(HBO) – Last year, hill chicken farmed by Huong Nhuong Cooperative was among Lac Son district’s three products recognised in the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme. The cooperative’s fresh whole chicken product was awarded three-star OCOP by Hoa Binh province.
The
cooperative aims to promote clean and safe production chain and develop the
Huong Nhuong hill chicken brand.
Members
of Huong Nhuong Hill Chicken Cooperative (Lac Son) share experience in chicken
farming.
Huong Nhuong
hill chicken is an indigenous chicken raised by Muong ethnic minority people in Huong Nhuong
commune, Lac Son. People in Huong Nhuong, including those from Bung village,
used to raise chicken on a small scale with little
use of farming techniques so they are often squeezed by traders. Moreover, poor
techniques and weak feed and
variety control caused
frequent diseases in chicken. To deal with such challenges, 12 farmer
households in the village have gathered to form a farming group in which they
can share experience.
In August
2018, the farmers’ group took part in a sustainable poverty reduction
initiative contest in Hanoi and won the third prize. This has motivated them to expand chicken production
and develop as a cooperative.
Since the
cooperative was founded, the member households have attended many technical
training courses on chicken
farming held by the province and district. Seven farmer households started with
about 7,000 chickens in total, the largest flock included 3,000 – 4,000
chickens each litter while the smallest was around 200 – 500 each litter. Some
other members raise buffalos and grow safe vegetables and citrus trees.
In 2017, the
cooperative was selected to join a chicken value chain production project under
the new-style rural area building programme. The project provided the cooperative with 8,000 baby chickens, technical training courses and
chicken medicines, as well as supported member households in building slaughtering houses and developing preservation system at the cost of 300
million VND.
Director of
the cooperative Quach Thi Hoa said the cooperative mostly raises indigenous Ri chicken. Since the
cooperative was founded, its members have had a chance to not only share
experience but also buy high-quality
chicken breeds and feed at lower prices as middlemen were cut out, she said.
She added that
the cooperative has created a linkage between farmer households and helped them
distribute their products. It is actively developing the chicken brand to add
more values to the product, thusbenefiting local farmers./.
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