Dai Dong cooperative in Ngoc Luong commune (Yen Thuy district) has cooperated with RYB Agriculture JSC to export the first batch of Dien pomelo to the UK market in late 2022.
The shipment included
9,600 fruits weighing a total of nearly 11 tonnes.
Yen Thuy’s Dien pomelos were sold in the Longdan
supermarket chain. The welcome of the Vietnamese community in the European
country and local consumers has created a great motivation for pomelo growers.
In this year’s pomelo crop, the provincial
sub-department of cultivation and plant protection has promoted support and
technical consultancy activities to expand the planting area and improve the
quality of pomelo to meet export requirements.
Photo: Representatives from the
provincial sub-department of cultivation and plant protection provide technical
instructions on how to use fruit wrappers for members of the Dien pomelo
production cooperative group in Thanh Ha village, Thanh Son commune (Luong Son
district)
For Nguyen Van Hoa’s family in Thanh Ha village,
Thanh Son commune, June is probably the busiest time of the year.
Besides ensuring a sufficient supply of
nutrients for the trees, a great worry for pomelo growers like Hoa is how to
protect pomelos from insects.
However, this year, his family was instructed to
use fruit wrappers to cover young fruit, which can completely prevent insects.
Not only Hoa's family, the 34 member households
of the Dien pomelo production cooperative group in Thanh Ha village cultivating
nearly 50 ha of Dien pomelo have been also supported by the sub-department in
using the technique, which is one of the solutions in the clean pomelo
production process deployed by the agency to develop the Dien pomelo growing
area for export.
Nguyen Hong Yen, Director of the sub-department,
said with the determination to expand the export Dien pomelo growing area, the
unit has reviewed and supported farmers to complete the conditions and
standards for granting planting area codes, and grow pomelo in line with the
clean production process, VietGAP standards, thus ensuring the quality of
pomelo for export.
In this year’s crop, the agency has provided
15,000 wrappers and instructed farmers to use organic products so as to
increase the sweetness and beauty of the fruit.
According to Vu Xuan Oanh, Director of Dai Dong
Agriculture Cooperative, the cooperative has strictly followed the production
process as instructed by the experts, thus ensuring food safety standards and
the quality of Dien pomelo for export.
Since the late 70s of the last century, when
there was a migration from Hanoi to Yen Thuy district, Dien pomelo seedlings
were brought there. From the original pomelos, the growing area has been
increasing. Currently, the total area under Dien pomelo in the whole province
is about 2,300 ha, accounting for 45% of the pomelo area and 22% of citrus
fruit tree area of the province. Yen Thuy district alone has over 800 hectares
of Dien pomelo. The National Office of Intellectual Property granted the
collective trademark of Dien pomelo in Yen Thuy in 2019. Particularly, Dai Dong
hamlet, Ngoc Luong commune, grows 110 hectares of Dien pomelo, of which 30
hectares of Dai Dong Agricultural Cooperative have been granted the growing
area codes, certified VietGAP and recognised as an OCOP product.
In particular, since 2021, after being granted
the growing area code for export orientation, the cultivation of pomelo has
become a focus of the people here. The entire growing area is regularly
monitored for cultivation, field logs and the occurrence of pests as well as
food safety./.
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