(HBO) – Building chain agricultural production models is a new way to help farmers sustainably improve products’ value. In particular, as Mai Chau district’s agricultural sector is on small scale, linkage is very necessary, especially manufacturing in value chain in tandem with branding. Under the chain agricultural development policy, Mai Chau district has carried out two projects on growing garlic and quash using funding from the national target programme on new rural development in Mai Hich commune since 2017.
Accordingly, participating
households received State support with 70 percent of seedlings and varieties, 5
percent of fertilisers, and training courses on plant growth periods. An automatic
irrigation system have been built to serve three hectares of safe vegetables in
Hai Son hamlet, 56 percent of the project’s cost will be sourced from the local
budget and the remaining for workforce was from farming households.
These are value chains linking
farmers with businesses which will be responsible for the supply of seedlings,
intensive farming guidance, pest control and consumption.
Farmers in Ngoa hamlet, Mai Hich
commune, Mai Chau district grow garlic in value chain to bring economic efficiency.
The Luong Phu cooperative has
signed a contract on the supply of materials (seedlings, chemical fertilisers,
pesticides) and a garlic and quash consumption contract with farming
households.
The Anh Tu Cao Phong clean
orange cooperative has sealed a contract on building an automatic watering
system for vegetables. The two cooperatives are competent enough to meet
requirements set forth in the projects.
The agricultural and forestry
encouragement stations built a technical process for garlic and squash farming
that suits local conditions and held training courses for farming households.
Economic efficiency for garlic is estimated at
22 tonnes of fresh garlic per ha, earning 330 million VND per hectare at a retail
price of 15,000 VND per kg for 330 million VND per ha. The cost is 164 million
VND per hectare while the profit tops 165 million VND per hectare. Quash yields
43 tonnes per hectare at a retail price of 4,000 VND per kg, earning 172
million VND per hectare. The cost surpasses 81 million VND per hectare and the
profit nears 90 million VND per hectare.
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.
In a move to expedite the execution and disbursement of the 2024 capital plan for ODA projects, aiming for a disbursement rate of over 90% of the allocated funding, the Hoa Binh People's Committee issued Document No. 483/UBND-KTN on April 3, 2024, regarding such efforts.
Nguyen Van Thap from Kim Duc hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, has built the brand of Hoa Qua Son for local fruits. His efforts have brought about income for his family and generated job opportunities for locals, helping hundreds of households escape from poverty.
The Hoa Binh administration was entrusted by the Prime Minister with a budget of 3.43 trillion VND (142.91 million USD) for investment in 2024. The provincial People's Council approved nearly 3.76 trillion VND, which has been meticulously allocated to projects, achieving 100% of the assigned capital plan.
Hoa Binh province has mobilised all resources to propel local agricultural products to make inroads into foreign markets, towards lifting the export turnover of key agricultural products to 137.8 million USD by 2030, accounting for 3.4% of the locality’s total export value of goods.
The locality aims to export farm produce to the US, the European Union, the UK, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.