(HBO) – Restructuring the agricultural sector in association with building new-style rural areas in Hoa Binh province has yielded positive results, helping form many agricultural product chains, giving a facelift to rural areas, and improving local residents’ life.

 


The 7th Orange Festival and Cao Phong Trade Fair attract crowds of visitors.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Hien Luong commune Nguyen Dang Giap said the locality completed the new-style rural building in 2019, and it is focusing on improving the quality of criteria.

Implementing resolutions and projects on agricultural and rural development, the commune has focused on promoting the development of the aquaculture sector, community-based tourism, and changing the crop structure.

From a low-income commune, Hien Luong has achieved a per capita income of about 42 million VND (nearly 1,790 USD) per year.

According to Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Huy Nhuan, in 2022, the local agro-forestry-fisheries sector posted GRDP growth of about 4.57%, 1.56% higher than the target, and production value of over 12.48 trillion VND.

The department coordinated with localities and sectors to implement programmes, projects and action plans on restructuring the agricultural sector and speed up the implementation of the National Target ProgrammeforNew RuralDevelopment and sectoral development target programmes.

Across the province, each commune has met an average of 16 new-style countryside criteria. Besides, 95.5% of the rural residents have had access hygienic water. The forest coverage stays stable at more than 51.5%.

Farm produce production-consumption models have been deployed to districts and Hoa Binh city. Many key agricultural products such as sugarcane, longan, banana, and citrus fruits have been sold to demanding markets like Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the EU.

Large and concentrated commodity production areas with highly intensive cultivation conditions have been developed across the locality, including orange cultivation areas in Cao Phong, Kim Boi and Lac Thuy, contributing to improving the incomes of local farmers.

Hoa Binh has so far had 73 communes recognised as new-style rural areas, accounting for 56.58% of the total; 21 advanced new-style rural communes, one modelnew-styleruralcommune, 60 model residential areas, and 174 model gardens.

Hoa Binh province has developed 123 products meeting the standards of the "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme, including 99 given three stars and 24 with four stars./.

 


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