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Vietnamese IPM farmers reap benefit from Minimum Tillage
Potatoes in Rice-based Farming Systems , Thai Binh,
Vietnam, 12 March 2010
 A few years ago, farmers in Thai Giang village, Thai Thuy district, Thai Binh province stopped growing potatoes because the crop was no longer profitable due to the high cost of labor requirements. The situation was made worse when the men started to find employment in the nearby capital, Thai Binh City, leaving the women behind to carry out the heavy land preparation work. However, for two years now, farmers in Thai Giang – even elderly women - have started to grow potatoes again and this time with an average increase of 30% in yields and 50% reduction in labor costs. This has been possible due to the application of minimum tillage potato production in rice-based farming systems.
 Mr. Bui Dinh Hau is one of the two male participants in a post-FFS group of 25 farmers. He was happy to report that the new system has led farmers to find use for rice straw - that is otherwise burned - in the production of potatoes and for recycling back into the soil to improve soil health. Income from growing 2 sao (0.70 hectares) of potato is enough to be able to buy a television set. With extra money from growing potatoes last year, 15 out of the 23 women in the group were able to buy television sets. After harvest this season, some are planning to buy gas stoves from their savings while others will save the money to send their children to university. The People’s Committee and the Cooperative are very proud of the IPM farmers’ accomplishment.
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