Over the past five years (2018-2023 term), the Farmers' Association of Nghe An province has strived to overcome the difficulties and challenges of extreme weather, the Covid-19 pandemic and a volatile macro-economy. With practical experience, Farmers' Associations at all levels in the province have launched and organized many practical emulation movements, attracting the participation of a large number of people and members, creating changes in all areas.
The most obvious manifestation is the movement "Farmers compete in production, good business, unite to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably", strongly arousing in farmers the spirit of hard work, creativity, promoting the potential advantages of the locality, boldly investing in production development, improving economic efficiency. On average, every year, over 300,000 member households register and over 150,000 member households achieve the title of good production and business at all levels. Through the movement, many typical economic models have been built, increasing income and creating jobs for farmer members.
All levels of the association actively propagate and mobilize farmers to implement the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws on agricultural development and rural construction. The construction and development of professional farmer associations and professional farmer groups have been seriously implemented with appropriate contents and solutions. During the past term, the whole province established 53 professional farmer associations and 913 professional farmer groups with 13,333 members, creating a breakthrough in innovating methods of gathering farmers, creating a premise for collective economic development.
Farmers in the province are increasingly more active and clearly demonstrate their role as the main subject, strongly developing the new rural construction movement. Over the past five years, farmers in the whole province have contributed more than 3,500 billion VND, donating more than 930,000m2land, participating in nearly 1.5 million working days of rural infrastructure construction. The Association at all levels pays attention to organizing cultural, artistic and sports activities to improve the spiritual life of farmer members, contributing to building cultural families, cultural villages and communes.
In the period of 2018-2023, Farmers' Associations at all levels guided and supported the construction of 1,495 environmental protection models, 454 models of waste collection and treatment at households, 462 models of organic microbial fertilizer production; built 2,125 model farmer gardens, 880 new rural standard gardens, 1,931 "Farmer tree rows in gratitude to Uncle Ho"; 134 "Farmer tree gardens in gratitude to Uncle Ho", with a total of 182,371 trees planted.
The Provincial Farmers' Association proposed the Provincial People's Committee to approve the Project "Propaganda, mobilization, guidance for farmers in production, business, and consumption of safe agricultural products in the period of 2020-2023". During the implementation of the Project, the Association at all levels coordinated to organize 107 training courses on knowledge of production, processing, and trading of safe agricultural products for over 5,000 farmer members; built nearly 400 safe agricultural product production models; directed and supported the opening of 8 stores selling safe agricultural products in districts and towns.
The provincial Farmers Support Fund mobilized more than 93.6 billion VND, an increase of 44.6 billion VND compared to the beginning of the term, exceeding the target set by the 9th Provincial Farmers' Association Congress. The Fund is strictly and safely managed, supporting thousands of farming households to become quite rich, building hundreds of economic models applying advanced science and technology, linking cooperation, solving jobs, and increasing income for members and farmers. Vocational training for farmers is implemented in a practical and effective manner.
In the new period, the development of agriculture and rural areas poses many requirements requiring the active participation of Farmers' Associations at all levels and grassroots organizations. The 13th National Party Congress set forth the "aspiration to develop a prosperous and happy country"; the Party Central Committee issued two Resolutions related to the role of the Farmers' Association, namely Resolution 19-NQ/TW on agriculture, farmers, and rural areas to 2030, with a vision to 2045 and Resolution 20-NQ/TW on "Continuing to innovate, develop and improve the efficiency of the collective economy in the new period".
That continues to affirm that agriculture is a national advantage, a pillar of the economy. In which, farmers are the subject, the center of the process of agricultural development, rural economy and new rural construction. The Provincial Party Committee also issued Directive 12 CT/TU dated December 1, 2021 on "Innovation and development of agricultural and rural cooperative economy associated with the goal of new rural construction" with the goal of agricultural and rural development, comprehensively improving the material and spiritual life of farmers.
In particular, the Politburo has just issued Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW on the direction and tasks of Nghe An development to 2030, with a vision to 2045, with many new orientations and requirements. Along with the general development process of the province and the 4.0 industrial revolution, digital transformation, the work of the Association and the farmers' movement in Nghe An province are facing new opportunities but also many difficulties and challenges. This requires the new term 2023 - 2028, the work of the Association and the farmers' movement at all levels in the province to constantly innovate, improve the quality of organization, methods and efficiency of operations, and strongly promote the role and position of the peasant class in the new development process.
On that basis, Farmers' Associations at all levels continue to improve the quality of campaigns and emulation movements. Focus on introducing and spreading good production and business models, ways to get rich, typical examples of farmers starting up and being creative to create trust and aspiration among farmers to overcome difficulties, boldly exploit the potential and strengths of the locality to develop production and business.
At the same time, promote the implementation of programs and projects to help farmers access scientific and technological advances, promote and consume agricultural products; replicate new technical farming methods and link them along the value chain. At the same time, strengthen activities to connect supply and demand, promote trade; promote activities to support farmers to participate in developing collective economic forms in agriculture...
The Association also vigorously implemented the program "Accompanying fishermen to stay at sea", supporting and encouraging fishermen to exploit seafood legally in conjunction with the task of participating in protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland. Strive for each year for 1 district-level unit to build at least 2 community livelihood models to help reduce poverty sustainably; each commune helps at least 1 member household escape poverty. Extensively deploy the campaign "Bricks of affection" to support the construction and repair of houses for poor members and members with difficult housing conditions.
Mobilize farmers to enthusiastically implement national target programs; the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life in residential areas; preserve and promote the good traditional cultural values of the homeland and country; build bright, green, clean, beautiful and safe countryside. At the same time, focus on building a strong Association organization, focusing on the grassroots to protect the rights and legitimate interests of members and farmers, strengthen the trust and attachment of farmers to the Association organization.
With the motto "Solidarity - Creativity - Cooperation - Development", in the 2023-2028 term, cadres, members and farmers of Nghe An will promote the tradition of the heroic Soviet homeland, promote innovation and creativity, seize opportunities and advantages, overcome difficulties and challenges, and strive to successfully implement the goals and tasks of the Association and the farmers' movement. All levels of the association actively mobilize and build Nghe An farmers to develop comprehensively, civilizedly, affectionately, with the capacity to master, the spirit of innovation and creativity, and strengthen development links. Thereby, strongly arousing the potential, creativity, aspiration to rise up, promoting the role of farmers as the main subject in agricultural development, rural economy, and new rural construction; contributing to building Nghe An into a province that develops rapidly, sustainably, comprehensively, civilizedly and modernly as desired and expected by the Politburo of the Central Executive Committee of the Party for the Party Committee and people of the province.
