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Converting from acacia land, Mr. Doan Van Bay (Duc Chanh commune, Mo Duc district, Quang Ngai province) planted a fruit garden with an area of 3 hectares growing all kinds of jackfruit, mango, avocado, guava... and also raised goats, chickens, pigs, by practicing circular agriculture. Each year, Mr. Bay earns a net profit of more than 300 million VND.
Visiting Mr. Doan Van Bay's lush fruit garden (by: NGUYEN TRANG) |
Mr. Doan Van Bay's large 3-hectare garden is growing more than 500 Thai jackfruit trees, 500 Thai guava trees, more than 100 mango trees, 200 avocado trees, and 200 areca trees, all of which are bearing abundant fruit.
Recently, Mr. Bay also sold 50 pigs out of a total herd of 80 pigs with iron collars, sold 10 goats and sold 400 more chickens out of a total herd of 600. He also built a cement tank to raise fish. Currently, he is continuing to breed and grow more rambutan, durian...
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Mr. Bay planted more than 100 mango trees, all of which bore abundant fruit. Photo: NGUYEN TRANG |
Mr. Bay said that he had previously planted acacia trees but found that they did not bring economic efficiency. After 5 years of planting, he only earned 60 million, not including seeds, labor, and fertilizers. Moreover, the longer acacia trees are planted, the more barren the land becomes. Mr. Bay realized that the soil quality of Duc Chanh commune's hills and mountains is similar to that of the Central Highlands, with a laterite layer 2-2.5m deep and red basalt soil, so he came up with the idea of planting fruit trees.
“In my hometown, many people go to the Central Highlands to rent land to grow gardens, which is both far away and costly. Therefore, I decided to grow fruit trees on my hometown land. If I do it well, maybe people in my hometown will return to their hometown to develop the economy from the fruit tree model like me and convert from ineffective acacia land to growing gardens,” said Mr. Bay.
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More than 500 guava trees are all covered with fruit, bearing fruit all year round. Photo: NGUYEN TRANG |
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Avocado also produces good fruit on the hilly land of Duc Chanh commune. Photo: NGUYEN TRANG |
In 2016, Mr. Bay only planted avocado and areca trees. In 2018, he dug a well to find a water source, improved the soil, installed a sprinkler system and planted many types of fruit trees in the garden.
He said: “When farming, everyone is concerned about product output. I think that as long as I do clean agriculture and organic farming, consumers will definitely trust me. First of all, clean agriculture is for my family, children, and relatives to enjoy.”
Mr. Bay learned about the circular agricultural model, a closed-cycle agricultural production process, waste and by-products from livestock farming are composted and used as fertilizer for fruit trees, proactively using available manure sources, and at the same time, from sowing to harvesting, no pesticides are used.
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In Mr. Bay's garden, there are many biological traps to kill insects. Photo: NGUYEN TRANG |
To prevent pests, Mr. Bay shared his secret: “I use biological processing, mix 3 kg of chili, 2 kg of garlic, 1 kg of ginger in the same ratio and soak in alcohol, after 21 days, take the water and spray it on the plants. When the plants bear fruit, I always use a net to limit pests from entering the fruit, regularly harvest one fruit and then use a net to cover the next fruit, continuously.”
Mr. Bay said: "All crops have a short harvest time, such as Thai jackfruit, which takes about 2 years to harvest. It is suitable for laterite hill soil and underground water for irrigation. When the jackfruit is ripe, it has a moderate sweetness and a characteristic aroma, and especially, jackfruit can be harvested year-round."
For Taiwanese passion fruit, it is mainly used as a soft drink. When ripe, it has a dark purple color, a sour, sweet, and very fragrant flavor. Guava also has a short harvest time and bears fruit all year round. The selling price of guava is 25,000 VND/kg, jackfruit is 20,000 VND/kg, avocado is from 18,000-25,000 VND/kg...
The model of growing clean fruit trees, creating a market supply source, currently in addition to selling fruit in the usual way, markets, small traders, Mr. Bay approaches the way of selling through social networks and receives many positive responses. The average income from Mr. Bay's fruit garden and livestock is about 500 million VND/year, after deducting expenses, the net profit is about 300 million VND/year.
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Mr. Bay builds a clean, airy livestock farm model. Photo: NGUYEN TRANG |
Mr. Bay plans to do garden tourism so he grows many types of fruit so that visitors to the garden can pick their own fruits and enjoy many different flavors, creating a highlight for visitors.
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