Ky Son District Farmers' Association has a new president

Attending the event were comrade Tran Van Huong - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association; comrades in the District Party Committee; representatives of Party committees, Fatherland Front, political organizations, district-level agencies and departments and 124 delegates.

Panorama of the congress. Photo: Duy Thanh

During the past term, the Farmers' Association of Ky Son district has regularly innovated the content and methods of activities towards the grassroots level, thus attracting 64.5% of agricultural households to participate in the association's activities; and admitted 1,055 more members. The whole district currently has 7,135 members.

The association at all levels has organized over 100 political and ideological propaganda and education campaigns.with more than 3,000 members participating. The District Farmers' Association coordinated with the District Vocational Training Center to open 11 classes on motorbike repair, welding, industrial sewing and brocade weaving; coordinated to organize 185 training classes on science and technology transfer for 8,960 people; signed a cooperation agreement with the Western Nghe An Rural Development Project VIE/028 to build 13 models/261 participating households on beekeeping, broom weaving, straw mushroom growing, bamboo weaving...

The 11th District Farmers' Association Executive Committee introduced itself at the congress. Photo: Duy Thanh

In addition, it has presided over the construction of 2 pilot models/12 households growing passion fruit, with an area of ​​6,000 m² in My Ly and Bac Ly communes from a capital of 113 million VND provided by the District People's Committee; the first harvest yielded 36 tons/ha. Actively exploiting and managing capital from many channels for lending to farmer members.Up to now, the capital source entrusted by the Farmers' Association through the District Social Policy Bank is 111.88 billion VND with 149 groups and 4,962 households receiving loans for economic development investment.

The new rural construction movement continues to be focused and directed resolutely. Typically, Huu Kiem commune achieved 13 criteria, Nam Can achieved 9 criteria, Huu Lap achieved 8 criteria, Ta Ca, Pha Danh, Chieu Luu achieved 7 criteria, the remaining 7 communes achieved 6 criteria, 7 communes achieved 5 criteria... In the past 5 years, people contributed 185,550 working days, contributed 5,832 billion VND to build rural roads.

The material and spiritual life of farmers' association members has been increasingly improved, with average income reaching 18.8 million VND/person/year, an increase of 4.15 million VND compared to 2012.

Mr. Lau Chong Tua's farm in Nam Can commune, Ky Son. Photo: Tran Duc

Promoting the achievements, overcoming all difficulties, with the spirit of solidarity, in the coming term, the association sets out a number of key goals and tasks: By 2023, the rate of attracting members will reach 65 - 70%; 60% of grassroots associations and 70% of branches will be fairly strong. The District Farmers' Association strives to be strong; build and develop the District Farmers' Support Fund to grow by 10% per year; annually propagate and mobilize 40% of farmer member households to register to become good farmer households at all levels, of which the number of households meeting the criteria of good production and business is equal to 50% of registered households.

With the spirit of democratic centralism, the Congress elected the Executive Committee of the Association for the 2018 - 2023 term consisting of 25 comrades, the Standing Committee consisting of 4 comrades and elected 6 official delegates and 1 alternate delegate to attend the Provincial Farmers' Association Congress in the coming time. Comrade Lang Thanh Luong - Deputy Chief of the District Party Committee Office was elected to hold the position of Chairman; Comrade Nguyen Ba Cong continued to be elected to hold the position of Vice Chairman.

Tran Duc - Thanh Duy