Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Long An (VNA) – The southern province of Long Anhas increased supply of farm produce to Ho Chi Minh City under the 2016-2020socio-economic cooperation agreement with the city, said Chairman of themunicipal People’s Committee Tran Van Can.
As home to 32 cooperatives and VietGAP firms with a capacityof nearly 21,000 tonnes, Long An will provide nearly 500,000 tonnes ofvegetables for Ho Chi Minh City each day, nearly 225,000 pigs and 133,000 cowsand a variety of specialty rice each year.
The province also supplies roughly 11,000 tonnes of freshshrimps in brackish water and other farm produce such as dragon fruits, lemonsand pineapples to Binh Dien wholesale market and local restaurants.
Long An asked for the city’s support for its agriculturalproducts to enter its stable distribution channel, especially fruits andvegetables, hold training courses for managerial staff, cooperatives andworking groups on high-tech agricultural production, and access the city’s scientificstudies on high-quality varieties and animal breeds, farm produce processingand preservation technology.
After one year, Long An has formed and marketed nineconsumption chains of vegetables, rice, chicken meat and pork in Ho Chi MinhCity, helped seven firms and cooperatives majoring in vegetables, rice andbananas join safe farm markets in the city.
Ho Chi Minh City has also helped the locality with fowl andcattle epidemics prevention and food hygiene, slaughter control, animal andplant quarantine in areas near the city, and technological transfer as well as sharedexperience in the implementation of the national target programme on new-style ruraldevelopment.-VNA
As home to 32 cooperatives and VietGAP firms with a capacityof nearly 21,000 tonnes, Long An will provide nearly 500,000 tonnes ofvegetables for Ho Chi Minh City each day, nearly 225,000 pigs and 133,000 cowsand a variety of specialty rice each year.
The province also supplies roughly 11,000 tonnes of freshshrimps in brackish water and other farm produce such as dragon fruits, lemonsand pineapples to Binh Dien wholesale market and local restaurants.
Long An asked for the city’s support for its agriculturalproducts to enter its stable distribution channel, especially fruits andvegetables, hold training courses for managerial staff, cooperatives andworking groups on high-tech agricultural production, and access the city’s scientificstudies on high-quality varieties and animal breeds, farm produce processingand preservation technology.
After one year, Long An has formed and marketed nineconsumption chains of vegetables, rice, chicken meat and pork in Ho Chi MinhCity, helped seven firms and cooperatives majoring in vegetables, rice andbananas join safe farm markets in the city.
Ho Chi Minh City has also helped the locality with fowl andcattle epidemics prevention and food hygiene, slaughter control, animal andplant quarantine in areas near the city, and technological transfer as well as sharedexperience in the implementation of the national target programme on new-style ruraldevelopment.-VNA
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