Over 700 households across four districts in the central province ofQuang Tri, one plagued by unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from thewar, have benefitted from a sustainable agriculture developmentproject funded by the US’s non-governmental organisation the Roots ofPeace (ROP).
Implemented from 2011-2013 in Vinh Linh, GioLinh, Huong Hoa and Cam Lo districts, the project’s first phase helpedfarmers – mostly victims of UXOs and Agent Orange/dioxin - and poorfamilies in the locality increase their incomes by assisting them inplanting peppers, thus securing sustainable livelihood for local people.
After three years of implementation, the project hasestablished 18 farming clubs in six communes with 453 members. Throughthe clubs, the project has offered training in pepper cultivationtechniques to more than 5,700 people.
It has also provided fertiliser, plant-protection chemicals and seeds to farmers participating in the project.
So far, ROP has provided Quang Tri people with assistance worth 1.8billion VND (nearly 86,000 USD). It also worked with othernon-governmental organisations operating in the locality to clear areascovered by UXOs in order to extend more cultivation areas for localpeople to farm pepper.
At present, over 65 percent of peppertrees in project areas has high productivity and output. The area ofpepper farming has expanded more and more, increasing to 859.2 ha from717.5 ha in 2011.
At the December 11 conference to review theimplementation of the project’s first phase, representatives from theproject’s management board said the scale of the project will beexpanded in the time to come to support more local disadvantagedhouseholds.-VNA
Implemented from 2011-2013 in Vinh Linh, GioLinh, Huong Hoa and Cam Lo districts, the project’s first phase helpedfarmers – mostly victims of UXOs and Agent Orange/dioxin - and poorfamilies in the locality increase their incomes by assisting them inplanting peppers, thus securing sustainable livelihood for local people.
After three years of implementation, the project hasestablished 18 farming clubs in six communes with 453 members. Throughthe clubs, the project has offered training in pepper cultivationtechniques to more than 5,700 people.
It has also provided fertiliser, plant-protection chemicals and seeds to farmers participating in the project.
So far, ROP has provided Quang Tri people with assistance worth 1.8billion VND (nearly 86,000 USD). It also worked with othernon-governmental organisations operating in the locality to clear areascovered by UXOs in order to extend more cultivation areas for localpeople to farm pepper.
At present, over 65 percent of peppertrees in project areas has high productivity and output. The area ofpepper farming has expanded more and more, increasing to 859.2 ha from717.5 ha in 2011.
At the December 11 conference to review theimplementation of the project’s first phase, representatives from theproject’s management board said the scale of the project will beexpanded in the time to come to support more local disadvantagedhouseholds.-VNA
