Support for ethnic people proves effective in Mai Chau

8/2/2023 - 6:34:06 PM

(HBO) – Ethnic households in Mai Chau district have had better livelihoods and incomes thanks to support from local authorities and organisations. In Tong Dau commune, people were given a high-quality rice variety to grow in a pilot area of 4 ha. Seeing positive results of the pilot programme, last year, local farmers expanded the cultivation area using this rice variety.

Meanwhile, in Cun Pheo commune, the district’s Red Cross Association and other organisation gave people young animals for raising.

People in other communes of Mai Ha, Son Thuy, Bao La, and Xam Xoe were also provided with seeds, young animals, and medicinal plants.

With funding from the National Target Programme for Socio-economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas, Mai Chau district People's Committee supported each household in Bao hamlet 3 million VND to buy seeds. The committee coordinated with the GNI organisation to open training courses on livestock raising techniques, and assisted local residents in the establishment and operation of the Muong Pa cooperative that specialises in raising and supplying indigenous pork.

From 17 members, the cooperative now has nearly 50 members. The cooperative’s pork is sold in Hanoi and neighbouring provinces, bringing stable income to the cooperative’s members.

According to Ngan Van Toan, deputy head of the district's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, programmes and policies to support ethnic minorities and ethnic minorities have been effectively implemented.

Initial results show that the support helped to increase production value, income and improve people's living standards.

Ha Van Hai, head of the district's Ethnic Group Affairs Section said that the district is home to many ethnic groups with the Thai people accounting for nearly 60% of the district’s population and the Muong 16.6%.

Over the past time, the district has focused on implementing Resolution No. 03-NQ/TU of the provincial Party Committee on socio-economic development in ethnic groups and mountainous areas from 2021 to 2030.

One of its key tasks is to develop ethnic groups and mountainous areas in association with economic restructuring, contributing to stabilizing and improving the people's living standards.

The Mai Chau district Party Committee has directed agencies, departments, sectors, and mass organisations to strengthen coordination, and effectively combine poverty reduction efforts with the implementation of the two national target programmes on sustainable poverty reduction and new-style rural area construction.

The district also supports ethnic group people with social security policies and vocational training programmes for rural workers.

Such support not only contributes to improving the lives of ethnic people but also helps the district to meet the criteria of new-style rural area construction and step up sustainable poverty reduction in ethnic minority areas.

The district strives to reduce the poverty rate in ethnic group areas by 3-4% yearly until 2030./.

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