The 12th Congress of Quy Hop District Farmers' Association, term 2023-2028

Also attending the congress were 112 official delegates elected from the grassroots, representing nearly 25,000 farmer members in the entire district.

Delegates attending the congress. Photo: Thu Huong

During the past term, the Farmers' Association of Quy Hop district has promoted advantages, overcome all difficulties, especially overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic, achieving many remarkable results. Emulation movements have achieved high results. The agricultural economic structure has changed positively, the average annual growth rate increased by nearly 6%. Annual food output reached more than 36,500 tons. The Association has focused on promoting farmer support services.

Up to now, the total source of the Central Farmers Support Fund, Provincial Association, District Association has built 38 economic models, with the amount of 4,770 million VND, an increase of 2,283 million VND. In coordination with the Social Policy Bank to effectively implement the entrustment program, up to now, the total outstanding loan is more than 181 billion VND, lending to 3,439 households, with 89 savings and loan groups, an increase of more than 66.4 billion VND; In coordination with the Agricultural Bank, disbursed over 180 billion VND, lending to over 3,500 households; Lien Viet Commercial Joint Stock Bank disbursed over 300 million VND.

The loan capital has brought high economic efficiency, created many new jobs for workers, and contributed to increasing the economic income of farmer households. During the term, 115 households escaped poverty, reaching 105% of the Resolution's target. The average income per capita at the end of the term reached 37.42 million VND/year, an increase of 7.22 million VND compared to the beginning of the term. The poverty rate in the district decreased to 13.79%.

The Association has done a good job of connecting, promoting, and putting products on the Postmart e-commerce platform, coordinating with the District Post Office to organize a training course to guide farmers to put products on the e-commerce platform for 277 participants, putting 3 products on the e-commerce platform. Selecting OCOP products to participate in the Fruit Festival Fair in Son La city, participating in the booth displaying and connecting product consumption in Hanoi city, at the Quy Mao Spring Newspaper Festival 2023 in Nghe An province.

Electing comrades to the new Executive Committee. Photo: Thu Huong

The movement of building new rural areas has been focused on by all levels of the association: Surveying and registering to successfully build 5 new rural standard gardens, coordinating with the District People's Committee to select gardens to participate in the contest of beautiful new rural standard gardens in the province. Up to now, the whole district has 6/20 communes meeting new rural standards: Towns meeting civilized urban standards.

With the results achieved in the past term, the Farmers' Association at all levels of Quy Hop district was awarded many Certificates of Merit and Certificates of Merit to outstanding collectives and individuals by the Central Vietnam Farmers' Association and the Provincial Association.

At the congress, there were many discussions clarifying the achievements and shortcomings, limitations to achieve better results in the new term.

The Congress elected 29 comrades to the new Executive Committee for the 2023-2028 term. Comrade Vi Van Quy was re-elected as Chairman, and comrade Bui Thi Huyen as Vice Chairman of the Quy Hop District Farmers' Association for the 12th term.

High-quality products of Tinh Sang Duong Agricultural Cooperative in Quy Hop district. Photo: Hoang Vinh

The congress also elected 13 official delegates and 2 alternate delegates to attend the 10th Congress of Nghe An Provincial Farmers' Association, term 2023-2028 in the coming time.