Quang Ngai, as reported by Dept. of Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD), currently has 420 farms (up 25 of those in 2006) with an average investment of 70 million dong per each, which yearly earns over 50 million dong.

“FED has been in recent years promoted throughout the province,” affirmed by Vice-Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People Committee Truong Ngoc Nhi at recent Workshop of reviewing FED in the province. “Almost farmers focused on choosing varieties, breed and especially application of technology in processing,” Nhi expressed.

Quangngai is a coastal province of Central Vietnam with 130 km seaside road with an agriculture-based economy. Farm land covers 62.5% of total area that is convenient for FED.

Particularly, Mo Duc, a Southern district of Quang Ngai, has 70 farms with annual average income 100 million dong per farm.

For upland districts, some ethnic holdhouses become millionaire from agriculture farms & forest plantation.

In provincial Northern district of Son Tinh farmer Nguyen Nhi invested 400 million dong in growing 20 ha forest and feeding fowl & animals. Every year, he earns from 300-500 million dong.

With a goal of pushing up agriculture-forest-fishery economy and shortening the road map for hunger alleviation and poverty reduction, Quang Ngai Government has been making efforts in expanding FED throughout the province.

Reportedly, Quang Ngai Government in its project of Agriculture & Rural Industrialization and modernization to 2020 has worked out some plans to expand FED, such as develop favour policies to farmer in a bid to encourage them to participate FED; plan and classify type of farms in accordance with each local geological position; guide farmers to apply new technology in processing; and stimulate local manufactures to input farm’s outcome.

                                                                                                               Thu Huong