(HBO) - According to Ms. Pham Huyen Lieu, the Head of Ky Son Commune Agricultural and Forestry Encouragement Station, planting medicinal plants (sachi trees with red turmeric) has brought the higher income at 2- 7 times in the first year and 8-20 times from the second year onwards compared with planting popular local plants. In addition, this helps the formation of concentrated production areas. The link between producing and consuming sachi-red turmeric, which was implemented by the district from 2017 to 2018, has shown the efficiency and has become the basis of multiplication in the area.
The household in Mo village, Dan Ha commune
(Ky Son) participates in expanding the area of sachi planting with red turmeric
and consumption in 2017 - 2018.
Six households participating in 2018 in the
direction of linking the production and consumption of sachi with red turmeric
with the area of 6 hectares. The project of linking - selling products in the
value chain in 2017 - 2018 of the district was assigned to the Agricultural –
Forestry Encouragement Station as the investor; INCA Vietnam joint Stock
Company is the implementing unit; the People's Committees of the Project – Area
Communes are the coordinating units. The funding is from the national target
program to build new rural area with a total capital of over 850 million VND,
400 million VND of which is from the State budget, the local people contributed
over 300 million VND, the enterprise contributed nearly 140 million VND. The
households participating in the project will be supported 50% of the value of
sachi seeds, 80% of the value of the turmeric seeds. They were provided with
technical training and the enterprises provided 100% of the fertilizer money
and 50% of seed money. With the application of advanced technology in plant
care and preservation, the cultivation of sachi with red turmeric with the
oganic method using no chemical fertilizers and herbicides, the model has
contributed to protect the ecological environment, greening the bare land,
increasing the efficiency of land use, diversifying agricultural products,
creating sustainability in production.
According to the investigation and evaluation
of the model in the first year, the average yield of sachi with red turmeric
was 180-300 million VND / hectare / year (including leaves, fruits and
turmeric). Meanwhile, on the same acreage, cassava plantation has an average
income of 30 million VND / hectare / year or 80 million VND / hectare / year
with arrowroot plantation.
Dao Village’s honey – a product certified with a 3-star OCOP (One Commune One Product) rating by Thong Nhat Agricultural Cooperative in Dao Village (Hoa Binh City) – is highly regarded by consumers for its quality, richness, and variety in packaging. The distinctively sweet taste of Dao Village’s honey leaves a lasting impression on anyone who has tried it.
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Located in the northern part of Lac Thuy district, with a temperate climate and fertile soil, Phu Thanh commune has great potential and advantages in growing tea. The long-standing experience, combined with strict adherence to organic farming practices in the tea gardens, ensures that the dried tea products from Phu Thanh and Lac Thuy as a whole are sold out immediately upon production, providing a stable and prosperous life for the local people.
Amid efforts to streamline the administrative apparatus, Hoa Binh province has intensified measures to address challenges in land clearance, resettlement support, and infrastructure investment, aiming to speed up the progress of key projects.
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Under current regulations, products in the One Commune – One Product (OCOP) programme that are rated three stars or higher must undergo re-evaluation every three months. However, in reality, some of these products fail to consistently meet the required standards, raising concerns about the sustainability of their OCOP certification. This underscores the urgent need for producers to enhance product quality and gradually develop their OCOP products into strong, marketable brands.
