(HBO) - Towards a green and environmentally-friendly agriculture, many agricultural cooperatives in Hoa Binh province have used biological products in pest prevention and control and composted organic fertilisers to manure plants. Green agricultural models have helped reduce production costs, create clean and safe food for consumers, and at the same time create a healthy living environment.
A member household of
Dong Phong Agricultural Service Cooperative in Hop Phong commune of Cao Phong
district grows bananas combined with medicinal plants under the model of "Green
production - healthy living”.
Clean agricultural products which meet food hygiene and
safety standards are an indispensable need in the current period. With its role
and function of protecting, representing and supporting collective economic
organisations, over the past time, the provincial Cooperative Alliance has
organised many activities to support cooperatives with opportunities to access
to clean agricultural production; and create chances for cooperatives and
businesses to boost linkages in production and consumption, and form supply chains
under contracts.
In 2021, the alliance organised 11 workshops and 30 events
connecting businesses and cooperatives. Since the beginning of this year, nine
seminars have been held in nine districts for businesses and suppliers to meet
and discuss with cooperatives and local authorities.
Tran An Dinh, chairman of the alliance, emphasised that to
protect the environment and limit the use of pesticides and fertilisers,
recently, the alliance called for OXFAM’s support for the implementation of an
initiative to raise public awareness about the Law on Environmental Protection
towards changing the behaviour of using fertilisers and pesticides in
production for its members in Cao Phong district. Implementing the initiative,
the alliance has organised training for its members and farmer households
associated with cooperatives in the district.
It has also held workshops to share the results of the
implementation of the environmentally-friendly agricultural production models
with local people. In the coming time, the alliance will organise mobile groups
to disseminate information about the Law on Environmental Protection and
environmentally-friendly production.
After several unsuccessful attempts to raise pigs, buffaloes and cows, Nguyen Hong Minh who resides in Mui hamlet, Hoa Binh city’s Doc Lap commune decided to try breeding bamboo rat.
Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh on February 2 held a Lunar New Year meeting with businesses, investors and cooperation in the locality. The event drew Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh; Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong; representatives from the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs; as well as leaders of local departments, sectors and localities and 200 local businesses, cooperatives and investors in the locality.
Following the successes achieved in 2023, the local agricultural and rural development sector, localities and cooperatives are gearing up for first orders of the year, as part of their efforts to boost agricultural exports.
Most workers at enterprises in the northern province of Hoa Binh have turned to work just one week after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has directed its units to build plans as well as arrange resources to ensure stable electricity for local winter-spring crop production.
On February 28, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hoa Binh province coordinated with Minh Trung Vietnam Group joint Stock Company, Hoa Binh branch in Luong Son industrial park, Luong Son district organized a ceremony to export Bat Bao lotus porridge to the Japanese.