(HBO) – Winter crops are grown in fields in the foothills of Doc Lap commune in Hoa Binh city. Favourable weather this year helps raise productivity and quality of organic vegetables and it is harvest time.
Photo: A resident of Noi village in Doc Lap commune (Hoa Binh city) harvests bean cultivated under VietGAP standards.
Local farmers set up the Doc Lap agro-services cooperative in November 2020, with 10 full members and 70 collaborators. The cooperative is working on 2ha of crops bean, squash and leafy greens and 38ha under food safety standards.
Nguyen Trung Kien, head of the Doc Lap agro-services cooperative, said it holds regular training courses to provide local farmers with knowledge and techniques on safe vegetable farming in a bid to ensure safety standards.
The cooperative’s management board keeps a close watch on farming activities so that only safe products are sold.
Compared to those under traditional farming methods, vegetables grown under VietGAP standards rake in higher economic values of 20-30 percent, with stable output.
The cooperative has taken the initiative in introducing its vegetables to the Vinmart grocery stores and seek suitable ways to promote and sell its products in Hoa Binh city.
Vegetable farming brings higher economic values than rice farming, helping people in the mountainous commune of Doc Lap gradually escape poverty and prosper.
Doc Lap safe vegetable brand has strengthened its position and been trusted and favoured by consumers.
In addition to traditional products, the commune has begun to grow strawberry with a target of creating a staple of the mountainous region./.
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