Nghi Loc develops OCOP products effectively and sustainably

Promoting local advantages

With the will to get rich on his homeland and his passion for wooden furniture, in 2010, Mr. Nguyen Hong Son (born in 1982), in Hamlet 4, Nghi Lam Commune, determined to bring the craft of producing wooden handicrafts to his locality. Taking advantage of the locally available longan wood resources, he opened a factory to produce wooden and handicraft products such as chopsticks, spoons, spoons, kitchen utensils, etc.

Mr. Son shared: “In the beginning, the factory faced many difficulties in terms of capital and product output. However, with the attention of all levels, sectors and localities in creating conditions for leasing land for factory construction, loan capital, and policies from the provincial industrial promotion fund, the facility was promptly supported to reduce difficulties and gradually develop.”

From a small-scale facility, Mr. Son has now established Hong Son Production and Trade Company Limited, creating for himself a production facility with a spacious factory scale, with an area of ​​over 6,000m2, creating jobs for nearly 100 workers, with an income of 5-7 million VND/person/month. The company's products such as chopsticks, ladles, spoons and kitchen utensils are very popular in the Korean and Japanese markets; annual exports reach tens of billions of VND.

In 2020, the company's products were honored to be recognized by the People's Committee of Nghe An province as typical rural industrial products at the provincial level. Recently, the OCOP Product Evaluation and Rating Council of Nghi Loc district evaluated the products registered to participate in the OCOP Program in the district, in which the Hong Son wooden spoon and spoon set of Hong Son Production and Trading Company Limited achieved 4 stars. This is a good condition for the company to continue upgrading products, diversifying designs, expanding production scale, in order to create more jobs for local people.

In Nghi Loc district, Mami Farm Company Limited has focused on producing cereal products collected from the commune and neighboring areas combined with high-quality imported seeds. In 2021, as soon as the company was established, the unit upgraded the product to a convenient package form, adding rock sugar and molasses from Nghe An, safe and convenient; at the same time, investing in a modern, closed production line, meeting food safety and hygiene standards, with 7 permanent employees and more than 500 collaborators distributing products nationwide.

The market is stable, the company has become a specialized address for purchasing agricultural products to help people stabilize output, creating income for workers in Nghi My commune. With the results achieved, currently, 2 products of Mami Farm Co., Ltd. have achieved 4-star rating: convenient nutritional cereal powder, high-quality cereal powder. In the coming time, the company will continue to research to upgrade products suitable for all customers, expand production scale, combine with cooperatives to grow standard agricultural products and create jobs for people, a more stable output for agricultural products. The unit also strives to make Mami Farm products a trusted cereal brand in the Vietnamese market - the pride of the homeland and will be exported abroad"...

OCOP product development

In order to effectively implement the Nghi Loc District OCOP Program for the period 2021-2025, recently, the district has developed an implementation project and specified it in Plan No. 128/KH-UBND dated June 25, 2021. On that basis, a Council for evaluating and ranking OCOP products at the district level was established and the project was deployed to all departments, branches, localities and units. At the same time, functions were supplemented and tasks were assigned to relevant members to implement the OCOP Program.

At the same time, the district has support mechanisms to develop advantageous agricultural, non-agricultural and service products of each commune and town as well as mobilize production entities to actively participate in OCOP; focus on propagating, introducing and promoting OCOP products; support OCOP entities to expand markets and develop production and business activities..., such as: supporting 50% of the total cost of purchasing machinery, equipment, technology transfer, scientific and technical advances for Nghi Lam commune's wooden spoon and lip products to achieve 4-star OCOP in 2021, which is 150 million VND; supporting trademark registration for 7 products achieving 3-star rank in 2022 and supporting traceability codes for 9 communes registering to reach the advanced NTM target in 2022, with a cost of more than 173 million VND; supporting the construction of 8 net houses, with a total cost of more than 2 billion VND; Reward products with 3-star OCOP or higher with a total budget of 100 million VND.

The OCOP program in Nghi Loc district has created a strong and widespread spread in 29 communes and towns. Up to now, 21 products have been ranked as 3-star or higher OCOP products. Of which, 7 products are: macrobiotic vegetarian nut milk of Mami Farm Company Limited; Vuong Gia melon of Hoang Phuc Quyen business household; Luat Thu guava of Nguyen Van Luat business household; Toan Phat rattan and bamboo lanterns of Toan Phat Rattan and Bamboo Company Limited; mami care x10 milk booster of Mami Farm Company Limited; Hung Thanh melon of Hung Thanh Agricultural Service Cooperative; green nut milk of Mami Farm Company Limited were scored and ranked as 3-star OCOP products by the Nghi Loc district OCOP product evaluation and classification council in the second phase of 2023.

OCOP products have quickly affirmed their position and been positively received by the market, helping entities continue to expand production scale, increase product value, thereby contributing to economic restructuring, improving people's income and life and effectively implementing the criteria group "Economy and production organization" in the national criteria set for new rural communes.

Through the implementation of the OCOP Program, many good models, effective and creative methods have been discovered, contributing to improving the quality and value of agricultural products in the district. In order to gradually develop OCOP products in depth, effectively and sustainably, creating a new driving force to successfully implement the program of building advanced new rural areas and model new rural areas, Nghi Loc district continues to pay attention to propaganda to raise awareness for cadres, party members and people about the purpose, meaning and importance of the OCOP Program to spread strongly in the social community.

At the same time, focus on creating conditions for entities in product promotion and marketing activities, prioritize expanding land for production, and build OCOP product stalls in favorable locations. Focus on evaluating and classifying OCOP products for agricultural products applying high technology, deep processing to increase the value of agricultural products, create jobs and increase income for workers.

In the coming time, the district will adjust and supplement the Project with 28 new products suitable for the district in the current period; strive to have 100% of communes have products participating in the OCOP Program by 2025 and the whole district will have at least 42 products rated 3 stars or higher and at least 1 product rated 5 stars. Strengthen and perfect 100% of enterprises and cooperatives with products participating in the OCOP Program. Provide training for 100% of program managers, leaders of enterprises, cooperatives, and registered business owners participating in the OCOP Program. Build and develop 3-5 points for displaying, introducing and selling OCOP products in the district.

Nguyen Ba Diep - Vice Chairman of Nghi Loc District People's Committee