(HBO) - The Phu Cuong – Song Da agro-fishery product processing and producing co-operative in Thinh Minh commune in Hoa Binh city on March 22 shipped 20 tonnes of banana with growing-area codes to China. This is the first shipment of the co-operative in this year after COVID-19 broke out.
A member of co-operative packs banana for
exports.
The co-operative
specialising in agriculture has about 25 ha under banana trees, yielding 750
tonnes per year. In 2021, it is set to export 800 tonnes of the fruit to China.
The
production, processing and packaging are carried out under VietGap standards
and ensure food safety.
The
issuance of codes for fruit-growing area is stipulated in Article 64 of the Law
on Crop Production (Law No. 31/2018/QH14), which took effect on January 1,
2020. To receive such codes, the growing areas must satisfy various requirements.
Plants must
be grown in suitable areas and locatable. They have to be of the same variety
and taken care of under identical process to be able to resist diseases.
Farm log is
needed to keep track on the use of pesticide. The areas are also recognised to
have applied Good Agricultural Practices (GAP).
Alongside
codes for growing areas, there are codes for packaging facilities, a
requirement for phytosanitary implementation.
Some
localities in the north have been successful in using the codes for areas
growing longan, lychee, banana, watermelon and dragon fruit for exports, namely
Hai Duong and Bac Giang.
In Hoa
Binh, activities on the granting of codes for growing areas and packaging sites
have been piloted since 2019.
To date,
nine zones with a combined area of 76.3 ha and seven packaging facilities have
received such codes. In 2020, some 120 tonnes of Son Thuy longan in Kim Boi
district and 180 tonnes of banana of Hoa Binh city were officially shipped to
the northern neighbour./.
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.
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