(HBO) – Phase II of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) programme has been carried out by Hoa Binh province Farmers’ Association since 2019. It aims to raise capacity of forest growers, families, women, youths and people of ethnic minority groups, facilitating poverty reduction and climate change adaptation.
Officers of the
provincial Farmers’ Association survey, assess a beekeeping model in Phase II of
the FFF programme in Tu Ne commune (Tan Lac district).
The association surveyed and decided to implement the
programme in An Binh commune (Lac Thuy district) and the communes of Dong Lai
and Tu Ne (Tan Lac district). Its project management board joined hands with local
authorities and Farmers’ Associations of districts and communes to set up key
groups at the communal level.
Training courses were arranged for members of the groups to
improve their skills and promote understanding of teamwork’s benefits, in a bid
to develop forests and farms along with keeping with environmental protection.
They were hoped to help women, youths and people of ethnic
minority groups in sustainable production of agro-forestry-fishery goods,
raising values of forests and improving landscapes and income.
The Muong Cu forest growing and beekeeping group in Cu
village of Tu Ne commune is said to be among the most effective models operated
by farmers. At present, 20 farmer households join the group, keeping a total of
600 colonies of honey bee.
Through the FFF programme, members were able to take part in
training courses in beekeeping, business skills and policy dissemination, among
others.
After one year of implementation, Phase II of the FFF programme
has seen initial results, creating a driving force for the community and
farmers to continue activities in the forest-based sector.
Three cooperatives have been set up and run effectively,
generating jobs for local workers.
The programme also facilitated the establishment of two
groups on beekeeping and growing citrus trees in Tu Ne commune, a group on
organic pomelo cultivation in Dong Lai commune (Tan Lac ditrict) and a model of
raising chickens in An Binh commune (Lac Thuy).
Products of the groups and cooperatives are shipped to various
markets with stable prices. Tens of local workhands earn stable jobs with an
average monthly income of 5 million VND (215 USD)./.
On November the first, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting for the reports on the progress of preparations to hold the Ceremony to receive the Certificate of the special national relic ranking for Trai Cave, the Stone Roof of Vanh village (Lac Son district) and the Opening Ceremony of the Culture - Tourism Week of Hoa Binh province in 2024. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Organizing Committee of Culture - Tourism Week chaired the meeting.
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on October 30 had a working session with the Party Committee of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment on the sector's implementation of political tasks in the past 10 months, and key tasks for the last months of 2024 and in the coming time.
In recent years, the People's Committee of Lac Thuy district has directed units and mass organisations to promote the popularisation of the Party's policies and resolutions and the State's laws, as well as issued guiding documents on local religious affairs.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for the organisation of the fourth provincial congress of ethnic minority groups held a meeting on October 29 to discuss the progress of preparations for the congress. Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee chaired the event. The congress is slated for November 14-15 at the provincial Cultural Palace, expecting 250 official delegates.
Despite a low starting point, the mountainous district of Mai Chau has effectively implemented the National Target Programme on New Rural Development, resulting in significant improvements in people’s life and rural look.
Over the past years, Hoa Binh has systematically implemented the one-stop-shop and interconnected one-stop-shop mechanisms in processing administrative procedures, contributing to improving the efficiency of the work while promoting online public services.