Hau Giang uses more RoK biological products in cultivation

The Republic of Korea (RoK) organisation for agricultural technology transfer and trade (FACT) signed an agreement with the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang to increase the use of biological products of the RoK for growing pineapple, pomelo and mango.
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Hau Giang (VNA) – The Republic of Korea (RoK) organisation for agriculturaltechnology transfer and trade (FACT) signed an agreement with the Mekong Deltaprovince of Hau Giang to increase the use of biological products of the RoK forgrowing pineapple, pomelo and mango.

FACT will provide 17,000 USD worth of 20 biological products to the locality.

Lee Won Og, FACT Director said that in the future, the organisation willwork with and assist Hau Giang in personnel training, equipment and technologytransfer to help the locality’s agricultural sector develop and improve incomesof farmers.

Meanwhile, Truong Canh Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the Hau Giang People’sCommittee said Hau Giang hopes to receive technology to produce the biologicalproducts, thus enhancing its agricultural production value and expanding tieswith FACT.

In 2017, FACT ran a cooperation project with a village of Vinh Viencommune, Long My district, under which it supplied 13 biological products andsome technological equipment for rice cultivation in two crops on an area of 14hectares at a cost of 9,000 USD.

Le Hoang Xuyen, Director of the management board of the high-technologyagriculture park of Hau Giang said FACT was one of the first organisations tocooperate with and invest in the park since the park was formed in August 2012.

The park has a total area of 5,200 hectares in Long My district, withproduction area of 5,000 hectares.-VNA
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