Promoting the role of farmers' associations in agricultural development and new rural construction

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Afternoon of July 19, in Cua Lo town,Provincial Farmers' Associationheld a conference to review the work of the association and farmers' movement in the first 6 months of the year and deploy tasks for the last 6 months of 2022. Comrade Nguyen Quang Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association chaired the conference. Attending were representatives of provincial departments, branches and leaders of grassroots associations.

According to the report of the Provincial Farmers' Association, thanks to proactively adapting to the new normal conditions after the Covid-19 epidemic was basically controlled, along with the great efforts of cadres and members, the association's work and the farmers' movement in the whole province in the first 6 months of 2022 had quite positive changes, achieving many outstanding results. Typically, in the movement "Good production and business", the whole province has 270,424 farmer households registered to become good production and business households at all levels, reaching 103% of the assigned target; Mobilizing and guiding farmers to establish 25 cooperative groups and 2 cooperatives; building 4 demonstration models of environmentally friendly rice cultivation (SRI) with a scale of 4,000 m².

Comrade Nguyen Quang Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association reported on the results of the movement and work of the Farmers' Association in the first 6 months of 2022. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Farmers' associations at all levels continue to coordinate with credit enterprises to support farmers in borrowing materials, seeds, animal feed, and fertilizers for production. As a result, by June 30, 2022, more than 182,000 farmer members had borrowed 13,802 tons of various fertilizers, 85 tons of animal feed, 32,000 poultry breeds, and dozens of tons of rice seeds, with a loan value of over VND 115 billion. In addition, support was given to the development of 12 new net houses and greenhouses, contributing to increasing the total area of ​​net houses and greenhouses owned by farmers in the province to over 40 hectares.

Promote digital transformation and support farmers to consume products onPostmart e-commerce platform,Up to now, 21/21 districts, cities and towns have signed cooperation agreements with the Postal sector and deployed and organized skill training for 3,165 collaborators who are association officials and agricultural household owners on methods of brand building, product introduction and promotion, and putting agricultural products on the Postmart e-commerce platform; putting 50 OCOP products of farmers on the platform. At the same time, associations at all levels have focused on promoting activities to connect and support the consumption of agricultural products for farmers, in the first 6 months of the year supporting the consumption of 220 tons of agricultural products of all kinds.

Comrade Nguyen Phuong Phu - Vice Chairman of Thanh Chuong District Farmers' Association proposed allowances for farmers' association heads. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Implementing the "National Target Program on building new rural areas, civilized urban areas and protecting the environment" up to now, all levels of the provincial association have planted 662 "Farmer's tree rows in gratitude to Uncle Ho", 50 "Farmer's tree gardens in gratitude to Uncle Ho"; Directed and guided the construction of 391 new rural standard gardens and 536 model farmer gardens in the direction of new rural standard gardens; Mobilized farmers to donate 104,409 m²land and contributed 106,939 working days to participate in the construction and maintenance of rural infrastructure.

The key tasks for the last 6 months of the year are: Enhancing the role of the association in creating an environment to help farmers strive to achieve the title of good production and business; Building economic models, promoting intermediary activities linking farmers and businesses to build chain production models; Mobilizing farmers to actively implement the National Target Program on building new rural areas, civilized urban areas and protecting the environment...

The movement of farmers competing in production and business excellence, contributing to shifting crop structure and increasing income, has been promoted. Photo: Thanh Phuc

In particular, focusing on consulting and guiding the establishment of cooperatives and cooperatives; Organizing well the contest "Beautiful new rural standard garden" in 2022; Promoting the program "1 million green trees", building "Farmers' tree rows in gratitude to Uncle Ho", "Farmers' tree gardens in gratitude to Uncle Ho"; Extensively implementing the project of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Farmers' Association on "Farmers' Association participating in protecting the rural environment"; advising the Provincial People's Committee to promulgate and implement the project "Propaganda, mobilization, and guidance for farmers to produce organic microbial fertilizers from agricultural by-products and waste".

At the conference, representatives of the grassroots association presented their opinions, discussions and recommendations on the following issues: Allowances for farmers' association heads; support for preparations to make organic microbial fertilizers; effective methods to help poor members; organization of inspection and supervision...

Rewarding 7 collectives with achievements in the movement to build "Farmers' trees in gratitude to Uncle Ho" in the period 2020-2022.

On this occasion, 7 collectives were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Provincial Farmers' Association Executive Committee for their achievements in the movement of building"Farmer's trees thank Uncle Ho"period 2020-2022.