Brand 'Nghe An Agricultural Supplies'

(Baonghean) - Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Corporation is a large enterprise with 18 member companies operating in production and business across the country. The main activities of the Corporation are trading in plant varieties, fertilizers of all kinds and processing agricultural products.

General Director of Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Corporation inspects NA 9 rice variety in Nam Dan. Photo: Tri Tue

Seize the opportunity in agricultural investment

From a state-owned enterprise to 100% state-owned equitization, the Corporation had very difficult years. However, with sharp and decisive capabilities in the market, the unit's leaders knew how to apply and seize opportunities to both maintain the traditional industry and conquer new industries and professions. The secret, according to Mr. Truong Van Hien - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, is to travel a lot, know a lot, take other people's failures as lessons for themselves. In addition to professional capacity, entrepreneurs must understand world prices, gradually shift business to production, grasp science and technology for investment, and keep their reputation with customers and farmers.

Identifying that agriculture is still the main front, Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Corporation has quickly invested in a series of technical facilities and equipment to serve the research and production of seeds: Research and testing farm and selection of plant varieties, cold storage for seeds, seed dryers and processors, recruiting and selecting a team of good technical staff and experts to research and select new plant varieties... taking shortcuts.

Along with that, the Corporation also invested nearly 100 billion VND in building a modern factory producing NPK compound fertilizer in Nam Cam Industrial Park with a capacity of 120,000 tons/year, with a total investment of nearly 100 billion VND. This factory is called Sao Vang Nghe An Fertilizer Factory. The factory mainly produces 2 types of compound fertilizers NPK 16-16-8 and NPK 15-5-20. Talking about the 2 types of fertilizers NPK 16-16-8 and NPK 15-5-20, Mr. Vo Van Giap - Director of Dien Lien Agricultural Cooperative, the most intensive production unit in Dien Chau district, said: For many years, we have only chosen NPK 16-16-8 and NPK 15-5-20 fertilizers supplied by Sao Vang Fertilizer Factory of Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Corporation; Through use, rice yield reached 7 tons/ha.

The Corporation also invested in a rice processing factory in the Southeast Economic Zone to consume and process rice produced by the enterprise.

Achievements in seed production

Determining the right development strategy and being steadfast with the goal, after more than 10 years, Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Corporation has selected and created many short-term, high-yield, good-quality rice varieties, which have been highly appreciated by the Science and Technology Council - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, recognized as national rice varieties and allowed to expand production nationwide, such as: VT-NA1, VT-NA2, Q.uu 1, Q.uu 6, hybrid corn L14...

These rice and corn varieties are now being widely produced both inside and outside the province. In particular, the VT-NA2 rice variety has been specially recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as a national rice variety. This rice variety has the advantage of being short-term, can be planted in both spring and summer-autumn crops, with an average yield of 65 - 70 quintals/ha, delicious, sticky rice, and rich flavor. Currently, this rice variety is being widely planted in the provinces from the South Central Coast - Central Highlands to the Central provinces and the Northern Delta.

In addition to the above rice varieties, Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Corporation has now added two new pure rice varieties with high yield, delicious and fragrant rice quality, which is NA9 fragrant rice variety. This rice variety has the advantage of a short growing period, 120 - 125 days in the spring crop, 90 - 95 days in the summer-autumn crop, can be planted in two crops: spring and summer-autumn, fragrant and sticky rice, with an average yield of 65 - 70 quintals/ha in the spring crop and 60 - 65 quintals/ha in the summer-autumn crop. The quality of NA9 rice variety ensures that it meets export standards in the world market, especially in demanding countries. In addition, NA6 variety is also a short-term pure rice variety with many advantages, with an average yield of 7.5 - 8.0 tons/ha in the spring crop and 6.5 - 7.0 tons/ha in the summer-autumn crop. Currently, this rice variety is always in a state of "out of stock".

Ms. Luong Thi Hien - Vice Chairman of Luc Da Commune People's Committee, Con Cuong District said: In the summer-autumn crop of 2016, the whole commune planted 130 hectares of NA6 rice variety, with an average yield of 58 quintals/hectare, the highest ever. In the spring crop of 2017, the villagers continued to produce 100 hectares.

Developing large-scale fields

In order to operate effectively, Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Corporation not only researches and selects to create new plant varieties and new fertilizers, but also has a team of specialized scientists and technicians responsible for transferring scientific and technological advances to agricultural cooperatives through large-scale field models (LFP) for rice, corn, peanuts, etc. New rice varieties, new corn varieties, new peanut varieties, etc. researched and created by the Corporation are all passed through the LFP model in many cooperatives inside and outside the province with an area of ​​up to 2-3 thousand hectares per crop. All LFP models are provided with advance seed and fertilizer by the Corporation without interest, and at the end of the crop, the products produced are purchased by the Corporation at a price 10% higher than the market price at the time of purchase. This approach of Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Corporation is supported by farmers and they are ready to cooperate in production for mutual benefit.

Currently, the Corporation is still doing business in many fields; but as Mr. Truong Van Hien - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation said: "Going far away is to return, there is no place like home, one more good rice variety, one more delicious grain of rice, one more farmer who knows how to apply science and technology to production to make a good living from farming also contributes to building my hometown Nghe An. However, no matter what business I do, I still return to invest in agriculture, including the field of plant varieties, and at the same time replicate highly effective models with close connection with the central ministries and branches".

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