(HBO) – Building new-style agricultural cooperatives as part of value chains is significant to ensure stable sales for local farm produce.
Photo: The safe food cooperative in Yen Phu commune (Lac Son
district) provides clean chickens for the market, which win the approval of many
consumers.
Lac
Thuy is one of the leading localities in Hoa Binh province in developing new-style
cooperatives in association with value chains. Last year, the district carried
out three projects on value chains with total investment of 1.5 billion VND,
with one project on chili pepper and pumpkin production in Yen Bong district
and neighbouring region, another on safe vegetable cultivation in Lac Long and
Dong Tam communes, and the third one on ri chicken farming in Dong Tam and Phu
Thanh communes.
The value chains linked farmers and businesses via cooperatives and cooperative
groups. Firms are responsible for providing farmers with varieties and guidance
in farming techniques, and buying all products. Chili peppers, pumpkins and
vegetables were purchased by the Northern Green Agriculture JSC, Vietnam Chili
Pepper Co., Ltd and the safe farm produce cooperative in Lac Thuy district.
Farmers earn around 180 million VND per hectare, triple the profits from traditional
cultivation of rice and maize.
In 2018, Lac Thuy district develops three value chains in safe vegetable
production, cultivation of Bac Huong 9 rice, and goat breeding.
According to the provincial cooperative alliance, most local cooperatives ’
operation still exposes limitations due to weak capacity, loose links among
cooperatives and between cooperatives and businesses, and slow application of
advanced technologies into production. This results in low productivity as well
as shortage of popular brands and sufficient products for the market.
Under the new model that integrates cooperatives in value chains, farmers will gradually
join in all the three phases in the value chain, from production to
consumption, thus raising the value of their products in a sustainable manner.
This is also an inevitable trend for new-style cooperatives in agriculture./.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
