Farmers in Dong Tien village, Dong Lai
commune (Tan Lac) checked the quality of grapefruit.
The chairman of Thanh Hoi Commune People's
Committee Mr. Bui Van Phon said: The area of grapefruits in the whole commune
is about 300 hectares, almost all in 19 hamlets, of which the area of harvest
is about one third. Grapefruit is a key plant, contributing to the income
improvement, poverty reduction and wealth enrichment. The grapefruit growers
have basically had their food.
At the end of 2017, the district received the
Collective Brand of "Tan Lac Red Grapefruit" .The district has set up
cooperatives, cooperative groups ò producing, processing and consuming red
grapefruits, cooperating with farmers to produce grapefruits safely under VietGap
standards, ensuring food safety and hygiene to provide the market with high
quality products. Because of the favorable conditions of soil and climate,
grapefruits are still plants of high value of Tan Lac. The income from
grapefruits reaches hundreds of millions VND / hectare, which is many times
higher than sugarcane plantation.
Tan Lac district is also implementing
measures to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of Resolution No.
10-NQ / HU in connection with the restructuring of the agriculture sector in
the direction of enhancing the value and sustainable development associated
with New Rural Area development. . It aims to maintain the area of grapefruit
plantation of about 1,300 hectares and develop grapefruit in the concentrated
planning in areas and locations with favorable conditions for soil and climate;
avoiding the maximum exploitation of the area for grapefruit plantation, which
can cause to the imbalance of grapefruit products. In addition, they also
encourage and orientate the local people to renovate the mixed garden, apply
the technology and science for planting grapefruit in accordance with safety
standards (VietGap, Globlap), producing grapefruits in the linking chain; well
managing the quality of Tan Lac red grapefruit products, strengthening
propaganda, promotion, brand building, geographical indications of Tan Lac red
grapefruits.