(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.
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.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
