Predecessor of Phong Nien Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Cooperative
Over the years, the Party and State have always paid attention to, issued and implemented many policies, mechanisms, laws to develop the collective economy and cooperatives, most recently the revised Law on Cooperatives in 2023 and Decision No. 182/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister approving the Project "Vietnam Farmers' Association participates in developing the collective economy in agriculture until 2030".
Lao Cai province has issued many action programs and plans to develop collective economic forms, including implementing Decision No. 182/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister.
The launching ceremony of Phong Nien Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Cooperative in Tan Phong village, Phong Nien commune, Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province. Photo: Thanh Thuy.
Presenting a report at the launching ceremony, Mr. Luong Duc Luan, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Phong Nien Commune, Bao Thang District (Lao Cai), said: Implementing the project and resolution of the Central Vietnam Farmers' Association on promoting the development of professional Farmers' Associations; every year, the Provincial and District Farmers' Associations assign targets to the Commune Farmers' Associations to establish professional Farmers' Associations, cooperatives and cooperatives.
Besides the advantages, there are still many difficulties, such as the level of technology and agricultural production techniques of Phong Nien commune farmers is still not high compared to many communes in the district and the province. The quality of agricultural products is not high and is often raw, competitiveness is still poor, the production is fragmented, everyone does what they want, not meeting expectations in the orientation of key products.
Meanwhile, farmers are always facing natural disasters and epidemics, and have to worry about finding capital for production as well as finding outlets for their products. This problem has many causes, but the most important and leading cause is that farmers have not yet linked and cooperated with each other in production.
In other words, if we want Phong Nien commune's agriculture to develop strongly and the lives of farmers to improve and become more prosperous, we need to strengthen and improve the operational efficiency of the collective economic organization.
In particular, it is necessary to take care of professional farmer association branches and cooperative groups to lay the foundation for establishing many agricultural cooperatives associated with new rural construction and restructuring the agricultural sector. Build and develop sustainable collective economic and cooperative models; attract more and more members, farmers, individual economic households and organizations to participate in cooperatives.
Delegates attend the launching ceremony of Phong Nien Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Cooperative in Tan Phong village, Phong Nien commune, Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province. Photo: Thanh Thuy.
According to Mr. Luong Duc Luan, in the actual conditions as mentioned, with the assignment of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, the Farmers' Association of Bao Thang district, the Farmers' Association of Phong Nien commune has researched and mobilized to establish a cooperative on the basis of taking the Association and the Association of Aquaculture Farmers in Lang Cung 1 village, Tan Phong village as the core. From there, complete the dossier, carry out the process of requesting a certificate of production and business of the cooperative.
In 2020, Phong Nien Commune Farmers' Association decided to establish the Aquaculture Farmers' Association of Lang Cung 1 village, with 28 members.
By November 2023, the Commune Farmers' Association established an additional professional association for intensive hybrid carp farming in Tan Phong village, with 13 participating members.
During the operation of the Association, although there has been a connection in production, it has only stopped at the stage of exchanging experiences, while the promotion of marketing, supply of output and input is still limited and inadequate due to standards and lack of legal status to represent the organization supplying products to schools and supermarkets.
Establishment of Phong Nien Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Cooperative to increase product value and bring agricultural products further.
Based on the above reality, some members of the Association and the Association want to produce more products to increase product value, find ways to link and promote products to the market. In particular, the members have also listened to and studied Resolution No. 10 dated August 26, 2021 of the Standing Committee of Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee on developing commodity agriculture.
Therefore, the members held a meeting to discuss and agree on the content of business registration, with 22 members participating, everyone agreed to pass the Cooperative Charter and the Resolution to establish the Cooperative. At the same time, complete the complete set of documents to request the issuance of a Certificate of Business Registration.
Accordingly, on April 11, 2024, after reviewing and studying the documents, the Department of Planning and Finance of Bao Thang district issued a Certificate of Registration for Phong Nien Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Cooperative, with 7 production and business categories.
Ms. Tran Thi Hang, Vice President of Lao Cai Farmers' Association, spoke at the launching ceremony. Photo: Thanh Thuy.
Regarding the structure, the cooperative's Board of Directors consists of 5 members, including 1 Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1 Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and 3 members. The Executive Board consists of 3 members: 1 Director, 1 Deputy Director, and 1 member.
In terms of scale, with 22 members contributing production materials, the cooperative currently has 8.9 hectares of fish ponds; 3.7 hectares of Na; 1.5 hectares of various vegetables. This is a source of agricultural products, such as fish and vegetables, tubers, and fruits regularly supplied to the market. Currently, these products have established a foothold in the districts and cities of Lao Cai...
Launching of Phong Nien Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Cooperative (Bao Thang District, Lao Cai Province). Photo: Thanh Thuy.
Especially in the main processing stage, the Cooperative is currently processing fish cakes, exporting 35 kg to Lao Cai city, Muong Khuong, Bac Ha every day, because the new product has a small production scale, no labels, and has not entered the supermarket system and schools.
Initially, the cooperative's fish cake products have been recognized by the market. The functional departments of Bao Thang district have inspected the quality of the fish cake and assessed it as meeting the requirements of OCOP products. They are currently preparing documents to request recognition as 3-star products. The cooperative operates in the spirit of self-awareness, voluntariness, autonomy, self-management, self-responsibility, and mutual benefit.
We believe that, with the establishment of Phong Nien Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Cooperative, the members of the Cooperative will unite, implement the Cooperative's charter well, promote the spirit of self-reliance and self-improvement, and have practical contributions to build the Cooperative to develop more and more.
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