Kim Boi diversifies production of clean, safe agricultural products

10/12/2023 - 9:46:59 AM

(HBO) - Kim Boi district has developed clean, safe agricultural production models in accordance with Vietnam's Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) in order to meet demand of consumers for a wide range of farming products while promoting sustainable agriculture and increasing incomes for farmers.

Members of Binh Son commerce, agriculture and services cooperative, Binh Son commune, Kim Boi district take care of crops).

Along with safe vegetable production, oranges and pomelos are key fruit trees of the district. The locality currently has more than 210 hectares under citrus trees, dragon fruit plants and vegetables of all types meeting VietGap standards. It also has 34 hectares of longan meeting Global Good Agricultural Practice (GlobalGAP) for exports.

In 2023, the district continues to support six local agricultural products to obtain VietnamGAP and ISO 22000:2018certificates.

Nguyen Thi Minh Anh, deputy head of Kim Boi district’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department, said that the locality has a strength in agricultural development. Under the guidance of the district Party committee, agriculture and rural development in the locality has received attention, with several resolutions and projects promulgated to restructure the agricultural sector.

She noted the department has proactively advised the district People’s Committee to invest in infrastructure, development, establishing production chain areas, products meeting VietGAP, one commune- one product (OCOP) standards, helping to generating stable incomes for farmers.

Currently, the district has 16 production chains with an average earning of a chain ranging from 50 million to 100 million VND (2,000 USD - 4,000 USD) per hectare a crop.

Promoting clean and safe agricultural production in accordance with VietGAP standard has helped to increase productivity, product quality and environmental protection.

The average income in the district reaches 48 million VND per person a year. The poverty rate is 17.61% while the share of cultivation sector reaches 6.8% of the district's economy.

In the coming time, Kim Boi district will continue to support and encourage people to apply technology to develop clean, safe and sustainable agricultural production according to VietGAP standards. At the same time, the locality will expand production chains to creat a solid fulcrum for farmers to develop a variety of clean, safe agricultural products to supply to the market.

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