Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Bac Ninh (VNA) – Strongerlinks between farmers and businesses have raised agricultural production valueand income for people in the northern province of Bac Ninh.
Ngam Mac village in the province’s Gia Binhdistrict is a typical example.
The village has long practised cultivationof winter crops. However, for a long time, agricultural production in thelocality developed in a spontaneous manner, resulting in low product prices whenharvest is good.
Director of the Ngam Mac AgriculturalServices Cooperative Nguyen Dac Thanh said with the assistance fromauthorities, the cooperative has recently built a model to grow chilli forexports in an area of nearly 20 ha, in cooperation with Vinh Cuu farm produceexport-import company in Luong Tai district.
Under an agreement with local farmers, thecompany will provide them with seedlings and organic fertiliser and assignexperts to help them in caring for the plants until harvest, and purchase theproduct at reasonable prices.
All participating households closely followproduction process and enjoy high output with good quality, proving theeffectiveness of the model and prompting the replication of it in the time tocome, Thanh noted.
Director of Vinh Cuu company Nguyen Dat Cuusaid the company has expanded its material farming area to over 120 ha sinceits establishment in 2013, adding that it will bolster partnership with thecooperative to expand the model in the future.
Vice Chairman of the agriculture and ruraldevelopment association in Bac Ninh province Nguyen Xuan Vung said it isstriving to reach out to businesses and call on farmers to switch to other cropswith higher economic value.
Local farmers are advised to strengthencooperation with businesses in a bid to ensure stable output and set uplarge-scale production areas applying scientific-technological achievements forsustainable agriculture, he added./.
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