Modern production - The driving force for improving new-style rural areas

Positive changes

One of the typical models in the province is the Huong Trang Agricultural Service, Production and Trade Cooperative (Binh Hoa commune) with nearly 200 members and a rice production area of over 500 hectares. This cooperative specializes in providing seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and technical support for production to members; connecting and signing contracts with businesses inside and outside the province. Thanks to the tight production organization, members are assured of production, stable output, better selling prices, and significantly improved lives.

The model of growing hydroponic vegetables in greenhouses (Nhat Tao commune) helps reduce the amount of pesticides, ensuring food safety

In Phuoc Ly commune, the model of safe vegetable production according to VietGAP standards is being expanded. Phuoc Hiep Safe Vegetable Cooperative is a pioneer in organizing specialized production areas for clean vegetables, supplying large kitchens and supermarkets in Ho Chi Minh City. Every day, the cooperative consumes more than 2 tons of vegetables of all kinds.

According to Chairman of the Board of Directors of Phuoc Hiep Cooperative Tran Thanh Minh, to maintain its reputation, the cooperative strictly manages the production process, applies electronic farming diaries, clearly traces the origin, and organizes periodic field inspections. Thanks to that methodical approach, the cooperative's products are favored by the consumers and have a selling price 10-20% higher than the market.

Not only developing in the field of cultivation, modern production organization in Tay Ninh is also clearly demonstrated in livestock farming. Currently, in the province, there are many pig and chicken farms in the direction of industrialization and biosafety.

Many farms have applied the circular livestock farming model, treating waste with biogas or biological bedding, both saving costs and protecting the environment. Many large enterprises have invested in this field, creating the chain of production - slaughter - processing - consumption.

Workers of Phuoc Hiep Safe Vegetable Cooperative (Phuoc Ly Commune) pre-process vegetables before delivering them to customers

In the rural economic sector, Tay Ninh is effectively promoting the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program. The program is considered a lever to promote more systematic production organization, encouraging economic entities, especially cooperatives and small enterprises, to invest in improving product quality, packaging design, traceability, and expanding consumption markets.

However, besides the positive results, production organization and rural economic development in Tay Ninh still face many difficulties. First, the fragmented, small-scale, and individual situation in production is still quite common, especially in remote and border areas.

Many farmers are still not interested in the cooperative model, are not familiar with systematic methods, and lack trust in chain linkages. Meanwhile, the management and financial capacity of many cooperatives is still weak, lacking specialized staff, and having difficulty accessing support policies from the state.

Members of Tan Thanh High-Tech Fruit Cooperative (Moc Hoa Commune) process bananas before delivering them to customers

Another problem is that although Tay Ninh's typical agricultural products are abundant, they still lack linkages to raw material areas, making it difficult to expand production scale along the chain. OCOP products are mainly handicrafts, not competitive enough in large markets, especially export markets.

The need to strongly innovate farmers' production thinking

To continue promoting the central role of criterion No. 13, Tay Ninh province identified the need for synchronous and breakthrough solutions. First of all, it is necessary to strongly innovate farmers' production mindset through propaganda, technical training, and replication of typical models.

At the same time, the province has increased support for the establishment and consolidation of cooperatives, especially cooperatives that operate effectively, have a production orientation according to the value chain, associated with quality standards and stable consumption markets.

The Board of Directors of Huong Trang Agricultural Service, Production and Trade Cooperative (Binh Hoa commune) and members visit the field

Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment Dinh Thi Phuong Khanh said that organizing production in a modern direction is the foundation for sustainable agricultural development and building new-style rural areas, advanced new-style rural areas, and model new-style rural areas.

Tay Ninh is entering a new stage of development, requiring agriculture to not only stop at production but also be linked to the market, technology and added value. Organizing production systematically, with linkages and innovation is the inevitable way to increase people's income, maintain new-style rural achievements and build livable rural areas.

It can be said that criterion No. 13 is not only a technical condition in the set of criteria for new-style rural construction but also a strategic direction, contributing to the comprehensive transformation of rural areas towards civilization and modernity.

When organizing production effectively, the rural economy will flourish, and farmers will be the ones who benefit the most - not only having a stable income but also being able to rest assured and confidently take charge of their own homeland./.

By Bui Tung - Translated by Q. Thien

Source: https://baolongan.vn/to-chuc-san-xuat-hien-dai-dong-luc-nang-chat-nong-thon-moi-a198839.html