(HBO) – The northern province of Hoa Binh is developing a process to convert the current arable land into organic cultivation areas. Its localities are building production chains in association with sales of organic farm produce.
Hoa Binh
Organic Farm in Yen Thuy district is applying organic production measures to
create safe products for customers.
According to the provincial Department of
Agriculture and Rural Development, Hoa Binh is now home to about 88,500
hectares of agricultural land, making up 19.2 percent of the natural areas.
Over the past few years, the agriculture sector has recorded annual average
growth of over 4 percent.
From 2020 onward, the province will launch a
roadmap to develop organic agriculture according to an organic agriculture
development project until 2025, with a vision to 2030, which has been approved
by the provincial People’s Committee.
The project is applicable for some vegetables,
fruits and animal husbandry products. Businesses, cooperatives and households
will directly implement the project or engage in production linkage models. The
total investment is estimated at about 932 billion VND (39.9 million
USD).
In 2020, Luong Son district plans to grow
organic vegetables on 20 hectares and raise 500 organic goats. Meanwhile, Tan
Lac district aims to grow organic grapefruits in Dong Lai and Thanh Hoi
communes. Da Bac district moves to grow organic rice in Muong Chien commune.
Cao Phong and Kim Boi districts will create organic orange products. Mai Chau
district and Hoa Binh city aims to create organic fish products.
By 2025, the province strives to develop 16 key
organic products. Each locality will have at least one production linkage
chain./.
Anyone found to be encroaching upon the forest, even if it is just one bamboo shoot, will face penalties. This commitment has been unanimously added into the covenant of Bua Cau hamlet, Hung Son commune in Kim Boi district, to protect the forest.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has applied synchronous measures to gear up for the coming summer season when power consumption demand surge may cause a risk of power supply disruption.
Appreciating the abundant potential and strengths of his hometown for tourism development, Ha Cong Hung, Deputy Secretary of the youth union of Mai Chau district’s Mai Hich commune, embarked on producing smoked meat with a desire to introduce his homeland's specialty to domestic and international tourists.
Hoa Binh farmers are investing big in their chilli pepper cultivation areas after the first batch of 7.5 tonnes of pickled chilli peppers was shipped to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Tien Ngan Trade and Investment Co., Ltd last month.
Recognising the role and importance of developing the collective economy, the northern province of Hoa Binh has promptly issued support policies to propel the development of the economy, making important contributions to local socio-economic development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) factory at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh province on April 13. The electronic PCB factory is invested by Japan's Meiko Group at a total cost of 200 million USD.
