Solanum procumbens glue produced by Bao Hieu Cooperative has been given a four-star rating by the OCOP Council of Yen Thuy district and selected to compete at the provincial OCOP contest.
In 2019, Yen Thuy district registered eight products in three goods group for the OCOP Programme of the province in the 2019-2020 period. Among the products, two are in the beverage group, namely Du Din wine by a cooperative group in Dinh village (Phu Lai commune) and Muong Dinh wine produced by Bui Duc Long’s family in Ha village (Phu Lai commune).
Two other products are in the herbal product group, which are solanum procumbens glue by Bao Hieu agro-forestry cooperative and solanum procumbens tea by Binh An company in Yen Son village, Yen Lac commune.
The four other products are in the food group, which are bee honey by Yen Tan Cooperative in Yen Tan village, Ngoc Luong commune; Yen Thuy green-skin pomelo by Bao Hieu agro-forestry cooperative No. 1 and Dai Dong agriculture cooperative in Ngoc Luong commune; and Yen Thuy green zucchini by Bao Hieu agro-forestry cooperative and Doan Ket agriculture cooperative; Yen Thuy taro by Ngoc Luong agriculture-service cooperative and Ninh Hoa agriculture cooperative in Yen Tri commune.
In order to create connections between producers and consumers, contributing to promoting production and providing high quality OCOP products to the market, the People’s Committee of Yen Thuy has arranged for local cooperatives and producers to attend trade fairs and exhibitions to introduce typical products of the district. The products have drawn attention and trust of consumers. Particularly, solanum procumbens glue produced by Bao Hieu Cooperative was rated four stars by the district’s verification council. This is one of the 12 products chosen by the provincial People’s Committee to join a pilot programme to standardize OCOP products of the province in 2019.
In the future, in order to meet the demand of consumers in and outside the province for high-quality OCOP products, the district will continue promoting the development of large-scale production of the products, while supporting the standardization of the products as well as intellectual property protection. At the same time, the locality will increase trade promotion activities to help farmers sell their products./.