Cooperatives - The locomotive promoting the development of agricultural commodity production

Vinh Phuc is a locality with potential land and conditions for developing concentrated agricultural production areas. However, for a long time, the development of concentrated production areas has encountered many difficulties and low economic value. Due to the requirement of large scale and production area while the land in the province is still fragmented, the models are mainly spontaneous, and there is no entity taking on the management role.

This reality requires "locomotives" with enough management capacity, creating sustainable production relationships, harmonizing interests between farmers and consumer enterprises to promote the formation and development of large-scale concentrated commodity production areas.

Nhan Ly Agricultural Service Cooperative, Phu Xuan Commune (Binh Xuyen) has successfully built a commercial rice production area, increasing income for local farmers. Photo: Chu Kieu

With the spirit of eagerness to learn, daring to think, daring to do, and confident in making breakthroughs, many farmers and young intellectuals have boldly built cooperatives according to new models, meeting the needs of the new era. A typical example is Nhan Ly Agricultural Service Cooperative, Phu Xuan Commune (Binh Xuyen).

After successfully converting to the 2012 Cooperative Law since December 2014, the Cooperative has made continuous efforts to build and form an organic rice production area with a total cultivated area of ​​over 150 hectares with the participation of more than 2,450 members, building the brand "Phu Xuan Delicious Rice" with a solid position in the market.

Through research, the value of agricultural production in Phu Xuan commune before Nhan Ly agricultural service cooperative came into operation was still low, especially the application of mechanization was very slow, even though the land was flat and irrigation was convenient.

The cooperative was born as a breath of fresh air, accelerating the process of mechanization, closing the planting process, making Phu Xuan a bright spot in the province in terms of tray plating and machine planting models.

The bottlenecks in agricultural production are gradually being removed. People agree on the policy of land consolidation, forming large-scale fields, actively participating in the production chain with the Northern Que Lam Group, producing rice in an organic direction, using high-quality purebred varieties and organic microbial fertilizers, creating high-quality delicious rice, increasing the production value of each cultivated area.

Not only Nhan Ly Agricultural Service Cooperative, many agricultural cooperatives after converting their operations according to the 2012 Law on Cooperatives or newly established have boldly invested and applied scientific and technical advances in production to increase product quality and value, meeting market demand.

Some cooperatives have initially reorganized their scale and fields of operation to suit local practical requirements and operate effectively. The average revenue of each agricultural cooperative in 2024 will reach 1.2 billion VND/year; the average profit will reach 250 million VND/year.

With the growth of leading cooperatives, the province's concentrated agricultural production areas are increasingly developing, creating regional specialties, certified as OCOP products from 3 stars at the provincial level or higher such as Vinh Tuong grapefruit, Lap Thach red-fleshed dragon fruit, An Hoa VietGap cucumber, Ho Son chayote... Commodity agriculture has opened up a sustainable direction for local farmers, improving income and material life for farmers.

The development of the collective economic sector (SES), with cooperatives as the core, has always been of interest to the Party and the State. At the 5th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee, Resolution 20 of the Party Central Committee on continuing to innovate, develop and improve the efficiency of the SES in the new period was issued, clearly demonstrating the Party's viewpoint of continuing to consolidate and develop the role of the SES and affirming that the SES will be supported to accelerate the digital transformation process, improve the level of science and technology and innovation.

On that basis, the province also issued many policies and mechanisms to support cooperatives in the area to actively innovate, promote their leading role, form agricultural commodity production areas, build modern and advanced agriculture, and proactively seize development opportunities.

The province currently has 220 agricultural cooperatives operating with 26 production chains. Although the number of cooperatives is relatively large, there are still not many "locomotives" with real strength and development potential.

To open up opportunities for Vinh Phuc agriculture to develop in the digital age, cooperatives need to understand the spirit of innovation and creativity, promptly restructure their organizational apparatus, invest resources, accelerate the process of converting operating methods to suit the new situation, especially accelerating the digital transformation process to match their key role.

From there, it leads the movements to innovate agricultural production, forms many agricultural commodity production areas, strengthens the connection between farmers and enterprises that purchase output to bring sustainable values ​​to the province's agricultural sector.

Nguyen Huong

Source: http://baovinhphuc.com.vn/Multimedia/Images/Id/126031/Hop-tac-xa---Dau-tau-thuc-day-san-xuat-nong-nghiep-hang-hoa-phat-trien