The 12th Congress of Delegates of the Farmers' Association of Tan Ky district, term 2023-2028

Delegates attending the congress. Photo: Thanh Phuc

On the morning of April 27, the Tan Ky District Farmers' Association held the 12th District Farmers' Association Congress (term 2023-2028). This is the unit selected by the province to organize a model district-level congress in mountainous areas.

Attending the congress were comrades of the Provincial Party Committee: Nguyen Quang Tung - Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union, Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Union; Bui Thanh Bao - Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Tan Ky district, 136 delegates of Tan Ky district farmers' union members and representatives of Farmers' Unions of 11 districts, cities and towns.

In the 2018-2023 term, the Farmers' Association at all levels in Tan Ky has united and strived to successfully complete the tasks and goals set by the 11th Congress. Many of these targets exceeded the Congress Resolution.

Delegates visit the agricultural product booth of the Farmers' Association of communes in Tan Ky district. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Specifically, up to now, the whole district has 7,224 households achieving the title of good farmers and businessmen (exceeding the target set by the Congress Resolution); established Cooperatives and cooperatives to link and expand the scale of production to produce clean agricultural products, competitive in the market, increase production and business efficiency, and increase income; Many typical models of farmers producing and doing business bring high economic efficiency, attracting dozens of local workers, with annual income reaching 100 million VND or more.

Implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction, Tan Ky Farmers' Association has mobilized farmers to contribute funds, working days, and donate land and assets on land to develop rural infrastructure. As a result, farmers' association members in the district have donated over 250,000m²land, contributing nearly 200,000 working days, the total value in money reached nearly 49 billion VND. Thanks to that, it contributed to making the appearance of Tan Ky countryside more prosperous, up to now, the whole district has 16 communes meeting new rural standards.

Delegates vote to elect the 12th District Farmers' Association Executive Committee. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Activities to support farmers with capital are focused on promoting by the association, through building and developing capital sources for the Farmers Support Fund, improving the quality of receiving trust from the Social Policy Bank and actively coordinating with commercial banks to lend capital to farmers.

The total amount of entrusted loans from banks reached nearly 160 billion VND; the outstanding debt of the Farmers Support Fund was up to 4.3 billion VND.

In addition to the achieved results, the work of the Association and the district farmers' movement still has limitations such as: Emulation movements have not developed evenly in all areas of the district, the replication of effective economic models on a large scale is not much; the role of the association in participating in the construction of new rural areas in some places has not been clearly demonstrated; The annual growth rate of the District Farmers' Support Fund has not met the target assigned by the province...

Delegates vote to approve the targets for the next term. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Speaking at the congress, Mr. Nguyen Quang Tung - Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association acknowledged and highly appreciated the results that the Tan Ky District Farmers' Association had achieved in the past term. At the same time, he suggested a number of contents that the Tan Ky District Farmers' Association should focus on implementing in the coming term.

That is: Firstly, for members and farmers, it is necessary to strongly shift their thinking from agricultural production to agricultural economics, shift their production thinking from relying mainly on experience to mainly applying science and technology; from individual production to cooperation and association in production and business.

The Executive Committee of the Farmers' Association of Tan Ky district, term XII, introduced itself at the congress. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Second, the association at all levels needs to expand and improve the effectiveness of consulting activities and farmer support services; promote the movement of farmers competing in good production and business, uniting to help each other get rich and sustainably reduce poverty. In particular, focus on improving scientific and technical knowledge and production organization capacity for farmers. Third, consolidate and improve the quality of grassroots association organizations.

The Congress voted to approve the direction, goals, and tasks of the next term; elected 31 comrades to the Executive Committee of the Tan Ky District Farmers' Association, term XII, 2023-2028. Comrade Nguyen Thanh Phuong was re-elected as Chairman of the Tan Ky District Farmers' Association, term XII.

Chairman of Nghe An Province Farmers' Association Nguyen Quang Tung presented the painting "Uncle Ho and his teachings on agricultural work" to Tan Ky District Farmers' Association. Photo: Thanh Phuc