Quang Xuong Farmers' Association competes in good production and business associated with new rural construction

In recent years, the Standing Committee of the Farmers' Association (FA) of Quang Xuong district has focused on directing and strongly promoting the emulation movement of good production and business (SXKDG), uniting to help each other get rich and sustainably reduce poverty, associated with building new rural areas and civilized urban areas with many rich contents, achieving positive results.

Quang Xuong Farmers' Association competes in good production and business associated with new rural construction The model of growing Kim Hoang Hau melon in greenhouses of Mr. Doan The Sau's household in Dinh Thanh village, Quang Dinh commune brings high economic efficiency.

In order for the movement to truly spread and have depth, every year, the Farmers' Associations at all levels in the district have proactively coordinated with the relevant departments and branches to open training courses to transfer scientific and technical advances to farmers, organize study tours and build many demonstration models of new plants and breeds, improve techniques, and organize well the service activities to support farmers in building models of sustainable agricultural production development, for high economic efficiency, typically: The model of shrimp seed and commercial shrimp service of Mr. Pham Ba Thao's household in Quang Chinh commune; the model of Song Yen fish sauce production and business of Mr. Tran Van Nuoi's household in Quang Nham commune; the model of snail seed and commercial farming of Mr. Bui Van Hai's household in Tan Phong town...

Also from the movement, many excellent production and business households have boldly established enterprises, cooperatives, and cooperatives to link and cooperate in developing production, business, and product consumption. Every year, in the district, there are 20,963 farming households registering for excellent production and business at all levels, accounting for 80% of the total number of agricultural households; the number of households achieving the title of excellent production and business at all levels is 14,110, accounting for 67% of the total number of registered households, of which over 1,000 households have an income (after deducting expenses) of 300 - 500 million VND/year, nearly 70 households have an income of 500 million - 1 billion VND/year or more.

The HND levels in the district have coordinated with the Social Policy Bank to entrust loans to poor households and policy beneficiaries; coordinated with the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and Lien Viet Post Bank to entrust and guarantee loans to 11,471 farming households of over VND 1,010 billion to develop production and business, improve income and living standards. Created capital sources for farmer members to borrow from the Central, provincial and district Farmers Support Funds, with a total amount of over VND 2 billion. Total circulating capital of VND 8.4 billion to implement 14 projects, helping 145 members borrow capital to expand and develop models that bring high economic efficiency. Typical models include: Production and processing of Cu Nham fish sauce; planting, producing and trading Quang Phuc sedge mats; The district's Farmers' Associations at all levels have also mobilized to help each other with 1.5 billion VND, more than 10,000 working days and received help for 378 households to escape poverty.

The Farmers' Association of Quang Xuong district also actively mobilizes farmers to strictly implement policies and laws on natural resources and environment, build and replicate models of management, collection and treatment of waste in rural areas, respond to climate change, and undertake planting and care of flower roads. The Farmers' Association of the district has registered to build and implement 3 "Smart People's Mobilization" models, including: Building tanks to collect packaging, bottles and jars from pesticides in the fields; building household gardens and model gardens; planting green fences and the "Smart People's Mobilization" model assigned by the Party Committee, which is a waste-free environment on canals and coastlines, associated with the establishment of a "Self-management team on environmental sanitation". Up to now, 25/26 grassroots associations have built 1,630 tanks to collect packaging, bottles and jars of pesticides; Dredging, clearing water flows, collecting waste on canals and coastlines 113 times on 33 canals and coastlines during peak periods, associated with the launch of 51 self-managed "Environmental Protection" groups...

Implementing the movement "Farmers compete to build new rural areas", Farmers' Associations at all levels have actively mobilized members to donate over 10,000m2 of land, contributed over 4.6 billion VND, and participated in over 20,000 working days to renovate and repair rural roads and intra-field canals; planted 99 green fences, with 45,620m; built 297 household gardens and model gardens; undertook 110 self-managed road sections, with nearly 120km; 22,784 households renovated and renovated mixed gardens; over 93% of households collected and treated waste... contributing to changing the appearance and landscape of the rural environment to be bright - green - clean - beautiful.

HND levels also guide and support farmer members to promote and consume products, how to operate and put products on the e-commerce platform Postmart.vn; support and guide Mr. Tran Van Loi's household in Quang Nham commune to carry out the VietGAP recognition process for the product "White-leg shrimp". At the same time, guide households to build OCOP products. In 2023, the district will have 10 more OCOP products ranked 3 stars, bringing the total number of OCOP products in the district to 26 products (6 OCOP 4-star products, 20 OCOP 3-star products). To date, the district has had 100% of communes meeting NTM standards; 12 communes meeting advanced NTM standards; 3 communes meeting model NTM standards; Tan Phong town meeting civilized urban standards; 65 villages meeting model NTM standards; striving to build Quang Xuong district to meet advanced NTM standards by the end of 2024.

Article and photos: Cong Quang

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