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"Revive" mulberry, raising silkworms
Updated at 08:58, Tuesday, 14.07.2015 (GMT + 7)
Over 10 years ago, vocational sericulture Lam Dong province in general and some districts of the south in particular are "plummeted". A few years ago, with many new ways silkworm rearing with strawberry varieties for yield, higher quality helped mulberry, farming is gradually being "revived".

Although sericulture area is not large, but many families in three southern districts are Huoai Da, Da Teh, and Cat Tien is "to make food" from this profession. Currently, along with the stability of prices at a high level, the more picky arable land is being restored strawberry and expand. At Da Teh districts, out of the total area of ??the district strawberry has about 500ha. In 2015, the People's Committee of Da Teh district planning nearly 140 ha of strawberry planting. Until now, this area has been implemented 100% higher than planned. Therefore, scheduled between now and the end of the year will continue to expand the area of ??more than 60ha mulberry again.

According to Hoang Hong Giang, Deputy Chairman of Da Teh District Farmers Association, sericulture area in the district increased gradually each year. With the current price of cocoon as the average amount of income on 1ha of mulberry reach 150-200 million / year. This year, with the source of funds to support farmers of central, provincial and district projects mulberry growing, silkworm breeding were being deployed in the district.

In 2015, the Foundation supports farmers centrally sponsored 600 million for the 25 households of cooperative group sericulture population groups 7 (Da Teh town) to renovate mulberry, raising silkworms building. This support has had a major impact on vocational rehabilitation and help sericulture farmers have conditions to develop family economy. To date, all 26 hectares of strawberry cooperative group has been converted to hybrid triploid mulberry plantation. Family Tran Ngoc Ban (population groups 7, Da Teh town, cooperative group members) said: "With the support, my family has converted more than 6 perch hybrid mulberry cane to yield, quality High quality silk and housing investment. With 6 pole strawberry current hybrids, each month, families raising silkworms from 1.5 to 2 boxes. Although current cocoon price to only 75,000 VND / kg (compared with 120,000 VND / kg the previous month) but still bring earnings from 5-7 million / month for the family ".

Apart from the Central Fund, the Fund supports farmers in Lam Dong province has also disbursed funds of 300 million for the 20 households sericulture in Ha Dong (Da Teh districts). With these funds, farmers have invested in raising silkworms and dodge to improve quality wood cocoon, raise incomes. And particularly for farmers Fund Da Teh districts, this year also support 100 million for 8 households in My Duc commune develop new strawberry acreage.

Silkworm breeding under the floor, dodge fed mulberry wood and hybrid is the new way to help reduce labor, increase the quality of cocoon that many farmers in the Southern District of Lam Dong has adopted. To the present, the district has about 290ha Da Huoai strawberry (up 200 ha compared to 2009). Through surveys in many households sericulture, per 1ha of strawberries used to feed silkworms, farmers made a profit of about 70-120 million / year. Mr. Doi Kim Khoi, Deputy Agriculture and Rural Development Da Huoai district, said: "In the future, the district will focus on the conversion of local strawberry varieties with high yielding mulberry varieties hybrid. At the same time, focus on developing a District Sericulture in southern communes of the district, such as Da Oai, already exists, and the town Madaguoi Madaguoi. The district will establish mulberry cooperative groups, in order to provide material "inputs", varieties, production organization and marketing of products through contract cocoon. In the future, the district development planning mulberry silkworm breeding hybrid combinations in the form of intensive, with an area of ??over 120 ha, in order to develop sericulture profession ".

Unlike Da Teh District and Da Huoai, compared with 2013, the area planted strawberries in Cat Tien district fell 35 ha, only 45 hectares. Tran Nam Dan, Head of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Cat Tien district, the cause is due to reduced acreage strawberry farmers planted fragmented, small scale should have difficulty in product consumption cocoon. However, implementation of the policy of the province, starting from 2016, Cat Tien district will focus on the development shrubbery along the Dong Nai River (from Phuoc Cat II in Quang Ngai). Orientation of the district is propaganda and mobilization strawberry growers planned to grow mulberry, raising silkworms towards sustainability.

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