Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company invests in developing the tea industry
(Baonghean) - Tea is identified as one of the key economic development pillars of the province in general and Anh Son district in particular. In order to truly develop the tea industry synchronously and sustainably, local authorities and sectors have had appropriate mechanisms to attract investment projects to develop high-tech tea production.
With these advantages, Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company boldly invested in a project to grow raw tea and process high-quality tea that meets export standards.
Developing sustainable raw material areas
Developing raw material areas is an important condition that determines the success of tea production projects, so Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company pays special attention to this field. Accordingly, with flexible methods, the company received the handover of 295 hectares of tea from the October Tea Enterprise; linked and cooperated with the Provincial Youth Union to build raw material areas and purchase tea in the tea areas of Thanh Chuong Team 1 and Ky Son Team 8 with an area of about 465 hectares... Therefore, currently Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company has developed a tea raw material area of more than 760 hectares in Anh Son, Thanh Chuong, Con Cuong, and Ky Son districts.
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| Checking the installation of the processing line at Song Lam Tea Factory. Photo: Hoang Vinh |
Mr. Nguyen Khanh Hong - Director of Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company said: "With an average tea yield of 16 tons/ha/year, only the tea area managed and cooperated by the Company (760 ha) has the initial fresh tea output meeting 70% of the factory's design capacity. In particular, with the Company's orientation in investing and taking care of the Tuyet San LD97 tea area at Team 8 Ky Son, the Company will produce high-quality specialty tea".
To meet the demand of the export tea market, especially exporting to the EU and US markets, the Company has been gradually building a care and harvesting process according to the standards of the international organization Rainforest Alliance (RA) and UNILEVER standards. The Company organizes the purchase of raw materials to ensure that the tea is always fresh and of good quality. When harvesting, the Company has surveyed and organized agricultural extension training on harvesting for farmers about the process as well as the time and quantity of the factory's harvest, avoiding the situation of harvesting tea that is too young or too old, affecting the productivity and quality of tea buds, affecting the development of tea plants...
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| Raw tea area in Anh Son district. Photo: PV |
Although newly invested in the field of tea production and processing, Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company has made a very important mark. After conducting a pilot production of Matcha tea in Anh Son district under the Japanese JICA Project in Nghe An, Econuti Food Joint Stock Company proposed that Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company continue to implement the Tencha production project (Tencha is the name of the tea leaves used to make Matcha tea - a famous Japanese green tea powder).
Recently, Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company and Econuti Food Joint Stock Company have cooperated to produce Tencha tea using Japanese technology in Anh Son district. Accordingly, Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company provides raw green tea to produce Tencha (with a scale of nearly 40 hectares of raw tea). This important project will contribute to increasing the value of tea trees in Anh Son, while pioneering the application of high technology in tea production and processing, developing raw material areas towards high quality...
Currently, the Company has signed a contract with the Nghe An Agricultural and Irrigation Planning Group to receive advice on tea raw material development plans. At the same time, it will provide investment policies for people in science - technology, cultivation techniques, harvesting, training for people to apply care and harvesting processes according to international standards, invest in fertilizers, tea varieties suitable for the soil for high productivity and good quality such as LDP1, HP1, in the Ky Son highlands, use Tuyet San LD97 tea variety to produce high quality specialty tea. In particular, the Company will zone the raw material area according to tea varieties and output to have a suitable harvesting plan, meeting the design capacity of the factory.
Processing technologymodern export standard
With the huge demand for imported tea and the high economic value of the US and EU markets, but with the requirement of very high quality standards and strict quality management systems to penetrate this market, tea producers are required to apply the quality management systems of international quality organizations such as (RA) Rainfrest Alliance, Unilever... This is the strategic direction that the Company is building.
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| Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company is determined to complete the Song Lam Tea Factory in the fourth quarter of 2019. Photo: Hoang Vinh |
In the past time, with the attention and support of relevant levels and sectors, the Song Lam Tea Factory Project has been implemented on schedule and is expected to be completed and put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2019. The Song Lam Tea Factory will operate under a closed production model from purchasing, production to processing, preservation, packaging and shipping. To ensure stable output for products, the Company will sign a contract in principle with foreign businesses and consumption partners to commit to consuming products. Initially, the Company also had direct working sessions with domestic tea consumption units and foreign partners such as: Signing a product consumption contract with Nghe An Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs Company Limited and My Lam Tea Joint Stock Company...
