Nghe An: Nearly 260,000 member households registered to become good farming and business households
(Baonghean.vn) - That is the data given at the conference to review the first 6 months of the year and deploy tasks for the last 6 months of 2020 of the Provincial Farmers' Association held on the afternoon of July 10.
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Attending the conference were comrade Ngoc Kim Nam - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission and representatives of a number of provincial departments and branches. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
In the first 6 months of the year, the Association at all levels has had many practical programs and activities with high efficiency. In particular, the process of establishing the Association and appointing the Executive Committee of the merged Commune Farmers' Association was implemented according to the provisions of the Charter of the Vietnam Farmers' Association. Currently, the total number of association bases after the merger is 447 (a decrease of 20 bases); the total number of branches in the province after the merger is 3,600 (a decrease of 2,020 branches). After the merger, the association bases have stabilized and operated in an orderly and effective manner.
In the past 6 months, 3 branches and 26 professional associations have been established, recruiting 4,391 members; 259,420 member households have registered to become good farmers and business households. Typical models include "Red-fleshed dragon fruit grown using Japanese technology" in Do Luong; "Growing oranges and integrated livestock farming" in Nghia Dan, "Growing and purchasing tea for processing" in Thanh Chuong, "Producing and trading ornamental plants" in Vinh City...; directly directing the construction of 12 economic models in the direction of cooperation in developing production and business.
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Farmers of the professional farmers association producing safe vegetables, tubers and fruits in Nghi Long commune (Nghi Loc) harvest watermelon. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Promoting the role of the subject in building the new rural areas, in the first 6 months of 2020, the association at all levels registered to build 447 models of farmers protecting the environment; maintained and repaired 2,086km of rural roads; built 10 standard new rural gardens, 680 garden models in the direction of standard new rural gardens; built 426 rows of trees "Farmers thank Uncle Ho" with a cost of nearly 4.5 billion VND.
Consulting, service and support activities for farmers to develop production and business. Accordingly, the total amount of the farmer support fund reached more than 65 billion VND for nearly 2,000 member households to borrow capital; opened 92 vocational training classes, 662 training classes for rural workers.
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The Farmer Support Fund has helped farmers develop production and livestock farming. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
The conference discussed solutions to overcome shortcomings and limitations in the Association's activities in the first 6 months of the year and to carry out tasks in the last 6 months of the year. Especially the key activities: Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam Farmers' Union; Conference of typical advanced models of the Farmers' Union at all levels for the period 2015 - 2020, commending typical good farmers in production and business in the period 2016 - 2020; Effectively implementing the project "Propaganda, mobilizing and guiding farmer members in production, business, and consumption of safe agricultural products and food"...
Speaking at the conference, comrade Ngoc Kim Nam - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission highly appreciated the results achieved by the Farmers' Association at all levels in the first 6 months of the year, especially acknowledging the contributions of farmer members in supporting the frontline in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic; praising farmers across the province for overcoming difficulties caused by epidemics and natural disasters to maintain production and business, maintaining growth rates in agricultural production indicators.
Regarding the tasks for the last 6 months of the year, the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission requested that all levels of the Association innovate the form of gathering members with practical and effective models; actively participate in the propaganda of Party Congresses at all levels; Continue to actively contribute to the movement of building new rural areas...