Farmers in Ngoc Lac district earn high income from model gardens

In order to promote production development within household premises, Ngoc Lac district has actively promoted and mobilized local households to renovate mixed gardens, increase the value of crops and form model gardens with green - clean - beautiful landscapes.

Farmers in Ngoc Lac district earn high income from model gardens The model garden of Ms. Ha Thi Yen's family, Minh Tien commune, brings in high income.

The 6,000m2 garden of Mr. Le Xuan Chu's family, Ngoc Son quarter, Ngoc Lac town, is scientifically planned with a drip irrigation system to each tree. Around the garden, his family invested in planting 60 Dien grapefruit trees, 70 Thai jackfruit trees, 40 Siamese coconut trees, 40 custard apple trees, 350 areca and ginseng trees under the fruit trees... In recent years, fruit trees have been harvested in abundance and brought in an income of 100 million to 120 million VND/year. According to Mr. Le Xuan Chu, with the guidance of the commune on renovating mixed gardens, his family invested in replacing ineffective crops with fruit trees of higher economic value. The fruit trees are divided into zones and planted in rows, so applying technical measures to care is very convenient, so the fruit garden develops well, with large, beautiful fruits. Along with that, the family garden mainly applies organic production, so when harvesting, the fruits are purchased directly from the garden by traders.

Thanks to visiting and learning about some economically effective model gardens in Trieu Son and Tho Xuan districts, Ms. Ha Thi Yen's family in Thanh Son village, Minh Tien commune has invested in building a 6,000m2 model garden. With this area, her family has designed to grow 400 Taiwanese guava trees; more than 4,000m2 of pineapples and a livestock barn with 20 sows and 600 pigs each year. The garden was built by her family in neat and clean subdivisions. Between the subdivisions there are solid concrete roads and an automatic irrigation system installed to each tree, making it convenient to take care of the trees in the garden and achieving high economic efficiency. Ms. Ha Thi Yen said that her family's model garden combining farming with livestock is currently effective, creating regular jobs for 3 workers. Each year, after deducting expenses, the garden brings in a profit of nearly 600 million VND.

In recent times, the renovation of mixed gardens to build model gardens has been focused on by Ngoc Lac district and expanded in communes and towns, contributing to changing people's thinking, from traditional gardening to developing garden economy in the direction of commodity production. Thereby, many model gardens in Cao Thinh, Ngoc Trung, Minh Tien communes and Ngoc Lac town have brought in income from 30 million to hundreds of millions of VND per year. Model gardens in localities in the district have contributed to promoting the movement "Clean houses, beautiful gardens, green fences" to create a green - clean - beautiful landscape, creating a new look for the rural areas of the new rural areas in Ngoc Lac district.

Ms. Le Thi Nhi, President of the Gardening and Farming Association of Ngoc Lac district, said: The construction of model gardens in the district has contributed to the renovation of mixed gardens, the conversion from self-sufficient production gardens to commodity production gardens and created a spreading effect to increase income for people and rural landscapes. The Association has also actively mobilized and encouraged people to plan and arrange their family gardens to create construction sites and build model gardens. At the same time, coordinate with the District Farmers' Association to organize training courses, instructing people in communes and towns on the process of building model gardens, such as: Planning and implementing planning; applying scientific and technical advances; selecting products from the garden; environment - landscape... Organizing the implementation of model garden criteria in advanced new rural construction, model new rural areas. In order to create a widespread influence in building model gardens, the association annually organizes a contest for "beautiful gardens and model farms", thereby discovering good and creative ways of doing things and gardens with high income to replicate in the area.

According to the Chairman of the Gardening and Farming Association of Ngoc Lac district, in order to develop model gardens, the district authorities and professional departments continue to pay attention, support, train and guide people to bring crops suitable to the soil and production capacity, linked to market demand. At the same time, professional departments and communes and towns actively create conditions for organizations and individuals to link production and consumption of products from the garden economy...

Article and photos: Le Hoi

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