(HBO) - After 5 years of implementing the restructuring of agriculture, Ky Son district has achieved many important achievements. Its agriculture continues to develop in the direction of commodity production, improving productivity, quality and efficiency; ensuring food security stably. The rural economy is shifted towards increasing the industry, services and occupations; The forms of production organizations continue to innovate.

Doc Lap Commune (Ky Son) transformed the area
of inefficient rice cultivation into high-value vegetables and beans.
In the period of 2013-2018, the growth rate
of the agricultural sector has been quite good and stable, reaching an average
of over 4% per year; The total annual cereal production reached 15,000 tons.
One of the important objectives of the
Project on Agricultural Restructuring in the direction of enhancing the added
value and sustainable development of Ky Son district is to accelerate the
implementation of the New Rural Area program. Accordingly, the district has stepped
up the implementation of policies to develop cultivation, craft villages, fish
cage farming and consumption of agricultural products, renovation of mixed
gardens, encouraging investment in agriculture and rural areas by the
provincial People's Committee; registering for the implementation of the
National Program of a product in each commune. The district focuses on
developing the main crops with advantages such as citrus, white sugarcane and
safe vegetables. So far, the total citrus area of the district has grown to
180 hectares, earning from 300-400 million VND / hectare / year. Sugarcane has
an area of 320 hectares, mainly fresh cane, with an average income of 100-120
million VND / hectare / year. At the same time, the district continues to renovate
the forms of production organizations, consolidate and improve the efficiency
of economic collectives and cooperatives. The whole district has 7 out of 9
communes with co-operatives, cooperative groups, co-operative groups operating
effectively.
Over the past five years, from many capital
resources and programs, Ky Son district has organized hundreds of technology
transferring classes for more than 4,000 participants and implemented many
models of high economic efficiency such as rice cultivation; new corn
varieties; Japanese cucumbers; zucchini; mushroom; safe vegetables; honey bees,
chicken raising, female pig raising, etc. The communes actively converted 35
hectares of inefficient rice land into high-value tree species such as blue
pumpkin, cucumber, white sugarcane, citrus fruit, etc. In addition, the
district develops production along the value chain such as the production -
consumption chain of cucumbers; the project on planting and marketing products
from Sacha trees planted with red tumeric; the link and consumption chain of
edible mushroom products and medicinal mushrooms, etc. Thus, the life of people
has been improved. Up to now, the per capita income in the district is over VND
40 million / year; The poverty rate has dropped to over 6%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
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