Diverse ways to help farmers in economic development

Under the emulation movement of “Good farmer in production and business”, North Tan Uyen district’s Farmers’ Association has carried out many practical activities, helping members in economic development, rising up out of poverty and enriching themselves legitimately.

Thanks to the support of North Tan Uyen district’s Farmers’ Association, Ho Van Thanh has been successful with the model of breeding pigs and chickens

Technique, loan support

Le Hieu Liem, Chairman of North Tan Uyen district’s Farmers’ Association said that along with improving its operational form and content, the association has made efforts in taking solutions to help members in economic development. Particularly, in 2018, the association has teamed up with the local branch of the Bank for Social Policies to disburse loans for members. The association’s branches have so far set up 31 saving groups, providing loans for 2,063 households. Besides, the association has helped 72 households get loans from provincial Support Fund for Farmers and its branches. Well-off members of the association have also given support in terms of loans, nurslings, breeding animals for poor ones to develop production models.

Such these apart, the association has coordinated with the district’s Vocational Training Center, Plant Protection Station, Agricultural Promotion Center together with district-based companies to organize training courses on cultivation-animal husbandry…, absorbing the participation of numerous members. Mr.Liem added that with the above-mentioned efforts, the association has contributed to helping members improve their lives.

Effective models

After getting support in terms of loans and techniques, members of North Tan Uyen district’s Farmers’ Association have bravely applied new models with high economic efficiency.

Ho Van Thanh in Tan Thanh township is a typical example for the above-mentioned thing. The farmer said that thanks to the attention and help of the local Farmers’ Association, he has successfully developed an animal husbandry model with more than 100 sows and pigs for meat together with thousands of chickens. With achievements done in agricultural production, he has also won the “good farmer in production and business” for many consecutive years. 

Similarly, Do Thi Kim Hoang residing in Lac An commune’s hamlet 4 has also been successful with a model of growing fruit trees under the support of the local Farmers’ Association and administration. Her family now owns a pomelo and orange grove of 4 hectares with the annual income of hundreds of millions of dong…

The district has so far also fostered many other effective models from members of the local Farmers’ Association, comprising of the green-skin pomelo model of Doan Minh Chien in Tan Dinh commune; the animal husbandry model of 

Nguyen Thanh Tuan in Tan Lap commune; the general model of Doan Thuy Hang…