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

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Thanh Phuc

On the afternoon of July 19, in Cua Lo town,Provincial Farmers' Associationheld a conference to review the work of the association and the 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 proactive adaptation 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 "Good production and business" movement, 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, conditions have been created for over 182,000 farmer members to borrow 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 has been 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 in consuming 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, the association at all levels has focused on promoting connection activities to 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 trees in gratitude to Uncle Ho", 50 "Farmer 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 producer and trader; 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, contributing to shifting crop structure and increasing income, is being 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' trees thanking Uncle Ho", "Farmers' trees thanking Uncle Ho"; Widely implementing the project of the Provincial Farmers' Association Standing Committee 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, discussed and made recommendations on the following issues: Allowances for farmers' association heads; support for products 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 "Farmer 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 construction movement."Farmers' trees thank Uncle Ho"period 2020-2022.