Nghe An wants to export tea to demanding countries

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of December 14, the Provincial People's Committee chaired by Mr. Dinh Viet Hong worked with the delegation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency and Japanese Kyushu region enterprises on planning for agricultural development in Nghe An.

On the Japanese side, there was Mr. Masaky Kawhara, Director of the Kyushu Economic Bureau, Japan.

At the meeting, comrade Dinh Viet Hong introduced the potentials and advantages of agricultural economic development in Nghe An: The largest natural land area among the provinces, with 270 thousand hectares of agricultural land, forestry land with over 970 thousand hectares; convenient transportation, abundant labor... . The province also has a diverse ecosystem, favorable for the production of medicinal plants. Nghe An has a long-term industrial crop planning, with tens of thousands of hectares of sugarcane, tea, rubber, and oranges.

Nghe An has an abundant area and output of food crops such as rice, peanuts, etc. The total herd of buffalo and cows is over 800 thousand, and nearly 18 million poultry. In particular, the area of ​​concentrated forest plantations has over 200 thousand hectares of planted forests, providing raw materials for the forest products processing industry.

Nghe An has over 4,000 fishing boats, aquaculture area of ​​2,200 - 2,500 hectares, total annual seafood catch of 150 - 160 tons.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee introduced the potentials and advantages for agricultural development in Nghe An and hoped that Japan would invest in production.

Mr. Masaki Kawhara, Director of the Kyushu Economic Bureau of Japan, thanked Nghe An province for its reception and facilitation for the delegation to survey agricultural development.

Some issues of interest to the Japanese delegation include: Current status of tea and vegetable cultivation and production in Nghe An; What support policies do the Government and localities have for tea and vegetable production, especially policies to support land lease for agricultural production.

Answering questions from the Japanese delegation, Mr. Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development explained: Tea production in Nghe An in particular, the harvested tea area is 6,000 hectares, the output is 14,000 tons of dry tea/year, Nghe An tea has the advantage of being harvested in 10 months/year.

The quality of Nghe An tea buds is quite good. However, processing technology is backward, so Nghe An tea products are mainly exported at low prices. If supported in terms of technology and construction of processing factories, Nghe An tea can satisfy the tastes of "difficult" countries.

Nghe An has favorable climate conditions for the production of many types of vegetables. Every year, the province produces over 32,000 tons of vegetables, but the vegetable products are mainly for domestic consumption. Therefore, we hope that the Japanese side will survey and introduce new vegetable varieties and clean production processes to Nghe An.

Clean vegetable production process in a greenhouse of TH Milk Group. Illustrative photo

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong said that the local government has a policy to support businesses renting agricultural land and accompany businesses to remove obstacles in the implementation process.

This afternoon, the delegation continued working in Nghe An.

Xuan Hoang