Hung Anh Agricultural Service Cooperative in Dakrong District is the first unit in the province to implement a two-way trade model, supplying essential products and consuming products for ethnic minorities and mountainous areas. After more than 1 year of implementation, the model has achieved positive results and has been positively received by people in the region.
Mr. Hung introduces to people tea products produced by Hung Anh Agricultural Service Cooperative - Photo: NP
We arrived at Hung Anh Agricultural Service Cooperative when it was bustling with people coming in and out to buy and sell goods. At that time, Ms. Ho Thi Nhan, currently living in Trieu Nguyen Commune, Dakrong District, was excited because she had agreed on the selling price of the green-heart black beans grown by her family.
Talking to reporters, she said: “Since this two-way trade model has been established, we feel secure in buying goods because we know their origin. More importantly, agricultural products are purchased here, so finding outlets for our family’s products during harvest season is no longer a problem. Everyone here wants this model to develop further, so that there will be more two-way trade stores that both purchase and provide all the necessary goods for people in remote areas with guaranteed prices and quality.”
For many people, “two-way trade” is still a fairly new term. This is also the first model to be built and implemented in Quang Tri province. According to the explanation of Director of Hung Anh Agricultural Service Cooperative Nguyen Van Hung, this model provides essential goods and quality agricultural materials to people in the region, gradually forming the habit of consuming goods with clear origin for people.
At the same time, support the purchase and consumption of products made by local people, especially OCOP products, typical of the locality. Thereby, creating favorable conditions for people in trade exchanges, contributing to stabilizing the market, increasing income for people in Krong Klang town and neighboring areas, ensuring social security goals.
“For a long time, agricultural products produced by ethnic minorities in the province have been quite abundant, however, the access to the consumer market of production facilities in this area is still limited. Therefore, finding outlets for products in ethnic minority areas is extremely necessary. In fact, most mini supermarkets and convenience stores are still concentrated in urban areas and convenient places.
In many rural areas, especially in disadvantaged areas and ethnic minority areas, the development of trade infrastructure is still slow. Building a two-way trade model is an important trade infrastructure, promoting the delivery of goods to ethnic minorities, as well as bringing their goods to areas with easier markets," said Mr. Hung.
Initially, Mr. Hung established Hung Anh Agricultural Service Cooperative in 2020 with the aim of guiding and supporting people in applying scientific and technical advances to build a production process, processing rare herbs in the area into delicious teas that can be preserved for a long time; control product quality and then develop packaging labels so that the products can be commercialized and brought to market.
For the cooperative to operate effectively, Mr. Hung invested in building a 250 m2 production workshop with modern machinery; a 12 ha raw material growing area. Within just 2 years of its establishment, his unit has achieved many impressive achievements with products certified as 3-star and 4-star OCOP at the provincial level.
With the support of the Department of Industry and Trade, at the end of November 2023, the two-way trade model at Hung Anh Agricultural Service Cooperative was inaugurated according to Decision No. 216/QD-BCT dated February 10, 2023 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on implementing the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2023 period.
So, from only producing and trading tea extracted from local medicinal herbs through cooperation with other businesses and cooperatives, Mr. Hung was able to introduce to local people many new products that were not yet popular in the area.
“When implementing the two-way trade model, the members of the cooperative and local people were happy and supportive. The support from the Department of Industry and Trade is very meaningful, contributing significantly to helping the cooperative in distributing goods, connecting supply and demand with the market. Thereby, promoting the consumption of agricultural products of local people more conveniently.
In the coming time, the cooperative will find quality sources of goods, diversify products to supply to people; at the same time, actively implement purchasing and consuming products produced by people, ensuring stable output for local agricultural products," said Mr. Hung.
Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Huu Hung said that although it has just been put into operation, the two-way trade model at Hung Anh Agricultural Service Cooperative is bringing positive signals. The model has contributed to supporting the improvement of knowledge and skills for the unit in distributing goods, building brands, connecting supply and demand; supporting the maintenance and expansion of the distribution network and product consumption market. At the same time, introducing, promoting and selling products to consumers in remote areas, ethnic minority areas, serving the production and consumption needs of the people.
“In the coming time, we will continue to support Hung Anh Agricultural Service Cooperative in improving management capacity, building sustainable links with suppliers and distributors inside and outside the province to exploit the two-way trade model most effectively. From there, it will serve as a basis for replicating the model to localities in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas of the province,” said Mr. Hung.
Nam Phuong
Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/hieu-qua-tu-mo-hinh-thuong-mai-hai-chieu-dau-tien-cua-tinh-189330.htm
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