(HBO) – In recent years, women in Luong Son district has embarked on producing clean and safe agricultural products, which is considered a sustainable livelihood that has helped change their mindset and bring into play their creativity to enrich themselves.

 


The agriculture - forestry - irrigation cooperative in Tan Vinh commune has developed a safe vegetable farming model in Dong Chui hamlet to turn arid areas into vegetable fields, generating high economic benefits for its members.

Hoang Thi Bich Thuy, head of the Women’s Union of Tan Vinh commune, said the safe vegetable production model of the Tan Vinh agriculture - forestry - irrigation cooperative in Dong Chui hamlet is part of the Vietnam Irrigated Agricultural Improvement Project, carried out on 1,500 sq.m. of farmland in Hoa Binh province. It has seen the participation of 30 member women.

To apply this model, member households have received training in safe vegetable cultivation under VietGAP standards, taken part in exhibitions, and been connected with sellers. The cooperative has assisted them to ink contracts with two purchasers in Luong Son Industrial Park, three in Hoa Binh city, and two in Hanoi.

Thanks to land reclamation efforts, vegetable output has reached 600 - 800kg per week and about 40 tonnes per year, generating nearly 500 million VND (21,800 USD) in income.

Women’s unions at all levels in Luong Son district has opened many training courses on safe vegetable production while coordinating with the farmers’ union to establish safe and organic vegetable farming groups.

In the first half of 2021, women’s unions in local communes organised three courses to transfer advanced techniques in citrus tree cultivation and afforestation to 120 women.

Besides, the Luong Son Women’s Union has also implemented Project 939 on assisting women to start a business and some other tasks helping them to develop livelihoods./.

 


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