Luc Ngan ?

[Phan Thanh Lam <phtl@freenet.tlh.fl.us>]

Co' anh chi. na`o bie^'t Luc Ngan la` Lu.c Nga^n , Lu.c Nga`n hay ???
Khi' ha^.u o+? Ba('c Giang nhu+ the^' na`o ?
Ca'm o+n.

Ba'o co' dda(ng la` mo^~i hectare litchee (tra'i va~i le^. chi) mang la.i 
cho no^ng 
da^n US $1,800   Theo to^i bie^'t thi` o+? DDa`i Loan va` o+? My~ hoa 
lo+.i co' the^? ga^'p ho+n chu.c la^`n nhu+ the^' .  Mo^.t 
ca^y va~i o+? My~ co' the^? ba'n ca? nga`n ddo^ la.   Anh chi. na`o 
o+? Ba('c Giang ne^n nghi~ ca'ch xua^'t kha^?u nha?n va~i qua My~ ddi.  

La^m  


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> 
> Vietnam's Luc Ngan District Well Known For Its Orchards 
> 
> Hanoi (VNA) -- In recent years, Luc Ngan has become famous nationwide
> as one of the most thriving districts restructuring its agricultural
> economy and rural development.
> 
> Luc Ngan, a mid-land district of Bac Giang province, north of Hanoi,
> has 101,149 ha of natural land, including 52,760 ha of forest, 28,760
> ha of denuded hills and 15,000 ha of arable land. A 30,000 ha denuded
> area has been turned into cultivated land planted with a variety of
> fruit trees and cash crops from which thousands of billions of dong
> have been earned annually.
> 
> Like any other districts across the country, Luc Ngan centralised all
> its efforts on food production. However, due to poor soil and
> irrigation conditions, the district's food output reached only 36,000
> tonnes per year, which was just sufficient for the local population.
> 
> Prompted by the renovation of economic management in agriculture, the
> district authorities developed a policy aimed at encouraging all
> locals to boost the garden economy by transforming denuded hills into
> fruit tree orchards.
> 
> The district determined the expansion of gardens and forests as the
> key to hunger elimination and poverty alleviation for all ethnic
> communities living in Luc Ngan. Hence 28,760 ha of hill land were
> cleared for cultivation, including more than 7,000 ha for litchee, one
> of Vietnam's special fruits.
> 
> Apart from areas earmarked for food production, large acreage has been
> marked for livestock breeding with numerous meadows for cattle
> raising.
> 
> Many land areas have been allocated to local residents, farmers and
> public employees, to develop the garden economy.
> 
> A variety of fruit trees has been grown in these allocated gardens
> such as litchees, longan, oranges, lemons, Japanese persimmon, plums,
> apricots, and custard-apples.
> 
> Luc Ngan has become widely known for its litchees and custard-apples.
> The district now has the largest acreage of litchee across the
> country. In 1995, the district earned tens of billions of dong from
> more than 4,000 tonnes of litchee harvested on 2,500 ha. Each hectare
> of litchee in Luc Ngan can give local people nearly VND 20 million
> (over US$1,800), or more than six times the value of food crops
> (manioc or sweet potato) grown in the district.
> 
> The garden economy now makes up more than 70 percent of the annual
> income of many local households. At present, Luc Ngan has nearly 200
> farms involved in the gardening economy with more than 50 farms owners
> earning over VND 50 million (US$4,500), and some grossing VND 120
> million (more than US$10,000) per crop.
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