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Although their hands are more or less calloused, their eyes are no longer bright, but every night, many people in Dong Lam commune, Ha Long city (Quang Ninh) regularly go to literacy classes, enthusiastically writing each stroke and number. With those efforts, they not only confidently write their names on paper but also know how to calculate and use many utilities on smartphones. For the past 7 years, Mong ethnic boy Sung A Cai (32 years old) in Suoi Bu commune, Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, has persevered on the journey of greening his homeland. With the desire to turn barren, empty lands and hills into green forests, he is realizing the dream of "millions of green trees" to protect the environment and change the lives of his people. After 10 years of implementing Directive No. 40-CT/TW, dated November 22, 2014 of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership over social policy credit (abbreviated as Directive 40-CT/TW), in Dong Nai province, thousands of poor, near-poor, and newly escaped-poverty households have been able to borrow capital, actively contributing to the effective implementation of the national target program (NTP) on sustainable poverty reduction with all levels and sectors.
With an area of 98,000 hectares of forest and forestry land, Binh Gia district is a locality with potential advantages for developing the forest economy. In recent years, the local government has focused on promoting people to expand the forest planting area, diversify crops on the same land fund to make the most of the existing forest land area . In the long term, it will create a stable source of income for people from forestry.
Specifically, in Hong Thai, a commune with potential for developing hill and forest economy, the forestry land area is 3,248 hectares (accounting for 85%). To stabilize the lives of the people, Hong Thai commune has promoted the planting of production forests, especially acacia and eucalyptus. The whole commune has nearly 200 households planting forests, households planting less than 1 hectare, households planting more than 5 hectares. Thanks to that, the total forest area in the commune is currently more than 500 hectares.
Mr. Long Van Hai, Na Ban village, Hong Thai commune said: "My family planted about 1.5 hectares of acacia, by 2017 the harvested acacia area helped my family earn over 100 million VND. From that efficiency, my family replanted on the exploited area and expanded it, up to now we have planted 2.5 hectares, the trees are growing and developing well".
Realizing the effectiveness of forests, the movement to develop forest economy has spread strongly to every village, hamlet, and household. In addition, the output for planted forest wood products is also stable when traders inside and outside the district come to buy directly. People are assured of the output, so the forest area is increasingly expanded.
According to Mr. Luong Hoang Dung, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hong Thai Commune, to promote the effectiveness of the forest hill economy, every year, the People's Committee of the Commune coordinates with the district's professional agencies to organize training courses on forest planting and care techniques in the villages. The People's Committee of the Commune guides people to borrow preferential loans from the Social Policy Bank to develop forest planting, closely combining with the work of zoning, regeneration, protection of forests and ecological environment. In 2024 alone, 71.3 ha/60 ha of scattered forests will be planted, of which 8.8 ha of star anise, 57 ha of acacia, 5.5 ha of eucalyptus...
In Tan Hoa commune, the government and people have chosen cinnamon as the main crop because it is very suitable for the soil and climate here. Up to now, Tan Hoa cinnamon area has more than 500 hectares, the average age of cinnamon is from one to more than 10 years, many areas have been exploited.
Mr. Dang Hoa Lin, Tan Tien village, Tan Hoa commune said: With the support fund from the Poverty Reduction Program, his family invested in growing cinnamon in their home garden. After testing the planting, obtaining a relatively high amount of essential oil, the cinnamon trees grew and developed well, his family invested in growing cinnamon on the entire area of forest land assigned. Currently, his family has over 5 hectares of cinnamon forest with more than 15,000 trees, providing a stable income of nearly 100 million VND/year.
Mr. Dang Van Chien, Chairman of Tan Hoa Commune People's Committee, said: Realizing the potential for developing the forest economy from cinnamon trees, the commune has promoted and mobilized technical support for people to choose cinnamon as the main crop. Up to now, Tan Hoa cinnamon area has more than 500 hectares, the average age of cinnamon trees is from one to more than 10 years, many areas have been exploited, bringing in income from 150 to 160 million VND/ha.
According to the report of Binh Gia District People's Committee, the whole district has now formed a concentrated cinnamon growing area with an area of nearly 3,100 hectares; anise growing area with 11,500 hectares of anise; acacia growing area of 7,544 hectares; tallow growing area of 2,261 hectares... Annually, revenue from products of concentrated raw material forest growing areas reaches 70 - 80 billion VND.
Since 2020, the District People's Committee has focused on building a cinnamon product chain and anise product chain and anise products. Thanks to that, the district's forestry production value has reached nearly 110 billion VND/year. At the same time, it has developed a plan to continue attracting businesses to invest in planting raw material forests, combined with processing wood and non-timber forest products.
Ms. Hoang Thi Anh, Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Gia district, said: With climate and soil conditions suitable for many types of crops, it is possible to diversify agricultural and forestry products such as: star anise, cinnamon, fat, acacia, eucalyptus, etc., so in recent years, the district has focused on promoting people to expand the area.
This direction not only contributes to crop diversification, but in the long term also helps forest growers increase income from forests. Contributing to increasing income, reducing poverty for people.
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/phat-trien-kinh-te-rung-de-xoa-doi-giam-ngheo-o-binh-gia-1732767370134.htm
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