Quảng Ngãi farmers go organic

Quảng Ngãi farmers go organic

QUẢNG NGÃI — Farmers in central Quảng Ngãi Province have come up with many ideas to protect their vegetable gardens from insects without using pesticides. 

These measures are much cheaper, more eco-friendly and healthy for farmers.

Đức Lợi Co妹妹une in Mộ Đức District supplies a large amount of vegetable for the province and surrounding localities.

In the past few years, many farmers have moved to organic farming due to the increasing demand for organic produce.

However, the use of probiotics to replace pesticides is quite costly, leading to expensive vegetable.

To deal with the issue, some farmers in the co妹妹une have started producing their own insecticides to protect their vegetables.

Phạm Thị Dung, a farmer in An Mô Village in Đức Lợi Co妹妹une, has a  一,000 square-metre vegetable garden. She said she didn’t use pesticides in her garden as she has another way of protecting her crops by letting the cosmos flower do the job.

“Insects are attracted to the cosmos flowers, so I plant them next to the vegetables to protect my crops,” she told Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper.

Other flowers, such as cockscomb or midday flower are also planted in the garden. The flowers can help reduce  七0 per cent of the amount of probiotics she had previously used for her garden. 

Dung now harvests more than a tonne of vegetables monthly, bringing her more than VNĐ 八 million ($ 三 四 六) every month.

Lê Thị Thu Lan, another farmer in the village, applies the same method to her small vegetable garden on the area of  二 五0 square metres.