Growing groundnuts and Achyranthes bidentata, all precious medicinal herbs, many Thai Binh farmers earn hundreds of millions after one crop

Thai Binh province in Vietnam is shifting the focus of its agriculture towards the cultivation of high-value medicinal plants such as honeysuckle, ginseng, and Achyranthes. This shift is aimed at replacing ineffective crops and promoting sustainable agricultural development. The model adopted by local farmer Mr. Dao Trong Huyen, who has leased 10 hectares of land for medicinal plant cultivation, is seen as a promising approach, providing stable jobs and high economic efficiency. However, the sector faces challenges such as the lack of a stable consumption market, limited cultivation techniques, and a need for improved post-harvest preservation and processing. The article suggests that investing in research, science, and technology, building a sustainable production-consumption chain, promoting products, and creating brands can help overcome these challenges and enhance the value of Thai Binh's medicinal plant products.

Many localities in the province have focused on building specialized areas for growing high-value medicinal plants such as honeysuckle, ginseng, Solanum procumbens, Achyranthes, Xanthium, Sophora japonica and Dipsacus as replacements for ineffective crops. The medicinal plant production area in Song Lang commune (Vu Thu) of Mr. Dao Trong Huyen is a new direction in sustainable agricultural development. 3 hectares of honeysuckle and Dipsacus are in a good growth stage, promising to bring high economic efficiency. Mr. Huyen shared: Since the commune had a policy of converting ineffective land areas, leasing them to develop production, with available output sources, I have rented 10 hectares of rice fields, of which 3 hectares are for growing medicinal plants, creating stable jobs for 10 local idle agricultural workers with an income of 4.5 - 5 million VND/person/month. Mr. Hoang Van Luu, Director of Song Lang Agricultural Service Cooperative, said: Mr. Huyen's medicinal plant ...