Sa Pa: Planting medicinal plants for medicine

Sa Pa is a highland district of Lao Cai province, favored by nature with a cool climate all year round, suitable for growing plants, especially medicinal plants. Therefore, for many generations, people here have grown medicinal plants to make medicine.

Artichoke tree, this is a kind of medicinal material to make (Photo: VTV)

As a family, who used to cultivate perennial medicinal plants in Sa Pa, but Pham Cong Du and his wife have not seen every year that medicinal plants have the same price and productivity as the past few years. In the previous years, when growing medicinal plants, the price was insecure, so it could not be sold. Many families have converted other crops of higher economic value. But Mr. Du's family still persists in this profession, now that medicinal plants have become valuable industrial plants, with medicinal families being the main source of income for the family.

Mr. Pham Cong Du, Sa Pa Town, Lao Cai said: " Every year, my family grows artichoke trees, besides there are Bach Nhat trees . Those are Sapa medicinal plants ".

Medicines in Sa Pa are found by many ethnic people on the hills, and breeding at home. Gradually, people have given each other a career in growing medicinal herbs, and have developed widely in the communes, at first, farmers have grown to make medicine to use when they are sick, and then bring them to sell to families who make medicinal herbs. Many growers lead to medicinal products that sell at very low prices, with a time no one buys.

Traphaco Pharmaceutical Company has researched and found that people with jobs, " talents ", have " strength " and signed contracts to buy products for people to produce medicines. Having a place to consume and sell at a high price, many families have opened to grow more valuable trees.

The family of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hai, team 1, Sa Pa town is reclaiming more land for artichoke cultivation, this is a medicine to make medicine, having high economic value for the family. With more than 2 hectares, her family obtained 8 tons of products and sold them to Traphaco and also received more than VND 200 million / year. Therefore, Ms. Hai's family has associated with some ethnic people, reclaiming land to grow more medicinal herbs. It is expected that Ms. Hai's family and relatives here will plant more than 2 hectares of artichoke trees this year to supply the plant. According to Ms Hai artichoke is an easy-to-grow medicinal plant, after more than 4 months it is possible to harvest both leaves and roots, artichoke flowers can be sold and processed into Boganich medicine again.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai said: "This year, my family expanded about 2 hectares to create jobs for you. My family wants to expand and develop the economy to increase income."

Currently in Sa Pa district, there are more than 20 ha of medicinal plantation area supplied to Traphaco factory, most of them grow lotus crops so it is very effective . Stemming from the strategy of drug and pharmaceutical development, Traphaco wants to find models between businesses, scientists and those who grow medicinal herbs, process medicinal herbs into goods that can treat people. .

In 1997, the Ministry of Health organized a Workshop with the theme " Development of pharmaceutical materials to contribute to poverty reduction ". According to that idea, Traphaco has partnered with people in Sa Pa area, which has great potential for medicinal herbs, to find high technologies to process into valuable medicines. Therefore, many people have appropriate directions from medicinal planting.

Each household planting medicinal herbs is supported by the company with seeds, fertilizers, cultivation techniques, thus ensuring the quality according to the new standards of clean and safe medicinal herbs. The company has a commitment to acquire Grapefruit creates many medicines on Sapa
(Photo: usda.gov) a fixed output, compared with at least 50% higher than other agricultural crops. So far, 50 households regularly sell products to Traphaco.

Ms. Vu Thi Binh, the 9th town of Sa Pa town said: " Thanks to Traphaco's workshop to buy tea, our relatives also have a lot of economic difficulties."

Mr. Le Van Khoai, Director of Traphaco Sa Pa Co., Ltd. said: " Artichoke trees are not poverty alleviation plants anymore, but very delicate plants in Sa Pa region".

Medicinal plants in Sa Pa are now an economically valuable tree, contributing to poverty reduction in the locality, which is clearly a form of association to bring the people and people 's resources to work. benefit for the people. In the coming time, it is expected that Traphaco will continue to develop material areas in many localities, contributing to helping people develop economic poverty reduction.

Mr. Nguyen Huy Van, Deputy Director of Trapaco Joint Stock Company said: " Medicinal materials are mainly located in rural and mountainous areas, Traphaco will have a policy to build the first model to pilot joint ventures with other localities. For Lao Cai, we focus on the development of artichoke and second tea trees to make Arabica medicines, and we are breeding to Lai Chau . "

Mr. Phan The Phuong, Vice Chairman of Sa Pa District People's Committee, Lao Cai said: " For Sa Pa, the Association of people working in the North developed a very good basis for the consumption of medicinal herbs. At that time, Traphaco purchased products was also the time that artichoke plant area developed widely, contributing to a great program for poverty reduction. poor".