(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.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) factory at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh province on April 13. The electronic PCB factory is invested by Japan's Meiko Group at a total cost of 200 million USD.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
