Nghe An Farmers' Association starts high-tech chicken farming project

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Quang Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association; Trinh Van Nha - Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee. Also attending were representatives of the Department of Science and Technology; representatives of Thanh Chuong District's departments and offices and households benefiting from the project.

The project was entrusted by the Central Farmers' Association Support Fund to the Nghe An Provincial Farmers' Association to develop a high-tech chicken farming value chain.

Within the framework of the project, 10 farmer households in Thanh Lam commune (Thanh Chuong) were able to borrow 1 billion VND from the Farmers' Support Fund for 3 years to implement the project, with a scale of 10,000-15,000 chickens/batch; 1 batch is sold after 93 days. To implement the project, the Provincial Farmers' Association coordinated with Greenfeed Company to provide breeds, feed, techniques and output.

The project's goal is to gradually develop a livestock model in the direction of applying science and technology to commodity production, increasing labor productivity, creating jobs, increasing income for farmers, creating quality products, thereby replicating the economic development model in the area.

The project helps farmers of Thanh Lam commune, Thanh Chuong district have more motivation and responsibility in the process of investing in production, developing livestock, contributing to the socio-economic development and building new rural areas of the locality; thereby, contributing to affirming the role of the Farmers' Association.

Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association Nguyen Quang Tung emphasized the trend of applying scientific and technological content into production practices that has been implemented in many localities. Activities are aimed at chain production, joint ventures, and partnerships with businesses, from the input stage to the final stage for a production process, and the products produced are guaranteed to be safe, clean, and accepted by the market. To do that, each farmer member needs to change their way of thinking and doing things.

"The chicken farming project applies science and technology and links production according to the chain. Therefore, each farming household must make an effort to learn and absorb new technology, be ready to accept new things, difficulties, and access science and technology in production. For the project to achieve high results, in addition to the wholehearted efforts of the households, it is necessary to have more attention from authorities at all levels, promote the potential advantages of the locality, and at the same time replicate the effectiveness of the model not only in Thanh Lam commune but also in Bich Hao cluster of Thanh Chuong district. This is also a model for the Provincial Farmers' Association to continue to replicate the high-tech livestock farming model, producing according to the commodity chain in the province" - Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association expressed.

Supporting farmer members in economic development is a breakthrough proposed by the Provincial Farmers' Association Congress for the 2023-2028 term, actively contributing with local Party committees and authorities to complete the goals of agricultural development, new rural construction, and sustainable poverty reduction.

Farmers' Associations at all levels have focused on promoting capital support for farmers through the establishment and development of the Farmers' Support Fund. In 2023, the Nghe An Farmers' Support Fund will increase by VND 10,506 billion, bringing the total capital of the Farmers' Support Fund in the province to more than VND 103 billion.