Promoting the potential and advantages of the locality, farmers in ethnic minority and mountainous areas (EM&M) of Thanh Hoa province have been actively competing in labor and production. Thereby, many typical examples of successful start-up innovation and household economic development have emerged. These are good production and business households (SXKD) that not only bring income to the household, create jobs for people in the area but also contribute to socio-economic development (SE) and new rural development in the locality.
Let's compete!
We went to Thach Cam commune (Thach Thanh) - a locality with a large number of ethnic minorities. We visited the family of Mr. Nguyen Van Doan, Muong ethnic group, Xuan Thang village, currently the Director of Thach Cam Agricultural Service Cooperative, and also a typical family in production and business of Xuan Thang village in particular, Thach Cam commune in general. Mr. Doan said that more than 10 years ago, his family was very difficult, mainly growing rice and raising small-scale livestock, so the family boldly bid for 1ha of land, 5% of the commune, to grow sugarcane, and at the same time rented uncultivated land from households in the area to expand the sugarcane growing area; raising more pigs. Later, the family boldly invested in developing fruit orchards (dragon fruit, Dien grapefruit) combined with grocery stores, supplying agricultural supplies; Invested in buying 2 trucks, 1 excavator and upgraded the excavator into a sugarcane picker, bringing efficiency and reducing labor costs for farmers when it is time to harvest raw sugarcane. Every year, the family has an income of more than 800 million VND, profit of 400 million VND, creating jobs for 10 workers with an average salary of 4.5 million VND/month/person. Along with developing the family economy, as the director of the agricultural service cooperative, Mr. Nguyen Van Doan also contributed a lot to the development of the cooperative. As the head, Mr. Doan and the board of directors propagated and mobilized farmers to change the crop structure, bringing productivity and quality, especially converting from ineffective crop areas to sugarcane. Currently, the raw sugarcane area managed by the cooperative is 336ha/nearly 500ha of raw sugarcane in Thach Cam commune. The cooperative invested in buying sugarcane picking machines, reducing costs and labor for members, increasing productivity.
Among the outstanding farmer members of Thach Thanh district, we also know Mr. Bui Anh Kieu, Van Bao village, Thanh Tam commune, the director of Thanh Tam guava cooperative, who has actively participated in the association's movements, especially in good production and business. Currently, Mr. Kieu's family has 5 hectares of land growing guava and pineapple, earning an annual income of over 500 million VND after deducting expenses. Mr. Kieu also actively supports members with seedlings and care techniques. He has pioneered in bringing the cooperative's guava products to markets outside the province, distributing them on the Co.opMart supermarket system, registering and achieving the title of 3-star OCOP product at the provincial level, and is favored by consumers. Mr. Kieu's family farm model and the linkage model of Thanh Tam guava cooperative have become an advanced example that many individuals and organizations inside and outside the district have visited and learned from. In 2023-2024, his family helped 2 households escape poverty, creating regular jobs for 3 workers and 15 seasonal workers. In village 4, Thanh Tien commune (Thach Thanh), there is also Mr. Bui Ngoc Huy (born in 1991), a young farmer who dares to think, dares to do, and brings a new profession to his hometown. After studying a trade, in 2017, Mr. Huy returned to his hometown to open a stone art production facility. Initially, there were only 5 workers, but up to now, the facility has always maintained vocational training and created jobs for more than 20 regular workers, and the facility earns over 1 billion VND in profit every year. The examples of Mr. Nguyen Van Doan, Mr. Bui Anh Kieu, Mr. Bui Ngoc Huy... are typical individuals among farmers in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Thach Thanh district who have been boldly innovating, daring to think, daring to do, taking advantage of the potential and advantages of the locality to take the lead in production development.
Mr. Nguyen Hong Van, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Thach Thanh district, said: As of August 2024, the total number of farmers' association members in the district was 25,948 people. In recent times, farmers' associations at all levels in the district have always been the core of farmers' movements, in which the most prominent movement is "Farmers compete in good production and business, unite to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably", contributing to the restructuring of agriculture in the district in the direction of developing large-scale production, applying high technology, linking production with processing and consumption. Farmers' associations at all levels have closely coordinated with People's Committees at all levels in implementing active support activities for farmers, focusing on the fields of agricultural material services, implementing policies on loans to develop agricultural production. In the period of 2021-2023, the number of households registering to strive for good production and business in the district is on average 9,585 households or more. Households have actively linked and joint ventured with enterprises, many good production and business households have participated in establishing cooperatives, enterprises and cooperative groups. Typical examples include Mrs. Nguyen Thi Dung's household in Hamlet 1, Van Du town, establishing an agricultural enterprise; Mr. Bui Anh Kieu in Van Bao hamlet, Thanh Tam commune, establishing a guava cooperative; Mr. Quach Van Hien in Quang Cu hamlet, Thach Quang commune, establishing an essential oil cooperative... Good production and business households have attracted and created jobs for more than 6,800 rural workers. Good production and business households are also pioneers in implementing food safety regulations, building product brands, applying high technology to production, and are the core for organizations and enterprises implementing the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program. The movement has promoted the spirit of overcoming difficulties, creativity and determination to get rich, increase income, and improve the lives of farmers. Outstanding production and business households in localities are examples for poor households to rise up, eliminating the mentality of waiting and relying on a part of farmers in difficult areas, building new rural areas of the locality, contributing to completing the goal of Thach Thanh district meeting the standards of a new rural district by 2025.
Spread among the people
In recent years, the movement "Farmers compete in good production and business, unite to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably" in Thanh Hoa province in general, and in ethnic minorities and mountainous areas in particular, has continued to develop strongly in both scale and quality. The movement has spread throughout the province, in all fields of agricultural, forestry, fishery and service production, creating strong changes in awareness and thinking, arousing the initiative and creativity of farmers to participate in economic restructuring, restructuring of crops and livestock, land accumulation and concentration, application of scientific and technical advances, development of high-tech agriculture, organic and safe agriculture, improving productivity and product quality, contributing to the development of agriculture and rural areas in the province.
Through the movement, more and more effective economic models have emerged, many farmers have achieved the title of good farmers at all levels, with high incomes. Every year, nearly 400,000 farming households register to strive to achieve good farmers at all levels, and over 200,000 households have achieved good farmers at all levels. Through the organization and launching of emulation movements, many units have emerged with good, practical and effective ways of doing things. From the movement, many households have established enterprises, cooperatives, and cooperative groups to attract and create jobs for many workers, forming chains of cooperation in production, business and product consumption. The movement has encouraged and motivated farmers to promote the tradition of solidarity, mutual love, helping poor households to escape poverty in terms of capital, seeds, agricultural materials, technical guidance, ways of doing business, creating jobs; sharing the difficulties and losses of people in areas affected by natural disasters and epidemics... In the period of 2018-2023, farmers' associations at all levels in the province mobilized good farming households to create jobs for more than 1,193,872 workers, of which 998,700 workers had regular jobs and more than 195,172 workers had seasonal jobs; provided capital, seeds, animals and production experience to more than 40,270 farming households, helping 20,082 farming households escape poverty. The results of the movement have significantly contributed to the socio-economic development and new rural development of the province and localities.
In the period of 2023-2028, Thanh Hoa Provincial Farmers' Associations at all levels will continue to improve the quality and effectiveness of the emulation movement for excellent production and business, attracting a large number of members and farmers to participate; linking the movement with improving product quality and processing, consuming agricultural products in the direction of goods, ensuring food hygiene and safety, protecting the environment, creating products that are competitive in the market and international integration. Strive to have over 400,000 farmer households register to strive to become excellent production and business households every year, 250,000 farmer households achieve the title of excellent production and business at 4 levels, of which 2% or more achieve the title of provincial and central level. 100% of district, town and city associations and 100% of grassroots associations organize a summary of the movement "Farmers compete in excellent production and business, Farmers' Association organizes excellent movements" according to plan. Establish groups and teams to link good farmers and businesses by profession and field; through training and vocational training, foster good farmers and businesses as the core to apply high technology in production, form new cooperatives, cooperative groups, and agricultural enterprises. Actively coordinate with the government and enterprises, especially the agricultural sector, to transfer, guide, and help good farmers and businesses to develop large-scale production and business associated with convenient processing and consumption of products, and apply modern and advanced production technology to achieve high efficiency. Build good farmers and businesses to become experts to promote the rural economy; advise and support households with conditions to develop into enterprises; contribute to the transformation of economic and labor structures, increase income, reduce poverty and social security, and implement the New Rural Development Program.
Article and photos: Ngoc Huan
Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/nong-dan-mien-nguoc-thi-dua-san-xuat-kinh-doanh-gioi-227243.htm
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