Nghe An builds and replicates over 400 safe production and business models

Delegates attending the launching ceremony. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Morning of April 25, at the hallPeople's Committee of Thanh Thuy Commune (Thanh Chuong), Nghe An Provincial Farmers' Association organized the Launching Ceremony of "Farmers producing, trading and consuming safe agricultural products and food" in 2023. Attending the launching ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Quang Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association; along with relevant departments, branches and a large number of farmer members.

On April 15, 2020, the People's Committee of Nghe An province approved the Project "Propaganda, mobilization, guidance for farmers in production, business and consumption of safe agricultural products and food for the period 2020-2023" assigned to the Farmers' Association to organize implementation.

Launching the "Farmers producing safe agricultural products and food" club in Thanh Thuy commune. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Implementing the Project, over the past time, farmers' associations at all levels in the province have carried out many practical activities to propagate and mobilize members and farmers to produce and trade safe agricultural products and food. In the period of 2020-2023, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Farmers' Association organized 4 launching ceremonies of "Nghe An farmers produce, trade and consume safe agricultural products and food"; built a club "Propaganda for farmers to produce, trade and consume safe food";

Distributed over 30,000 leaflets to promote farmers to produce, trade and consume safe food; organized over 90 training conferences on equipping knowledge on production, processing, trading and consumption of safe agricultural products and food, connecting consumption of agricultural, forestry and fishery products with the participation of over 4,500 farmer members.

In 3 years, the association at all levels has built and put into operation 7 stores to display and introduce safe agricultural and food products. Photo: Thanh Phuc

In particular, the association at all levels has mobilized and integrated resources to focus on building and replicating over 400 production and business models in the direction of cooperation and food safety; built 7 stores to display and introduce safe agricultural products and food in the districts of Quynh Luu, Thanh Chuong, Dien Chau, Yen Thanh, Do Luong, Cua Lo and Hung Nguyen to support the connection and consumption of farmers' agricultural products; organized over 120 delegations for over 2,400 officials and farmer members to visit and study the model...

However, in addition to the achieved results, the production of clean and safe agricultural products is facing many difficulties and challenges: The awareness of many farmer members about production and safe agricultural food business people is still limited; Some production households, for the purpose of profit, still abuse pesticides, growth stimulants and other prohibited substances; many business people are still chasing profits, helping to bring poor quality and unsafe agricultural products to the market.

In Thanh Chuong - the province's key tea raw material area, many clean production models, producing according to VietGAP and organic standards, have appeared. Photo: Thanh Phuc

In 2023, the Provincial Farmers' Association selected Thanh Thuy commune (Thanh Chuong) - a land famous for growing and processing tea; with many good models of safe agricultural products to launch "Nghe An farmersproduction, business and consumption of safe agricultural products and food".

Accordingly, continue to propagate to members and farmers about the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State on production and trading of safe agricultural products and food; Promote linkages in production, processing, preservation and consumption of products associated with ensuring food hygiene and safety; replicate effective production models, enhance the application of science and technology in agricultural product and food production; Enhance farmers' responsibility in production, towards ecological agriculture and environmentally friendly agriculture.

Giving 10 gifts to families in difficult circumstances. Photo: Thanh Phuc

At the launching ceremony, the Organizing Committee presented 10 gifts from Green Feed Joint Stock Company to disadvantaged households in Thanh Thuy commune; At the same time, the "Farmers producing safe agricultural products" club of Thanh Thuy commune was launched with the participation of 70 members, who are local tea producers.