(HBO) - Farmers in Yen Phu commune of Lac Son district has experienced a difficult period as prices of some local key agricultural products, especially zucchini, dropped sharply amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the production-consumption linkage model between local farmers and enterprises has clearly proven effective.
Farmers in Trang Doi hamlet, Yen Phu commune (Lac Son district) grow melons in the direction of production-consumption linkage.
It is estimated that more than 50 households in the commune are growing baby cucumbers in the linkage model.
Trang Doi and Bo villages record the highest number of households participating in the model.
Statistics show that about 10 hectares of baby cucumbers planted under the model in the commune, including over 6ha in Trang Doi village, over 4ha in Vanh, Bo and Cat hamlets.
Baby cucumber growers in Yen Phu commune said that this is a short-term crop that can produce two crops per year from February to April, and from November to January in areas where water is guaranteed for farming. Each crop lasts three months.
Currently, land accumulation has been implemented widely in the commune, while irrigation systems have been constructed and upgraded synchronously, facilitating the shift of crop structure and production-consumption linkage.
Chairman of the Yen Phu commune People's Committee Bui Van Canh said this model has proven effective and is being expanded in the locality, contributing to improving the efficiency of the shift of crop and livestock structure.
The commune’s Party Committee and authority have also encouraged local farmers to grow more plants with high economic value, he said.
Training courses have been held for local farmers to help them update effective cultivation and husbandry techniques, and information on market and prices he said.
The local authority has also encouraged local residents to develop concentrated and safe goods production areas to meet the demand of the market, he said.
A safe and sustainable vegetable cultivation model with the aim of improving incomes for local farmers has been formed in Hung village, he added./.
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Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
