Increasing the value of bamboo, creating livelihoods for Nghe An people
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of March 23, in Vinh city, Oxfam in Vietnam held a workshop to summarize the project "Sustainable and comprehensive development of clam and bamboo value chains in Vietnam".
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Roundtable on production, business and sustainability at the Workshop. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Attending the workshop were Mr. Tran Dinh Luan - Director General of the Directorate of Fisheries; Mr. Vu Van Dien - Director of the General Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Mr. Hoang Quang Phong - Vice President of VCCI Vietnam and representatives of local leaders, businesses, and production groups of provinces benefiting from the project.
The project “Sustainable and comprehensive development of clam and bamboo value chains in Vietnam” implemented from 2018 to 2023 in 5 provinces: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Tien Giang, Ben Tre and Tra Vinh has contributed to improving the current situation by applying a comprehensive value chain development approach and enhancing chain governance capacity.
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| Visiting Nghe An's bamboo and rattan export booth. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Over the past five years of implementation, the project has achieved important results: more than 34,000 people have more sustainable income from clam and bamboo production; 125 production groups are better organized; 63 enterprises have improved production and business, increased added value and have inclusive business policies; more than 4,000 new jobs have been created.
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Mr. Vu Van Dien - Director of the General Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development spoke at the workshop. Photo: TP |
In Nghe An, through the project, dozens of small-scale bamboo production groups have been established. Of these, there are 3 core groups: Ang Dua village group in Thong Thu commune, Pu Khoong village in Dong Van commune, Que Phong district and Xet 2 village, Chau Thang commune, Quy Chau district (Nghe An). In addition, small-scale farmer groups have been trained and their capacity to manage and operate the group has been enhanced.
Through these preliminary processing group models, the price of bamboo raw materials purchased by the groups increased by about 40% compared to selling to traders. This also pushed up the selling price of bamboo raw materials in the region by an average of 20-30% compared to previous years. In addition, a bamboo enterprise in Nghe An has signed many export orders for bamboo and rattan products.
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Bamboo forest in Que Phong was awarded FSC certificate. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
In 2022, the project awarded FSC certification to a group of 212 households planting and exploiting 938 hectares of bamboo forest (related to bamboo) in Dong Van commune (Que Phong district). Being granted this certification is not only a "passport" for Nghe An bamboo and bamboo materials to reach demanding markets such as the US, Japan, Europe... but also helps to preserve sustainable raw material areas.
