Nghe An links OCOP program with new rural construction
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An is a locality with rich potential and strengths in agricultural products. The implementation of the OCOP Program in building new rural areas is extremely necessary, in line with the restructuring process of agricultural production, contributing to increasing income, enhancing product value and protecting the environment.
Identify products to upgrade
Ms. Phan Thi Nhung - the owner of a coriander growing household in Dien Thai commune (Dien Chau) is one of the units with products certified with 3 stars.OCOP programof the province in 2019, shared, that will be the "passport" for her coriander products to reach demanding domestic markets...
Ms. Hoang Thi Trang - Vice Chairman of Dien Thai Commune People's Committee said that in the local new rural construction program, the commune hasOCOP products achieve 3 starsis very important, because it increases the value of local coriander products and creates jobs for a part of the rural labor force. Not stopping there, the commune's goal is to focus on upgrading the star rating for local coriander products. However, to upgrade from 3 stars to 4 stars is not easy, it requires a lot of time and effort from the cooperative, because it must implement a number of basic issues: Building an infrastructure system for production areas, processing machines, products must enter supermarkets.
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| Dien Thai coriander was ranked "3 stars" by the People's Committee of Nghe An province as an OCOP product in 2019. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Quynh Luu district is a locality with many typical products that have been ranked 3-4 stars by the province and is currently developing a number of products to participate in OCOP in 2020. In 2019, Quynh Luu district had 4 star products, of which 3 products were ranked "4 stars" including:Spirulina michio product, fermented soybean products, cordyceps wine products of Hidumi Pharma Green Science Joint Stock Company; 1 3-star rated product is Tu Tam veal ham product of Tu Tam Food Production and Trading Cooperative.
To have products participating in the 2020 provincial OCOP, recently, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district organized the scoring of a number of other typical products, of which 6 products achieved 3 stars at the district level: Herbal chicken eggs in Quynh Bang; 2 crispy rice products in Quynh Ba; guava and dragon fruit products of a farm in Quynh Tam and fish sauce products of Tan An Cooperative, An Hoa commune. For 3 products that were ranked 4 stars at the provincial level of Quynh Luu district in 2019, they will soon participate in the national OCOP star ranking.
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| Packaging of Spirulina products. Photo: Thanh Yen |
Dien Chau district has its own strengths to build star-rated OCOP products, which are products from seafood, crops, livestock and food. In 2019, Dien Chau district had 3 star-rated products:Van Phan Fish Sauce, lotus seeds and coriander.
However, to have many OCOP products, Dien Chau district is facing some difficulties. Mr. Phan Xuan Vinh - Vice Chairman of Dien Chau District People's Committee said: "Building OCOP products associated with building new rural areas is important, aiming to create traditional products, creating jobs for rural workers, but the biggest obstacle is that the State has no support policies for organizations and individuals registering to build OCOP products, so many production facilities are not interested.
In the coming time, Dien Chau district will target some key products: mushrooms (Dien Loc), chicken eggs (Dien Trung), sea shrimp,shrimp(Dien Van), confectionery... Among them, Dien Trung chicken eggs have met VietGAP standards. To "support" organizations and individuals in developing star-rated OCOP products, the State currently has no support policy, so Dien Chau district can use the National New Rural Development Fund to support and develop production and services associated with restructuring the agricultural sector, increasing people's income, in order to encourage organizations and individuals to have more motivation to implement OCOP products".
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| Processing shrimp in Dien Chau. Photo: Document |
Associated with new rural construction
In Yen Thanh district, talking about building OCOP products associated withbuilding new rural areas, Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee Nguyen Van Duong said: Although Yen Thanh district has 100% of communes meeting NTM standards, it is not enough to be satisfied, the task of localities is to create jobs for farmers right in the locality. Therefore, building OCOP products is necessary to affirm product brands and exploit local potential.
In the coming time, the district will coordinate with enterprises to develop commercial rice products under the Yen Thanh brand, including restoring the dragon sticky rice variety. In particular, Yen Thanh district has a famous eel product in Long Thanh commune, and the district is promoting the expansion of mud-free eel farming. In particular, Yen Thanh district plans to build an eel craft village in Long Thanh commune. In addition, the district also has grapefruit, honey, turmeric, etc.
These are the main products of the district, creating jobs for many farmers and many farmers can make them. From there, more jobs can be opened, increasing income for people, through this, science and technology can also be transferred, raising people's awareness in production.
“Yen Thanh has achieved the status of a new rural district, so the development of OCOP products is very important, aiming to increase the value of local specialty products. This is also a solution to create jobs for local people,” Mr. Nguyen Van Duong emphasized.
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| Cultivated mushrooms are a strong product of many localities today. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
The focus of the OCOP Program is to develop advantageous agricultural, non-agricultural, and service products in each locality according to the value chain, implemented by collective and private economic organizations. Nghe An started implementing the development of OCOP products in 2019. It can be said that the initial steps have shown positive changes, with48 OCOP products3 - 4 stars
That shows that organizations and individuals have paid attention to the brand of their hometown products. However, looking at the list of 48 products that have been ranked by the Provincial People's Committee, most of them are still from the plains and midlands, with few products from the mountainous areas. Enterprises, cooperatives, and craft villages that are associated with agricultural products have contributed to creating jobs and income for localities, contributing significantly to the implementation of the Project on restructuring the agricultural sector associated with building new rural areas.
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| All 48 products with 3 stars or more are distributed from the lowlands to the mountains. The products are all specialties of Nghe An regions. Photo: Xuan Hoang |