Building and promoting Thu Thua Glutinous Rice certification mark

Thu Thua district farmers harvest glutinous rice in 2022-2023 Winter-Spring crop 

Thu Thua district has a natural area of over 29,000 hectares, in which, agricultural production area is over 19,500 hectares. Glutinous rice accounts for over 97% of agricultural production area, mainly IR4625 and OM84 types. Thu Thua glutinous rice is delicious, flexible, widely consumed in the domestic and foreign market.

Deputy Head of Agriculture and Rural Development Department of Thu Thua district - Huynh Diem Phuc said that in the past time, glutinous rice has had many successful crops with good prices. However, there are also successful crops with low prices, making farmers not very profitable. Facing that situation, the district cooperated with Department of Science and Technology to build a certification mark of Thu Thua Glutinous Rice in order to improve the value of this product.

The products bearing the certification mark of Thu Thua Glutinous Rice must ensure the following criteria: Firm, smooth, 7mm long, yellow color, natural fragrance. At the same time, farmers need to ensure the production conditions, seed quality, microbiological criteria, heavy metal content and pesticide residues in accordance with regulations.

Vice Chairman of Thu Thua District People's Committee - Phan Van Toi informed: "In order for local glutinous rice products to be present in supermarkets and other markets in the country as well as for export, the district cooperates with provincial departments and branches to build process and implement clean product production. Besides, the district connects with rice milling enterprises that well implement geographical indications, thereby improving the value of agricultural products and increasing income for farmers.

The building of certification mark is a new step for the development of glutinous rice in Thu Thua district, ensuring that the products brought to the market are stable in quality, accurate in origin and safe for consumers./.

By Minh Tue - Translated by Q. Thien

Source: https://baolongan.vn/xay-dung-va-quang-ba-nhan-hieu-chung-nhan-nep-thu-thua-a152863.html