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26/01/2021 20:01 GMT+7
Vietnam has gained impressive achievements in poverty reduction in recent years under the leadership of the Party and the Government, but more will be done to ensure these efforts leave sustainable impacts.
Growing Sa nhân tím (Amomum Longiligulare T.L.Wu), a valuable medical plant, helps local residents in Dien Bien Province escape poverty and improve their lives. VNA/VNS Photo Phan Tuan Anh
Under the leadership of the Party and the Government, localities nationwide have implemented solutions and programmes to help local people develop suitable livelihood models to escape poverty and improve their lives, especially in 2016-2020.
Son tra (
Docynia Indica) is an indigenous fruit tree species growing naturally in forests throughout upland Asia. Son tra fruit is eaten fresh and can be made into wine, tea, vinegar and juice. It is abundant in Northwestern Viet Nam, an area populated by H’mong people, hence its nickname, ‘H’mong apple’.
The fruit tree has been cloned as part of research to improve yields and incomes of farmers in Northwestern Viet Nam.
Propagation of son tra has mainly relied on collection of natural seeds and production of nursery-grown seedlings, meaning that the quality of seedlings and the fruit when harvested has not been uniform nor of consistently high quality. Domestication of son tra is one of the outstanding research activities of World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Viet Nam in collaboration with the Forest Science Centre for Northwestern Viet Nam, carried out by two projects led by ICRAF: Agroforestry for Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in Northwest Viet Nam; and Developi