A Mu Sung determined to increase people's income

Currently, the average income per capita of A Mu Sung commune reaches 32.18 million VND/year, the poverty rate is over 40%. Faced with this reality, the Party Committee and the commune government have been focusing on leading and directing the synchronous implementation of many socio-economic development solutions, focusing on the development of agriculture, forestry and livestock, with the determination to soon bring the locality out of the especially difficult situation.

Once a poor household, now Ms. Vang Lo May's family in Phu Lao Chai village has a stable income from raising indigenous black pigs. In 2021, she was able to borrow 200 million VND from the production development support fund of Bat Xat district (old) to develop livestock farming. From that capital, she invested in building two solid barns, buying breeding pigs and planting corn and bananas as feed for the pigs. Ms. May shared: With technical guidance from the commune veterinary officer, I proactively vaccinated fully and kept the barn clean. Thanks to that, the pigs are healthy, reproduce well, and sell nearly 100 pigs each year, deducting expenses, making a profit of more than 80 million VND.

Not only developing livestock, many households in A Mu Sung are converting infertile land to grow trees with high economic efficiency. Mr. Phung Tien Cuong, Nam Giang 2 village said: 8 years ago, I tried to plant nearly 1 hectare of cinnamon on ineffective cassava land, found the tree suitable for the land so expanded to more than 4 hectares. Now the cinnamon has been harvested, each year I earn 50 - 60 million VND.

Currently, the economy of A Mu Sung commune still relies mainly on agricultural production, with the proportion of agriculture, forestry and fishery accounting for 90% of the economic structure. The average production value reaches 53.3 million VND/ha/year, showing that farming efficiency has been gradually improved, contributing to improving the lives of local people.

Up to now, A Mu Sung commune has formed key crop production areas, bringing about clear economic efficiency. The whole commune has over 770 hectares of cinnamon starting to be harvested; 118.5 hectares of tea yielding 627 tons of fresh tea buds, earning over 7.5 billion VND; 55 hectares of bananas yielding 1,300 tons of fruit, earning nearly 6 billion VND; over 24 hectares of fruit trees, mainly mangoes, yielding 291 tons, earning over 2.9 billion VND. The total output of grain crops reached 3,679 tons. Along with cultivation, livestock breeding is also focused on development by the commune.

The whole commune currently has 6,600 cattle, with a meat output of 462 tons/year, bringing in a value of more than 49.6 billion VND. Currently, A Mu Sung commune has 4 cooperatives and 3 cooperative groups operating in the fields of agriculture, processing and product consumption. Notably, the locality has 3 tea products recognized as achieving 3-star OCOP at the provincial level, contributing to affirming the quality of typical products and opening up a direction for sustainable development for local agricultural products.

In addition, the work of building new rural areas in A Mu Sung has also achieved many positive results. The commune has solidified 19.53 km of rural roads, mobilized people to contribute more than 12,000 laborers, 2 billion VND in cash and donated over 12,500 m² of land to build roads. The locality also mobilized many resources to support the removal of 235 temporary and dilapidated houses. These results have contributed to stabilizing people's lives, increasing their income, and creating a foundation for the commune's goal of escaping from the extremely difficult situation in the coming time.

In the development orientation for the coming period, A Mu Sung commune determines to maximize its potential, advantages and resources to improve people's lives. The Resolution of the Party Congress of A Mu Sung commune for the 2025 - 2030 term sets the target that by 2030, the average income per capita will reach 50 million VND/year; the total output of grain will reach 3,650 tons, the output of fresh tea buds will reach 850 tons and the output of live weight meat will reach 850 tons.

The whole commune aims to have 8 OCOP products, 10 enterprises, cooperatives and 20 private economic models; the average product value per hectare of cultivated land and aquaculture reaches 65 million VND/year. The rate of poor households according to the multidimensional poverty standard for the period 2026 - 2030 will decrease to 9.5%. This is an important foundation for A Mu Sung to develop a commodity economy, improve people's income and quality of life.

"We identify economic development associated with new rural construction as a key task, striving to gradually improve people's lives, and soon help A Mu Sung escape from a particularly difficult commune" - Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trinh - Chairman of the People's Committee of A Mu Sung commune added.

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