An Luong people get rich from growing cinnamon

>> Many An Luong people are rich now!

>> An Luong's resilience

When mentioning An Luong, people immediately think of cinnamon trees, because this is an old native tree of the ethnic groups here, especially the Dao ethnic group. Up to now, thanks to the diversification of cinnamon products, the bark, trunk, branches and leaves of cinnamon trees are all used as raw materials, contributing to increasing their value. Therefore, promoting the potential and advantages, in recent years, the Party Committee of An Luong commune has focused on propagating and mobilizing people to continue to strongly develop the area of ​​this traditional tree in the structure of the locality's main crops.

Mr. Hoang Van Coi - Chairman of the Commune People's Committee said: "An Luong is a particularly difficult commune of Van Chan district, with a natural area of ​​6,799.82 hectares; with a total of 972 households, 4,601 people, living in 9 villages. The ethnic groups in the commune always unite to help each other in production, economic development, culture and society; the people's lives are mainly agricultural and forestry production, in which cinnamon is the main crop. Thanks to cinnamon planting, the people here not only escape poverty but also strive to become rich sustainably".

To prove his words, Mr. Coi took us to witness the lives of people in the villages: Khe Trau, Sai Luong 1, Sai Luong 2 and Sai Luong 3. If in the past, people in the villages had to worry about daily meals, now the lives of hundreds of households have changed clearly every day thanks to cinnamon trees.

Mr. Giang A Sau, Sai Luong 3 village - a person with decades of experience growing cinnamon, currently owns over 10 hectares of cinnamon, including more than 100 trees over 25 years old, with an annual income from cinnamon reaching over 250 million VND, shared: "Thanks to cinnamon trees, I was able to build a big house, buy many expensive items, and my children were able to study properly".

Mr. Dang Van Tien's family in Khe Trau village used to be a poor household with little rice land. Since converting ineffective forest land to cinnamon cultivation, they have not only escaped poverty but also built a spacious house.

Mr. Ly Van Dong - Secretary of Khe Tran village Party cell said: "Currently, in the village there are 135 households, all 135 households grow cinnamon. Seeing the benefits of cinnamon, now the cadres do not have to go around mobilizing people to grow cinnamon anymore, but as long as there is legal land, they will grow it. Many households have become rich thanks to cinnamon, typically the households of Mr. Dang Quang Vinh, Dang Quoc Loi, Dang Dinh Xuyen...".

The whole An Luong commune currently has over 2,300 hectares of cinnamon trees.

Although it is still a particularly difficult commune of Van Chan district, the population is mainly Dao, Tay, Muong, Thai, Mong, Kinh and Kho Mu ethnic groups. The Thia stream flows through the commune, and in the rainy and flood season, some villages and hamlets are isolated. Despite such difficulties, over the years, the ethnic people in An Luong have always been of one mind, joined forces, and united in speaking and acting according to the Party and Uncle Ho. This has been realized when the people have used up the entire 2-crop rice growing area of ​​more than 160 hectares with high income. The people have planted cinnamon trees and they have become the main tree in the fight against hunger and poverty.

Currently, the commune has 972 households, all 972 households grow cinnamon, the smallest households grow 2,000m, the largest households grow 9-10 hectares. The whole commune has over 2,300 hectares of cinnamon trees, concentrated in the villages: Khe Trau, Sai Luong 1, Sai Luong 2 and Sai Luong 3..., cinnamon bark output is over 1,500 tons, the average annual value reaches over 30 billion VND. The average income per capita reaches 38 million VND/year. Currently, the rate of well-off and rich households in the commune accounts for over 70%; 60% of households have built solid houses.

Promoting the achieved results, in the coming time, in addition to rice, cassava, corn, every year, An Luong commune directs people to plant 60 hectares of cinnamon trees. With the mindset of innovation and creativity, especially promoting the potential and advantages along with the determination of the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups, An Luong will continue to grow strongly.

Van Tuan

Source: https://baoyenbai.com.vn/12/348797/Nguoi-dan-An-Luong-lam-giau-tu-trong-que.aspx