(HBO) - A project on boosting connectivity in the sale of the Nam Son tangerine has been carried out in Van Son commune since the beginning of 2019. Stakeholders in the connections have benefited from packaging and financial assistance to introduce their specialty at festivals and fairs. The participating households have also received training and guidance in the application of VietGAP and food safety standards, as well as support in tracking label usage, trade promotion and advertising.
A
farmer in Van Son commune of Tan Lac district harvests the Nam Son tangerine
grown in the 2019 – 2020 crop. The variety has proved profitable.
Developing the Nam Son tangerine production under
value chains has helped created a stable market, raise farmers’ income, and
supply safe and high-quality fruits for consumers. Locals’ intensive farming
skills have also been improved thanks to training in sci-tech application and
application of VietGAP standards, thereby promoting safe agricultural practices
and local farm produce’s competitiveness.
Besides, the project has been implemented on the
tangerine area that is bearing fruit, which did not change the status of land
and water resources or pollute the environment.
Recognised as a collective trademark by the
Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (the Ministry of Science and
Technology) and meeting VietGAP standards, the Nam Son tangerine has gained an
increasingly firm foothold and won over consumers’ trust.
Farmers’ awareness has been gradually improved,
leading to more application of sci-tech advances to cultivation. Parties
involved in the project have also fulfilled their roles in product marketing.
As a result, the tangerine has secured stable sales and had its standing raised
in agricultural production. Buyers of the Nam Son tangerine are mostly from
Thai Nguyen, Son La, Ha Noi and Thanh Hoa.
The project has been implemented at a total cost
of 815 million VND (nearly 35,000 USD). With an output of 20 tonnes per ha and
prices of 20,000 – 30,000 VND per kg of fruit, farming households now earn an
average income of 300 – 350 million VND per ha, which is expected to reach 400
– 450 million VND per ha this year./.
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.