Photo VNA GiaLai, (VNA) - In response to climate change’s impacts on agriculture,Mang Yang district in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is focusing onpromoting sustainable agriculture production to increase product valueand stabilise farmers’ income.
Thedistrict is paying heed to restructuring crops and diversifying crops on a single cultivation area. Up to now, it has swiched nearly 1,000 hectares ofinefficient crops into more lucrative fruit trees.
According to Nguyen Thanh Tung, Director of DOVECO Gia Lai Project Management Board under the Dong Giao FoodstuffExport Joint Stock Company, his business’ project has developed nearly 3,000 hectaresof crops such as lemon, pineapple, soybean and sweet corn in 14 districts, cities and towns in Gia Lai province.
Thedistrict is paying heed to restructuring crops and diversifying crops on a single cultivation area. Up to now, it has swiched nearly 1,000 hectares ofinefficient crops into more lucrative fruit trees.
According to Nguyen Thanh Tung, Director of DOVECO Gia Lai Project Management Board under the Dong Giao FoodstuffExport Joint Stock Company, his business’ project has developed nearly 3,000 hectaresof crops such as lemon, pineapple, soybean and sweet corn in 14 districts, cities and towns in Gia Lai province.
Photo VNA “Wehave signed contracts with cooperative groups and cooperatives representingfarmers to ensure sufficient materials input for processing lines,” he said.
Inaddition, with nearly 4,000 hectares of coffee tree, Mang Yang district’s agriculture sector has developed a strategy for sustainable development of thismajor crop.
The district’s agricultural sector has completed and transferred a model of intercropping coffee with avocado trees on an area of 5 hectares in two communesof Ho Ra and Dac Ta Lay. This model is highly valued by local people.
HuynhVan Trung, a resident in Dak Ta Ley commune, Mang Yang district, owns a25-year-old coffee garden. He revealed that the Government has sponsored aprogramme to replant coffee trees and intercropping coffee with avocado trees.
“I removed old, unqualified coffee trees. I also received new coffee and avocado varieties.The plants are developingwell andI hope they will have a higher efficiency,”Trung told VNA reporter.
HuynhVan Trung, a resident in Dak Ta Ley commune, Mang Yang district, owns a25-year-old coffee garden. He revealed that the Government has sponsored aprogramme to replant coffee trees and intercropping coffee with avocado trees.
“I removed old, unqualified coffee trees. I also received new coffee and avocado varieties.The plants are developingwell andI hope they will have a higher efficiency,”Trung told VNA reporter.
Photo VNA PhamNgoc Co, head of the Agriculture & Rural Development Department inMang Yang district, said the locality boasts some key crops such as pepper andcoffee trees.
Thedepartment is diversifying crops to avoid price and oversupply risks, he said, adding that the districthas shifted to growing fruit trees and targets 1,000 ha of fruit trees between now and 2020.
Changing theareas of ineffective crops into the ones of fruit trees, intercropping fruit trees with coffee trees and linking farmers with enterprises are part of the district’s efforts to boost sustainable development,limit risks in the context of integration and fierce competition.-VNA
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