Promoting land potential in border areas
Lam Dong’s border areas have favorable conditions for long-term crops, such as coffee, pepper, and macadamia. Therefore, many border guard units have shifted crop structures toward high-value, sustainable industrial plants.
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Bu Chap Border Post’s soldiers in a coffee garden |
Dak Song Border Post has converted over 3 hectares into coffee intercropped with pepper. Despite initial difficulties due to shortage of experience and techniques, the model is now stable, generating over VND 300 million annually after costs.
At Bu Chap Border Post, nearly 5 hectares of coffee plantations yield stable output, bringing in over VND 500 million per crop thanks to proper technical application.
Other units are also developing coffee, pepper, macadamia, and fruit trees. These long-term crops provide stable income, improve soldiers’ living conditions, and fund unit activities. These industrial crop models are more sustainable than short-term farming models.
Industrial crop plantations also help protect the environment, reduce erosion, and improve landscape quality.
“Key” lies in diligence and technical application
Lam Dong provincial border guards actively tend plantations with high responsibility. Notably, Privates First Class Dieu Me and Y Vao from Training-Mobile Battalion 1 are role models in effective farming experience application. They have actively guided their peers. Dieu Me shared that he would develop household economy after being discharged.
The success of these models has partly come from the close coordination between units and local agricultural sectors in technical training and technology transfer. Applying scientific methods, including new crop varieties, efficient irrigation, balanced fertilization, and eco-friendly practices, has also improved productivity and sustainability.
According to Senior Colonel Nguyen Thanh Dinh, Head of the Lam Dong Provincial Border Guard Command, developing industrial crops will remain a key direction, contributing to better living standards of troops and stronger logistics support for future missions.
Translated by Chung Anh