Adjusting the planning of industrial tea area down to 10,700 hectares

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of November 12, under the chairmanship of Mr. Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to listen to and give opinions on adjusting and supplementing the planning for the development of the industrial tea area of ​​Nghe An province until 2020, zoning raw materials for tea processing facilities in the province. Also attending were representatives of the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Technology, and Planning and Investment.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong chaired the meeting.

Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Van Lap reported on the development and zoning of raw materials for tea processing facilities in the area.

According to a report from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in the period 2008-2014, thanks to good agricultural extension work and the application of scientific and technical advances in intensive investment from new planting, basic care, commercial tea care and product harvesting, tea productivity increased annually from 76.16 quintals/ha in 2008 to 11.4 quintals/ha in 2014.

A representative of Nghe An Tea Company Limited said that it is necessary to pay attention to food safety and hygiene issues and avoid the current situation of competition between processing facilities.

The province currently has 86 processing lines with a total designed capacity of 602 tons of fresh buds/day. In 2014, the province's fresh tea bud output was about 67,394 tons, and the processing output was 12,000 tons of various types of dried tea buds. Of which, Nghe An Tea Development and Investment Company Limited purchased and processed 32,000 tons of raw materials, with a processing output of 6,400 tons. The remaining processing enterprises and facilities purchased and processed 35,394 tons of raw materials, with a processing output of 5,600 tons.

Tea area is being adjusted down (In photo: tea harvesting in Thanh Thuy, Thanh Chuong)

According to Decision 6290 of the Provincial People's Committee, by 2020, the whole province plans 12,000 hectares of commercial tea. However, due to the change in crop structure, some localities have switched to other more effective crops... so it has been adjusted down to 10,700 hectares of commercial tea; expected yield is 13 tons/ha, output is 139,100 tons of fresh buds, equivalent to 27,820 tons of dry buds. Specifically: Quy Hop reduced by 10 hectares, remaining 140 hectares; Tuong Duong reduced by 100 hectares, remaining 200 hectares; Thanh Chuong 4,480 hectares, reduced by 1,290 hectares compared to the old planning; Con Cuong reduced by 280 hectares compared to the old planning plan; Anh Son district increased by 80 hectares compared to the old plan, Ky Son kept the old planning plan of 1,000 hectares.

After listening to the opinions of the departments and branches, concluding the meeting, Mr. Dinh Viet Hong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, agreed on the solutions for developing raw material areas as reported. At the same time, he requested the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to clarify the reasons for adjusting and supplementing the planning basis as well as the criteria for zoning raw materials for processing facilities in the area. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development needs to complete the summary report, update the data... so that the project can be approved soon at the upcoming meeting of the Provincial People's Committee.

Thu Huyen