With this plant considered a precious medicinal herb in Oriental medicine, for more than 4 years now, the Agricultural Chemical Production Service Cooperative of Da Pal Commune, Da Huoai District has realized the idea, creating unique essential oil products such as: shampoo, conditioner, hair growth spray... from the green-skinned grapefruit peel.
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| The Grapefruit Essential Oil Extraction Model of Da Pal Agricultural Product Service Cooperative brings stable economic value. |
With the desire to bring products that are friendly to nature, safe for users and completely handmade, Mr. Nguyen Mau Tuan - Consultant of Da Pal Agricultural Products Service Cooperative has pioneered the process of extracting essential oils from grapefruit and developed it into the first unit in the district to focus on developing raw material areas for extracting essential oils from green-skin grapefruit. “Da Huoai District is a fertile land with suitable climate and soil conditions for growing many high-yield crops. In particular, it is famous for its OCOP-certified green-skin grapefruit and medicinal plants. Therefore, I started to research and create initial products such as herbal shampoo. Through testing and evaluation, the initial results were very good, people highly appreciated it, from there, we started to expand the production scale as well as establish cooperatives for people to participate in the production chain, improve the quality of life, economic value...", said Mr. Nguyen Mau Tuan.
The grapefruit garden of Da Pal Agricultural Products Service Cooperative has an area of 1 hectare and has been planted for 5 years. These are grapefruit trees "ripe enough" to be harvested as the main raw material for essential oil extraction. In addition, during the implementation process, the grapefruit garden must always be ensured to be planted and cared for completely naturally, absolutely no chemicals are used, only then can it meet the criteria of safe agricultural products. In addition, the Cooperative has also invested and built a separate area with full modern equipment to serve the closed essential oil production and processing process. This place is fully equipped with all kinds of equipment to serve the essential oil production process, always ensuring safety and cleanliness right at the factory. Thereby, each completed product will always have strict quality control.
According to Mr. Tuan, a quality herbal product must meet three criteria. First, the raw materials must be truly clean and of the right medicinal age, next, the mixing formula must balance the yin and yang of the five elements, and the last factor is the kindness of the manufacturer.
Sharing about the difficulties in implementing the model, Mr. Tuan said that during the grapefruit growing stage, the grapefruit must be absolutely free of chemicals. Therefore, when working with local people to grow grapefruit for the cooperative, he always requested that these substances not be used and instead, he gave specific instructions for people to use safe probiotics.
In addition to using grapefruit, the cooperative has been orienting, expanding and testing the cultivation of other medicinal plants such as sandalwood and lemongrass to diversify essential oil products. Thanks to the quality and friendly manual production process, the cooperative's grapefruit essential oil products are not only welcomed and trusted by local people but also many customers in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. "Building on the results achieved in the past time, our cooperative will continue to expand the scale of production, together build a clean raw material area as well as contribute to creating jobs for local people", Mr. Nguyen Mau Tuan added.
According to Mr. Pham Van Dong - Vice Chairman of Da Pal Commune People's Committee, from the tree with economic value in Da Pal land, Da Pal Agricultural Products Service Cooperative has sought to process and bring to the market essential oil products from grapefruit with different uses, contributing to increasing the economic value of grapefruit trees. This is one of the models that the locality assesses as having many prospects for development. "In 2025, Da Pal commune will have a long-term orientation to build and develop the products of Da Pal Agricultural Products Service Cooperative to become local OCOP products, contributing to increasing the economic value of green-skin grapefruit. In the coming time, the herbal essential oil products of the Cooperative will continue to focus on increasing productivity, aiming for even higher value essential oil products. Through that, we affirm the quality of the product line, which is completely handmade, unique, friendly and suitable to the tastes of Vietnamese consumers," said Mr. Pham Van Dong.
Source: http://baolamdong.vn/kinh-te/202503/trien-vong-tu-mo-hinh-trong-buoi-lay-tinh-dau-d2b17c8/
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