A grape farm in Dan Phuong commune, Dan Phuong district of Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi(VNA) – The capital city of Hanoi has set a target that hi-tech farm producewill account for 70% of its total agricultural products by 2025.
To that end, Hanoi isimplementing concerted solutions to attract resources to develop sustainablehigh-tech agriculture and export agricultural products to international markets.
Currently, the city has a number of high-quality agricultural products whichhave been shipped abroad such as Dai Thanh late-ripening longanin Quoc Oai district which has been exported to Australia and the US; and VanDuc safe vegetables in Gia Lam district exported to Taiwan (China) and theRepublic of Korea (RoK). However, the raw material areas forexport are still scattered and in small scale so the export output remains low.
According to Nguyen Ngoc Son, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD),to ensure the standards of exported agricultural products, the city has grantedeight codes for banana growing areas and eight for longan as well as four forpacking facilities.
Hanoi has evaluatedand classified 1,649 products in line with the criteria of the One Commune OneProduct (OCOP) Programme. Of the figure, 20 products are rated five stars,1,098 recognised as four stars and 534 rated three stars. This is one of the greatpotential for businesses to sign contracts to export Hanoi's key agriculturalproducts to other countries.
Trinh Thi Nguyet, Directorof Dong Phu Organic Agriculture Cooperative in Chuong My district, said it has 24haof rice that has been certified as organic in line with US standards while another42ha is certified as organic in accordance with Vietnamese standards.
The cooperative's organic rice hasbeen exported to Germany and other countries, she said.
To meet the demand andrequirement of export markets, the cooperative has expanded the area of organicrice cultivation to over 50ha from 5ha in 2012, Nguyet said, adding that thismodel brings economic value up to three times higher than traditional farming methods.
Nguyen Van Minh, Director of Van Duc Agricultural Service Business Cooperativein Gia Lam district, said it is developing a concentrated production area covering more than 250 hectares and creating favourable conditions for farmers to apply scientific and technological advances into production. Products of the cooperativemeet the requirements for export to Taiwan (China) and the RoK, with an output of300-500 tonnes per year.
High-tech agricultural production is the right direction which is not only suitable tothe situation and world economic integration but also helps farmers secure stableoutput, sustainable agricultural development and environmental protection, he said.
Along with improvingthe quality of agricultural products, cooperatives also focus on building anddeveloping brands for their products.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the city has so far built brands for 40 farm produce,including Dai Thanh late ripening longan (Quoc Oai district); Boi Khe fragrantrice (Thanh Oai district); Van Nam banana (Phuc Tho district), Van Dinh duct(Ung Hoa district) and Ba Vi chicken (Ba Vi district).
Products with brands and clear origin are 15-20% more expensive than thosewithout brand protection, the department said./.
