Strengthening the identification of growing area codes

In recent years, Son La province has been considered one of the bright spots in agricultural economic development. In particular, the development of value chains has helped ethnic minorities in Son La province have stable agricultural output and sustainable income.

Accordingly, to systematically determine the production and consumption of agricultural products, Son La has promoted the development of growing area codes - identification codes for a growing area, helping authorities and consumers easily identify the production process of agricultural products. Tracing the origin of agricultural products is the activity related to tracking, identifying, and tracing information of a product unit in each stage of the production, processing, and distribution process.

Son La has promoted the construction of growing area codes.

Recently, implementing digital transformation in managing growing area codes and tracing the origin of agricultural products, the Department of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentSon Lacoordinated with the Department of Cooperative Economy - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sorimachi Company Limited to organize online training courses via Zoom application for businesses and cooperatives in the province to use digital transformation software.

In addition, coordinate with the Plant Protection Department to build a database of growing area codes across the province; organize training courses on establishing management, growing area codes for export, growing area codes for the crop sector for members of organizations and individuals granted growing area codes, and packaging facilities.

At the same time, support for traceability (labels) for enterprises and cooperatives in the province has been deployed. Up to now, the province has maintained 216 growing area codes, including 205 codes for export, with a total area of ​​nearly 3,000 hectares and 11 growing area codes for the crop sector, with a total area of ​​over 150 hectares.

Success through chain linkage

Along with building growing area codes to help agricultural products easily trace their origins, Son La also promotes the construction of a chain linking agricultural production and consumption. According to statistics, Son La province currently has 740 agricultural cooperatives; of which, 184 agricultural cooperatives have organized product consumption services for members; 86 agricultural cooperatives participate in linkages; 49 cooperativesagricultureowns OCOP products; nearly 200 cooperatives apply high technology in production.

Son La promotes the construction of a chain linking agricultural production and consumption

Many agricultural cooperatives have played a role in gathering, mobilizing, changing the way farmers think and work, effectively applying science and technology, and improving production efficiency. Many agricultural products have been labeled, have origin traceability stamps, and have VietGAP certificates. Some products are ranked as OCOP products of the province, many products are put into supermarket systems nationwide and exported to foreign markets.

A typical example is the red-fleshed dragon fruit garden of Quynh Thuan Agricultural Cooperative, Thuan Chau District with nearly 13 hectares, which has been granted a growing area code since 2020. In recent years, thanks to organic care and cultivation in accordance with VietGAP standards, the yield and quality of dragon fruit have always been guaranteed for export. Last year, the dragon fruit garden of Quynh Thuan Agricultural Cooperative harvested nearly 200 tons of fruit, most of which were exported to the Russian market, while the rest were sold well.

In order to effectively implement the linkage chains in agricultural production, in recent years, Son La province has focused on calling on many enterprises to invest in the field of processing and consuming agricultural products. From these projects, tens of thousands of local workers in raw material areas have jobs and especially their products are both of guaranteed quality and highly economically efficient.

For many years now, hundreds of coffee-growing households in Son La City have no longer been forced to pay lower prices by traders thanks to their production links with Bich Thao Coffee Cooperative. Production according to the linked chain not only helps ensure stable output, but also increases product value and income.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thao, Director of Bich Thao Coffee Cooperative, said: In 2017, I linked up with 11 coffee growing households in Hoang Van Thu village, Hua La commune to establish Bich Thao Coffee Cooperative, with a scale of 50 hectares of coffee and signed a purchase contract with 800 coffee growing households in the province. With the aim of improving the quality and value of products according to the safe product supply chain, gradually building the reputation and brand of coffee, the Cooperative focuses on expanding the production scale; actively applying science and technology in production stages, implementing a model of growing safe coffee according to VietGAP standards. In addition, the Cooperative also links and cooperates with enterprises processing specialty coffee products for export in a sustainable manner; building 5-star OCOP products. In 2023, the Cooperative's output is expected to reach 4,000 tons of coffee; of which, 90-95% will be exported, with an estimated value of 15-20 billion VND.

In addition, Son La province also has many enterprises and cooperatives that are effectively linked with farming households in production and processing, such as enterprises and cooperatives producing vegetables and fruits that link production and consumption with agricultural processing facilities, supermarket systems, organizations and individuals exporting agricultural products; Son La Sugarcane Joint Stock Company signed contracts to produce and consume sugarcane with nearly 10,000 households; Moc Chau Dairy Cattle Breeding Joint Stock Company linked with nearly 580 dairy farming households; hundreds of corn-producing households provide raw materials for TMR dairy feed processing factories; 16 tea processing facilities and factories signed over 7,000 contracts to link production and consumption of tea...

Thanks to great efforts, the total output of fruit trees consumed from the beginning of the year up to August 30, 2024 reached 280,442 tons, estimated at 74% of the total output of the year, with an estimated value of VND 4,292,717 million. Currently, some agricultural products of the province have finished the harvest season, such as plum products that have been harvested and consumed with a total output of 81,010 tons, with a value of VND 1,305,890 million. Mango products have been harvested and consumed with a total output of 70,882 tons, with an estimated value of VND 499,979 million... The province strives for the value of agricultural products participating in the export of the province in 2024 to reach over 196 million USD.

According to: congthuong.vn