as Hac Tri persimmons, Dien grapefruit, jackfruit... combined with afforestation, raising livestock, poultry, and aquaculture. After many years of growing fruit trees, Mr. Son has drawn valuable experience to build a model in the direction of closed-loop agriculture, ensuring hygiene and safety, preventing epidemics, protecting the environment, taking advantage of grass composted with manure, combined with organic products to fertilize the trees to help the soil become loose, the trees grow well and limit pests and diseases.
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Currently, his family's comprehensive farm has been neatly and scientifically planned for each area of livestock breeding, fruit tree planting, production forest, and aquaculture with a total area of nearly 40 hectares, including more than 20 hectares of paper raw materials, nearly 5 hectares of fruit trees, more than 2 hectares of water surface for aquaculture, regularly maintaining the raising of more than 10,000 commercial chickens, 120 honey bee colonies... At the same time, he planted more than 120 Do trees for seeds; Gradually converting the area of acacia trees to grow tallow trees... Every year, his family's farm sells 35 tons of dragon fruit to the market at a price of 18,000 - 25,000 VND/kg of fruit, 5 tons of seedless persimmons, 4,000 Dien grapefruits, 300 kg of fish... After deducting expenses, the model brings in an income of more than 2 billion VND/year, creating regular jobs for 10 - 12 workers with an income of 8 - 12 million VND/person/month.
Thanks to his efforts in working and doing business, Mr. Son has become a typical example of good economic performance in the locality, and many people inside and outside the province have come to learn from his experience and successfully follow his example. Not only is his family good at economics, they also actively participate in social activities launched by the locality and build new rural areas, support funds for the poor, encourage education, support farmers, etc.
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Source: https://baophutho.vn/lam-giau-tren-que-huong-222719.htm
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