Where chestnut plant
Chestnut, plantains, or through local pear natural draft (Eleocharis dulcis) of them considered aquatic plants are very healthy, with bulb flat, thick crust, crispy sweet rice lean, even long cooking temperature high.
Continuously for 8 years, farmer Pro, Don Duong was converted to rice cultivation area of 125ha chestnut trees. Rising incomes outstanding, but farmers still needed to model a chain link production and consumption stable, long-term.
Interest double
The field of social GO PRO Grang is "perspective" of rice between pale green with dark green of chestnut trees. One August afternoon visit with his co-Ya Thin, Chairman of Pro Farmer social or markings began significant changes since 2007. At that time the new 3 ha "feature that Rice" appeared between the wings Grang co-debugging "Invasion soup" over the top field Ngo Pro's Pro Don Duong commune. Are taken from the same source cousins, relatives M'Rang village, Lac Forest, about 10 kilometers from the contract number. "Frankly it earlier than 1 year - ie in 2006, people were spontaneously chestnut trials on thousands of square meters of newly harvested rice fields of winter - spring only. Do not think, when to plant new bulbs 4 months premature, traders were looking to buy high. Interest bearing from over 10 million / 0.1 ha each - double time rate of 2 cases with rice yields 8 kg - 10 kg / 0.1 ha each / case. Should you move into 2007 to present - in any other relatives also told to move each rice area planted chestnut, year after year to increase the area more than before ... "- Ya Thin he recalls.
To compare with the handbook latest updates between rice paddies, and PRO, he cites data Ya Thin "features instead of rice," including the first 5 years, each year from 5 - 10 ha; Past 2 years, spike up to 80 hectares wide. Community Council area altogether by mid-month PRO 8/2014 is 125ha. The area of communal rice is reduced to 485ha, but the "bond" of chestnut trees here seem not yet stopped. By farmers (nearly 100% of ethnic minority local) was pretty quick mental arithmetic, comparison shows how much rice price ranges in recent years, "the squares", is unlikely to generate the step powerful move. He Bonah Ria Well, 40-year-old farmer in the field Grang Wood said: "My family has 4 people, 2 couples and 2 children 4 years old and 13 years old. Living by growing rice and vegetables than 1,1ha about 0.5ha, but also too much excess capital, labor in the fields all day. 2 years, the family moved to rice planting chestnut about 0,3ha, found little initial capital, but it's easy to earn some money to spend more interest ... ".
He Bonah Well Ria said in the past 3 years, the purchase price chestnut rose quite stable - from 6,000 to 8,000 VND / kg tubers old and around 15,000 VND / kg immature tubers. Generally a year - excluding all the costs of water, fertilizer, should, like the average, chestnut trees have been collected over 10 million net profit / Pro 0.1 ha each for farmers. Contact the village Grang wood, he Bonah Ria Well also "confirmed" many families from power plant 0.5 - 0,8ha after just one harvest per year, has accumulated a sufficient amount of one hundred million to upgrade to a new home, buying a tractor, buy super cow meat of livestock expansion ... In which the households have converted 100% of rice (from 0,4ha - 01ha / household ) to chestnut trees. But his own Bonah Well said Ria will expand further converted into cultivated rice 0,3ha chestnut in the coming months.
ần cohesion
At noon the sun was heating up, his young farmers (33), Ya Office has yet to leave the field chestnut home - even just walking around the shore in the vineyards pruned some sparse grass under the tree life skills . "This is the land of the children 0,3ha power plant that was nearly 4 months. Tall trees to stomach his sister. Every day you visit ability to contract for fun, ready to ask people around the sale price may be increased by reducing chestnut to know how to choose the date of sale, or selling old young, sale or sold by the piece of land each sign tubers obtained. Raising chestnut tree does not take a lot of grazing livestock and watched as buffalo, cows; as not to seek medical hourly injection drugs, insect pests such as vegetable ... "- Ya Van open, then walked down the field," began the chestnut "is a stranger to me. Slowly, surely, mature gradually sinking pedal down around original tattoo power to shape the country, the roots of the "concatenated" emerged as above ground mud snails baked black circle White House, Ya Van cupped hands again fish landings.
Fall in social ro old chestnut Pro usually in September, October every year. This is also the season of hired labor in Don Duong district is "recruiting priority" for the "catch the chestnut" as a Van Ya just "demonstration". With rents exchange agreement "key" at more than 2,000 VND / kg, the good workers will achieve earnings of VND 200,000 / person / day or more. Employers are not just farmers co-owned power but traders were "buying group" (buy wholesale in each area), they are required to harvest chestnut with the highest number in a time The fastest, so what I always pay enough money "presumptive tax" for employees of the day. However, this time back or some phenomena arising price pressure, unhealthy competition on energy bunds. According to him Bonah Ria Well, in the past autumn chestnut, many households in rural wood Grang hear "art market" traders were selling tons of chestnut rush for less than two or three price than the market price. And the "selling group" met a similar situation. It can be seen in the same period to chestnut cultivation, traders to put the issue of advance funds to farmers. Due to the lack of binding tight and fit under contract, so farmers are disadvantaged in many pre-conditions for price, the dry and the wet, the quality standards of the chestnut ... that traders often cited to heart - except when harvested. Meanwhile, the commune Pro is only a chestnut purchasing limited quantities and prices are unstable in each day. Most traders buy bulbs mobility as just mentioned are those who do not know, they come from other locations outside of Don Duong.
Trees also worried
Summer harvest - collected here, young family farmers harvested Ya Office will move to the new plant more bulbs 0,3ha others. And dozens of other families in the commune Pro too. Intends to continue in the coming year "green exchange" of rice to green chestnut estimated to be at least ten acres. Section Chairman Pro Farmer commune, he was not lying Thin Ya "exception" was charismatic, but in the "mind's" wondering: "My family has 1ha of land that hold themselves out to rice and lo ; which translates into how much acreage chestnut and lo! ". Accordingly, the rice is never at a loss because the market price at the ups and downs, but want to achieve profits "up top" must invest in seed depth, engineering, fertilizers, pest ... reached yield of 8-10 tonnes / ha / crop upwards. But now, if "weighed" the highest rate of rice was only "proximity" with rates chestnut trees. If conversion planting chestnut harvest a year, will not be convinced price now or not.
"Chairman Thin Ya" ponder wait a chestnut fall of communal farmers in Pro and then decide structure "rice - the" in his household. I hope that when rice plants, power plants which will form the cooperative mode of production "co tea, and service" balance law of supply and demand
