(HBO) – The Farmers' Association of Da Bac district has been promoting communications and calling on its members to develop models of clean agricultural production, towards a clean, safe, and sustainable agriculture.
Tam Cuong safe agricultural product store in Da Bac
township, Da Bac district.
The association and the provincial Farmers Support Centre coordinated to open
Tam Cuong safe agricultural product store in Da Bac town in early August. It’s the first of its kind in the district and the 10th in the
province.
Store owner Ha Thi Tam said that with the desire for consumers
to access safe agricultural products, she opened the store with support from
local authorities. Currently, the store sells 21 products, of which 15 are One
Commune – One Product (OCOP) ones of Hoa Binh and other provinces.
The associations at all levels in the province have offered
farmers training courses and transfer of scientific and technical advances in
production and animal husbandry. Farmers were also instructed to connect the
market, make production and business plans, and properly use fertilisers. Since
2018, over 24,300 farmers have attended a total of 305 training courses. Up to now, the district Farmers Support Fund has topped 3.18
billion VND ( 132,400 USD). In the last five years, 14 economic models of 146
farmer households got loans from the fund.
Quach Thi Khieu, Chairwoman of the People's Committee of Da Bac district, said
that farmers’ associations offer support in capital, seeds, science, and
technology, and coordinate with sectors to help farmers build brands and sell
products. The associations is cooperating with the district’s Post and
Viettel Post to help farmers join e-commerce trading floors.
As a result, two of the district’s agricultural products are
sold on Postmart.vn. By the end of 2022, the whole district had established 93
cooperative groups, 43 cooperatives providing agricultural materials services,
and processing agricultural and forestry products. Out of the six OCOP products
of Hoa Binh province, three are from Da Bac district.
In Lac Thuy district, communes have been succeeded in promoting their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) products while others are still struggling to position their typical farming products in market. Some communes in the district still fail to have their products met OCOP programme’s requirements, while others have seen their certifications expired.
The inspectorate agency of Hoa Binh province has issued Official Dispatch No. 1090/TTr-PCTN to provincial departments, agencies, localities, business associations, enterprises, and investors regarding measures to improve informal component indexes of the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI).
Hoa Binh is taking concrete steps to improve its investment environment, with a strong focus on supporting businesses, settling obstacles for strategic investors, and creating opportunities for robust development in the coming years.
Under the blazing early summer sun, the construction site of Nhuan Trach Industrial Park (IP) in Luong Son district is abuzz with activities from dawn to dusk, a testament to the determination of the investor to meet their construction targets on schedule.
