(HBO) – The farmers’ associations at all levels in Kim Boi district have worked to raise local farmers’ awareness of the benefits from the "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme so as to better engage them in developing OCOP products.
Honey
harvesting at Green Life Cooperative in Hop Tien commune, Kim Boi district,
carried out in accordance with food hygiene standards.
Last year, honey farmed at Green Life Cooperative in Hop Tien commune, Kim Boi
district, was recognised as a provincial three-star OCOP product. The
cooperative's farmers have strictly follow good hygiene practices while
harvesting the honey, which is later packaged in glass jar with traceability
stamps.
Director of Green Life Cooperative Dinh Cong Thuan said that the cooperative
has received support from the communal and district farmers’ associations in
connecting farmers and developing honey product in value chain.
With 4,500 hives that can produce some 40,000 litres of honey a year, the
cooperative earns around 6 billion VND (244,300 USD) in revenue.
Over the past years, the OCOP programme has been carried out across Kim Boi
district, with focus given to the popularisation work and the holding of
conferences and training courses for farmers’ associations at all levels.
Besides, the district has also worked to guide cooperatives, household
businesses, and individuals to choose standout products and register to join
the OCOP programmes.
The good production and business emulation movement has been promoted by local
farmers’ associations that instruct and encourage local farmers to enhance safe
agricultural production for local staples towards development of OCOP products.
The associations have supported their members and cooperatives in getting loans
from the Farmers Support Fund to branch out production models, with priority
given to development of OCOP products.
During 2018-2023, 354 farmers get a loan of 7.8 trillion VND to develop
business and production. Additionally, the associations have paid due heed to technology transfer,
helping farmers get access to advanced technologies for farming.
Thirteen production value chain models have been built by local farmers’
associations with a view to popularising and expanding market for local
products.
The associations have joined hands with the district, the Vietnam Post and the
Viettel to organise 19 training courses for 1,300 people, helping them to put
up nearly 100 agricultural products for sale on e-commerce platforms.
An array of local farm produce has hit the shelves of large supermarket chains
such as BigC, Metro and Winmart, besides wholesale markets inside and outside
the province.
According to President of the district Farmers’ Association Nguyen Manh Hung,
the district has 10 three-star OCOP products, three collective brands granted
by the National Office of Intellectual Property, three planting area codes, and
two packaging facility codes.
The associations will step up communications work, and carry out support
activities for farmers so that they will have a full understanding about the
OCOP programme, he said, adding the move will help encourage the farmers
improve, build, and popularise local agricultural products, making
contributions to the district’s new-style rural area building.
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.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
