Phong Van is an extremely difficult communes of Luc Ngan (Bac Giang). The commune has 800 households with more than three ethnic groups living together in which people account for nearly 80% DTTS. Communications and transportation difficulties, low educational level makes the economic development of the people here still difficult, mainly relative monoculture rice, potato plants, few animal models , large-scale cultivation. Season grain borders annually, the percentage of households facing food accounted for over 50%.

In 2002, from the capital to support production development programs of national poverty reduction goals, Phong Van is invested by State models cultivation, animal husbandry effective as models of hybrid rice, hybrid maize , sow, pig meat and animal models of mountain goats at a cost of billions. To participate in this model, people are her child support 80% of plant and animal, and also scientific and technical training. After more than seven years of program implementation, from the original model, people know each other learn and replicate the model. The face of Phong Van growing social changes, people have said intensive three cases per year, said hybrid rice varieties, hybrid corn for high yields. From a social before only a few hectares of hybrid corn in 2009, then her son has grown to 350ha of maize hybrid yield several hundred tons. Currently most families in the village are raising cattle, pigs, especially there are nearly 60 families raising mountain goat numbers from 20-50 children. Every year, the poverty rate decreased an average of communal 5-6%, higher than the district average.

Details for family of Ly Van Ti and Ms Hua Thi Keng - Nung ethnic - village Musical Bridges, Van Phong is a poor capital. Both houses have 3 acres of farmland to the hungry, the poor themselves clinging to your family 6 mouth to feed. Many want to do business at no capital but his sister should also fall into the stalemate situation. In 2004, from the capital to support production development programs of national poverty reduction goals, your family has supported a goat breeding. Since this goat, he up to now she has expanded more than 30 goats were a child, and was also sold 20 goats, collected nearly 20 million. Although less well-off but the hard, the poor were no longer clinging to your family anymore. More important is his sister have been identified in the direction of economic development for his family, which is raising goats from the support of the State. He touched a distinguished confided: "No State shall orient their families know what to do with his father to get rid of the poor first."

Now with her family Vi Thi Nga, ethnic Tay, Cha Village, Phong Van is very encouraging to receive support from the State. Being a poor and most disadvantaged areas of Cha village, the only two grandparents, their advanced age and health should also weaken the heavy farm work was too hard. Several years ago, she also intends to buy a cow to feed, to get vegetables, herbs indoors. But, then each calf, cow worth from 5-8 million, she will not ever save enough money to buy. But beginning in 2009, from project development assistance for the production of poverty, her family was a cattle investment worth 6.8 million for economic development. Furthermore, Mrs. Nga also supported her grass VA06 150kg, is technical training on planting grass to feed cattle. She said this is timely and will support the premise for her family, sustainable economic development.

Khanh Huyen
Source: Ethnic Minorities Development
[Translator: Khanh Linh]