(HBO) - Growing vegetables under international standards without using pesticides or chemical fertilisers is a sustainable direction for farming households in Luong Son district, generating higher and more stable incomes.
After a decade of development, Luong Son organic
vegetable brand has become popular among consumers in Hoa Binh and Hanoi. With
over 200 ha of land and more than 200 tonnes of fruits and vegetables each year,
Luong Son has boasted the largest organic vegetable farming area in the
province.
Photo: Farmers in Hop Hoa commune, Luong Son
district, grow organic vegetables meeting food hygiene and safety standards.
Phung Thi Lan, Chairwoman of the Farmers' Association
and head of the district’s organic production group, said since late 2008, with
the support of the Danish-funded Agricultural Development Denmark Asia (ADDA)
project and the North of Vietnam College of Agriculture and Rural Development
in Xuan Mai district, Hanoi, the district has launched an organic vegetable
farming project in the communes of Hoa Son, Nhuan Trach, Hop Hoa, Thanh Lap, Cu
Yen, Tan Vinh and Luong Son town with an aim of creating more livelihoods for
poor women.
After a decade, it has become an outstanding
model for high-quality vegetable cultivation with little impacts on the
environment. It is significant to the district’s agricultural restructuring
scheme, thus raising incomes for local farmers, establishing a specialised farming
area for production in value chain, and supplying safe farm products to the
market.
In order to produce standard organic fruits and
vegetables, Luong Son farmers must take a three-month technical training course
and be granted certificates of organic vegetable farming. As many as 1,750 farmers
were trained and received such certificates from 2008 to June 2018.
Unlike conventional vegetable growing, land for
organic vegetable farming is zoned off and prevented from external
contamination via tests and buffer zones.
The total area of organic vegetable cultivation
in Luong Son has expanded to over 22ha, nearly 12ha of which meet international
standards. About 16 tonnes of safe and quality organic fruits and vegetables are
supplied to the market each month. Most of Luong Son organic fruits and
vegetables will be sold to shops and supermarkets in Hanoi via VinaGap, Trang
An and Tam Dat companies, bringing 3.4 billion VND in revenue per year./.
The provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on November 20 coordinated with Hai Dang Group Hoa Binh Seafood Company Limited to release 1.5 tonnes of fries into Hoa Binh Lake to regenerate aquatic resources, with a total value of 266 million VND (10,460 USD).
On the afternoon of November 16, Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, held a reception for a delegation from the Indian Embassy led by Ambassador Sandeep Arya. The delegation included the chairperson of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, embassy personnel, and Indian businesses operating in Vietnam. Accompanying Long at the meeting were leaders of the provincial People's Committee and representatives from various departments and sectors.
Hoa Binh province hosted the "Meet India 2024" conference on November 16, marking a significant step in strengthening bilateral economic ties between Vietnam and India.
In recent times, with its core role in building and fostering great national unity, Cao Phong district's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee has actively carried out its responsibilities and front work, and closely collaborated with member organisations to encourage locals to implement the Party’s guidelines, and the State’s policies and laws. At the same time, it has worked to promote the dynamism, creativity, and contributions of officials, Party members, and local people to help the district develop further.
From a type of bulb used as a seasoning for daily meals, thanks to the efforts of local authorities and farmers, shallots have become a commercial crop in Yen Thuy district, contributing to promoting the transformation of crop structure in agricultural production, bringing higher incomes to locals.
