(HBO) - The establishment of the Quyet Chien safe vegetable cooperative has ensured the sale of chayote shoots grown in Quyet Chien commune, Tan Lac district, Bac Giang province, bringing higher income to local farmers here.
The establishment of Quyet
Chien Safe Vegetable Cooperative provides a push for chayote farming in Tan Lac
district and helped solve difficulties in marketing the local vegetable.
Since chayote was introduced in mountainous Tan Lac
district, it has soon become the main crop in local poverty reduction effort.
Quyet Chien has the largest area of under chayote with dozens of hectares
cultivated every year. The local farmers now have more stable source of income
thanks to chayote’s higher productivity than maize and cassava
However, difficulties in selling the vegetable have
hampered the expansion of chayote production in the commune for many years.
Fluctuation in selling prices has made many growers to hesitate to scale up
production.
According to Chairman of the commune’s People’s
Committee Bui Quang Dao, Quyet Chien Cooperative, set up in April 2017, has
fixed the problem. It has not only become the key distributor of local chayote
shoots but also created more competitive pressure on other traders, driving the
price up.
"Over the past few years, farmers have struggled to
bring safely-produced chayote to the market. My family shared the same concern
about how to get access to the traders and the market, with higher prices”, said
the cooperative’s director Dinh Thi Quyet.
"When the new Cooperative Law was launched, receiving
support from other people, I decided to establish the commune’s safe vegetable
cooperative. Now the cooperative has 12 members, most of whom are chayote
growers in Bieng village”, Quyet added.
Quyet shared that the cooperative has faced many
difficulties, particularly in terms of facilities and funding, at the
beginning. Now its operation is on track, purchasing several tonnes of chayote from
local farmers each day, she noted.
The cooperative buys chayote shoots at the price of
6,500 – 7,000 VND per kilo, higher than previous prices set by other traders.
"The cooperative has pressured other traders into
increasing the prices, preventing price squeeze. There is a promising future
for our chayote farming if the cooperative continues to work effective and expand
distribution”, said Bui Thi Tan whose family cultivates over 3,000 sqm of
chayote in Bieng village.
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.