(HBO) – The Sustainable Forest Management Component of the Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation (VFBC) Project funded by the USAID, in collaboration with the project implementation unit (DAI) organized an initial workshop on the development of bamboo supply chain in the northern province of Hoa Binh.
Participants to the event include representatives of the VFBC
management board, provincial departments, branches, and a number of enterprises
and cooperatives
Participants
contribute ideas at the workshop.
According to report, Hoa Binh province is home to about 16,658
hectares of bamboo, grown mainly in Da Bac, Mai Chau, Kim Boi and Cao Phong
districts. Bamboo not only contributes to increasing the province’s forest
coverage but also creates livelihoods for local people.
But locals here have yet to invest in growing bamboo trees,
unaware of the techniques for growth, maintenance and harvesting of bamboo or
bamboo shoots. There is also the hurdle of unstable prices, lack of market
information and limited investment in bamboo processing.
At the workshop, delegates reviewed the development potential of
bamboo in Hoa Binh province and the project's operational plan in an effort to
develop bamboo supply chains and contribute to the Sustainable Forest
Management Component of bamboo production in the province./.
After several unsuccessful attempts to raise pigs, buffaloes and cows, Nguyen Hong Minh who resides in Mui hamlet, Hoa Binh city’s Doc Lap commune decided to try breeding bamboo rat.
Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh on February 2 held a Lunar New Year meeting with businesses, investors and cooperation in the locality. The event drew Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh; Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong; representatives from the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs; as well as leaders of local departments, sectors and localities and 200 local businesses, cooperatives and investors in the locality.
Following the successes achieved in 2023, the local agricultural and rural development sector, localities and cooperatives are gearing up for first orders of the year, as part of their efforts to boost agricultural exports.
Most workers at enterprises in the northern province of Hoa Binh have turned to work just one week after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has directed its units to build plans as well as arrange resources to ensure stable electricity for local winter-spring crop production.
On February 28, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hoa Binh province coordinated with Minh Trung Vietnam Group joint Stock Company, Hoa Binh branch in Luong Son industrial park, Luong Son district organized a ceremony to export Bat Bao lotus porridge to the Japanese.