Farmers actively compete in production and business

Farmers' Association members in Bai area, Bo town (Kim Boi) develop the economy with a semi-industrial ostrich farming model.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Huong Hai, Vice President of the Provincial Farmers' Association (HND) said: The movement "Farmers compete in good production and business, unite to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably" has continued to be closely directed by the associations at all levels, developing in terms of quantity, quality, scale and efficiency, contributing significantly to restructuring the agricultural sector towards commodity production, increasing added value and sustainable development. The movement has contributed to arousing the will of self-reliance, daring to think and dare to do, overcoming all difficulties to rise up and get rich in each member. Associations at all levels have proactively coordinated with all levels, sectors and enterprises to well organize the transfer of scientific and technical advances, promote support services for farmers... Since then, many households have introduced new plants and animals into production, creating models for high income, contributing to promoting the movement and promoting the development of agricultural production.

One of those typical farmers is the household of Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh, Dong Bai village, Hoa Son commune (Luong Son). Together with the HND staff, we visited her family's livestock model. As a typical example of good economic performance in the locality as well as the HND, Ms. Hanh actively researches and learns to implement an effective family economic development model. Currently, her family is developing a wild boar breeding model. According to Ms. Hanh, realizing the potential for development from raising wild boars, since 2009 she decided to raise wild boars with the desire to build an effective model to improve the family economy. With the available garden land, Ms. Hanh invested in building a surrounding wall and building a pig pen for free-range pigs. From the initial 5 wild sows, up to now, the herd has more than 200 pigs. On average, each year, after selling and deducting all expenses, her family earns a profit of about 400 million VND.

In order for localities to have more typical examples of good farmers and businessmen, in recent years, the work of developing and improving the quality of HVND has always been of interest. From 2024 to present, the whole Association has admitted over 1,700 new members. Not only has the quantity increased, the quality of activities of the branches has also been improved, many branches and groups have completed their production tasks well.

In order to create favorable conditions for farmers to develop production, the Farmers' Associations at all levels in the province have created conditions for members to borrow capital from the Farmers' Support Fund with a total fund of over 64.7 billion VND; 43 projects have been disbursed and over 440 households have borrowed capital. In addition, credit associations at all levels have entrusted banks to help the Farmers' Associations borrow, and so far the total outstanding loan balance at 3 banks has reached over 4,004 billion VND.

Along with that, the associations at all levels coordinate with local authorities and functional sectors to support HVND in transforming the structure of crops and livestock, exploiting potentials, strengths, and resources to invest in production and business development, creating safe agricultural products with economic value, and increasing income. From 2024 to present, HVND at all levels have coordinated to organize over 180 training courses, transferring science and technology to over 11,890 HVND on fertilizer use; disease prevention and treatment for crops and livestock; rice care to reduce inorganic fertilizers, aquaculture techniques, cassava cultivation; trade promotion skills and OCOP product development...

By improving the quality of the emulation movement for good production and business, the HVND in the province has contributed to promoting agricultural production, actively shifting towards commodity production with higher scale, level and efficiency. In 2024, the whole province has more than 77,800 registered households and over 51,000 households achieving the title of good production and business at all levels. Many typical production models have been replicated such as: cage fish farming in Hoa Binh city; growing purple sugarcane in the districts of Yen Thuy, Tan Lac, Cao Phong; goat farming in Lac Thuy, Mai Chau; making ornamental stones in Lac Thuy; growing citrus fruit trees in the districts of Cao Phong, Kim Boi, Yen Thuy, Tan Lac, Luong Son; brocade weaving in Tan Lac, Mai Chau...