Da Bac district farmers'' association joins promoting clean agricultural production, safe food

8/28/2023 - 4:49:05 PM

(HBO) – The Farmers' Association of Da Bac district has been promoting communications and calling on its members to develop models of clean agricultural production, towards a clean, safe, and sustainable agriculture.

Tam Cuong safe agricultural product store in Da Bac township, Da Bac district.

The association and the provincial Farmers Support Centre coordinated to open Tam Cuong safe agricultural product store in Da Bac town in early August. It’s the first of its kind in the district and the 10th in the province.

Store owner Ha Thi Tam said that with the desire for consumers to access safe agricultural products, she opened the store with support from local authorities. Currently, the store sells 21 products, of which 15 are One Commune – One Product (OCOP) ones of Hoa Binh and other provinces.

The associations at all levels in the province have offered farmers training courses and transfer of scientific and technical advances in production and animal husbandry. Farmers were also instructed to connect the market, make production and business plans, and properly use fertilisers. Since 2018, over 24,300 farmers have attended a total of 305 training courses. Up to now, the district Farmers Support Fund has topped 3.18 billion VND ( 132,400 USD). In the last five years, 14 economic models of 146 farmer households got loans from the fund.

Quach Thi Khieu, Chairwoman of the People's Committee of Da Bac district, said that farmers’ associations offer support in capital, seeds, science, and technology, and coordinate with sectors to help farmers build brands and sell products. The associations is cooperating with the district’s Post and Viettel Post to help farmers join e-commerce trading floors.

As a result, two of the district’s agricultural products are sold on Postmart.vn. By the end of 2022, the whole district had established 93 cooperative groups, 43 cooperatives providing agricultural materials services, and processing agricultural and forestry products. Out of the six OCOP products of Hoa Binh province, three are from Da Bac district.

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