Farmers in Dong Lai Commune emulate to run good business

11/2/2018 - 3:32:10 PM

(HBO) - In recent years, thanks to the fast catching up market demand, farmers in Dong Lai Commune have actively transformed their economic structure. As a result, Dong Lai became one of the communes obtaining large areas of planting grapefruit and lemongrass in Tan Lac district. Many members of the Farmers' Union have changed their lives, creating an exciting atmosphere in the emulation movement to do good business.

The grapefruit garden of Mr. Nguyen Xuan Chung family in Bai Trang 2 village.

It is not difficult to list the farmers earning several hundreds of million dongs, even billion dongs from the red grapefruit plantation in Dong Lai Commune. For example, the family of Mr. Dang Minh Dung in Tan Lai village. On the area of 0.7 hectares of garden land, before planting red grapefruit, Mr. Dung's family has planted many kinds of trees but the income is uncertain. However, thanks to the destiny with red grapefruit, up to now, from 200 grapefruits, his family regularly earns 300-400 million VND per year.

Besides Tan Lai and Dong Tien villages, the grapefruit trees have been planted in all the villages of Dong Lai commune with a total area of about 170 hectares, of which more than 70 hectares have been harvested. Besides red grapefruit, lemongrass is also a highlight plant in the economic structure of farmers in Dong Lai commune. This "easy-going" tree was first planted in the villages of Ban Trang 1, Com. Up to now, the lemongrass has been planted in almost all villages with an area of 116 hectares.

In order to have such these practical results, in addition to the efforts of its members, Dong Lai People's Committee has a lot of practical support, especially in supporting members to access loans. Currently, The Farmers Association is entrusted with Social Policy Bank and the Bank of Agricultural and Rural Development to loan more than 1,000 members with a total outstanding debt of 32 billion VND. "In order to further promote the emulation movement in production, business and replication of advanced models, we attach importance to the opening of training courses on science - technology for its members, encouraging our members to bring high economic value in organic production with high quality and cleaness. At present, Tan Lai village has established the organic cooperative, this is the direction of the commune Farmers Association to focus on all the villages in the commune. Mr. Bui Van Tuan, Chairman of Dong Lai People's Committee said.

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