(HBO) - New cooperative model brings many benefits for farmers to participate. In addition to policy, science and technology incentives and price reduction,etc., the model also helps farmers to ensure product output. New cooperative type is one of the important links, helping people find reasonable production plan and stable output. Not only ensuring the harmonious benefits of cooperative members, the model of new cooperatives is also the basis for the goal of linking and forming the chain of valued agricultural production. This is the best solution to improve sustainable income for farmers in the current context of integration.


Members of Muong Dong Agricultural and Trade Cooperative, Tu Son Commune (Kim Boi) inspecting grapefruit products before harvesting.

The Muong Dong Cooperative was established in September 2016 with 26 members, registered 16 production and business lines, of which the focus was on oranges, tangerines, and other citrus. Right after the establishment, the cooperative organized into 5 production groups, including the members of the production area close to each other to facilitate the support and exchange of experiences between households, and contemporaneously help the cooperative management board send experienced members to support techniques for groups. The cooperative has 147 hectares of citrus plants. All of them are certified to produce food safety and are in the process of evaluating for VietGAP certification. Of which there are 3.2 hectares certified organic production. With the motto "Be accompany with producers - companion with consumers", the goal of the cooperative is to build and develop a linked chain in organizing production and consumption of food safety products, making a mass production of safe citrus fruits with 100% of high quality, contracted consumptions and origin- seeking availability.

 

Mr. Nguyen Trung Huan, Chairman of the Board cum Director of Cooperative said: We are committed to the ultimate responsibility for our products and constantly efforts to give consumers high quality products named " Muong Dong citrus fruit ". In the harvesting year of 2016 - 2017, with a business area of ​​about 50 hectares, the Muong Dong Cooperative introduced the first 700 tonnes of fruit with the brand" Muong Dong citrus fruit " to the market. This is the product group that were invested by the cooperative in a methodical manner, applying a series of solutions: identifying the production areas located in the provincial citrus planning; applying the VietGAP process in cultivation and gradually moving to organic farming; the product is certified for food safety; strictly inspecting, evaluating and accepting products by each garden, each plant; the product is packed, clearified the origin and can be traced to each household, each breed ...

The initial success of the Muong Dong Agricultural and Trade Cooperative has confirmed that the model of new agricultural cooperative model is perfectly suitable with the orientation of operation, which is developing the chains of production, oriented to clean agriculture industry with high added value. . In addition, Phuc Linh Agricultural and Service Cooperative (Cao Phong), Dan Chu Agricultural Service Cooperative, Thong Nhat Agricultural Service Cooperative (Hoa Binh City), Son Thuy Agricultural Service Cooperative (Kim Boi), Luong Son organic agricultural cooperative (Luong Son), etc. are newly established cooperatives operating under the Law on Cooperatives in 2012, which are operating quite effectively, contributing actively to New Rural Development and the local socio-economic development. As can be seen, new -type cooperative is the linking foundation between cooperatives and enterprises to be able to compete export and integration. The model of new agricultural cooperative has brought about effectiveness in changing the way of thinking, the way of doing and raising the efficiency of production, especially the promotion of joint-venture, "4 -houses" connections, ensuring the stable output for farmers, looking towards a sustainable agriculture.

 

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