Aiming to increase the value of typical agricultural products and meet market demand, recently, many localities, cooperatives, enterprises and establishments in Vinh Linh district have proactively invested and received support to implement preliminary processing and deep processing of agricultural products. Thereby contributing to good preservation, creating quality products, expanding consumption, and increasing economic efficiency for many types of agricultural products.
Vinh Hoa Green Agricultural Products Cooperative invests in machinery to improve the quality of "Ru Linh Honey" products - Photo: NGUYEN TRANG
Silkworm mung bean is the main agricultural product of Vinh Giang commune with a raw material area of about 80 hectares. Realizing that mung bean is produced and supplied in raw form, the preservation process is still limited and the value is not high, since 2020, Co My Agricultural Cooperative has invested in equipment systems, producing 2 more products: mung bean powder and roasted mung bean, which are very well received by the market. The selling price of processed products is 2 times higher than that of raw products, increasing income for mung bean growers.
Mr. Le Chan, Director of Co My Agricultural Cooperative, said: “In November 2023, the Cooperative continued to receive investment from the province in the project on technology for production and deep processing of silkworm mung bean products with a total cost of over 8.4 billion VND. By January 2024, items such as mung bean fields have been planned, the processing factory has been constructed and installed completely. With these favorable infrastructure conditions, in addition to developing the two existing products, the Cooperative will expand the production of new products, first of all, Vinh Giang mung bean milk and Vinh Giang mung bean cake”.
Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vinh Linh district, Nguyen Huu Quyet, informed that along with Co My Agricultural Cooperative, in the past year, in Vinh Linh district, 6 more cooperatives were supported with technology for preliminary processing and deep processing of agricultural products, with a total investment of over 12.1 billion VND.
Up to now, the whole district has about 20 cooperatives, enterprises and many establishments that have equipped and upgraded their facilities and modern machinery to serve effective production and business. Many key agricultural products of the localities have been invested in preliminary processing and deep processing, such as: red rice of Tan My Agricultural Cooperative; pepper of Vinh Linh Pepper Production and Trading Cooperative; turmeric of Hung Dung International One Member Cooperative; rice of Tay Son Clean Agriculture Cooperative and Loan Hao Vermicelli Processing Facility; honey of Vinh Hoa Green Agricultural Products Cooperative; anchovy fish sauce of Khiem Trong fish sauce production facility; pure peanut oil of Hung Thinh Thanh Co., Ltd....
Every year, Vinh Linh district produces about 40,000 tons of rice, over 42,000 tons of grain, over 2,000 tons of peanuts, about 1,350 tons of pepper, and about 4,000 tons of aquatic products... Investing in the field of preliminary processing and deep processing in recent times has contributed to solving output in agricultural production, creating many products with guaranteed quality; supported in completing the registration of product quality standards and OCOP product certification. To be able to access and put into deep processing, resources must be available.
Therefore, the district determined that in the coming time, it needs the initiative of each locality, cooperative, enterprise and the integration and support from programs and projects. Accordingly, for the agricultural processing sector, the district has proposed mechanisms and policies to support production organization, development planning, and strengthening the connection of goods transportation methods.
At the same time, encourage production establishments to invest in science and technology, improve products in terms of quality, labeling and packaging. Thereby enhancing the reputation and brand of local agricultural products. At the same time, the district will focus on implementing solutions to form concentrated points for buying, selling, collecting and preserving agricultural products in industrial parks and industrial clusters.
On the other hand, calling on investors to build factories to process, pre-process, and preserve agricultural products using local strengths such as rice, peanuts, pepper, cassava, taro, etc. Focus on increasing the rate of deep processing to form key rural industrial products of commodity nature, associated with the program "One commune, one product".
Regarding the development of rice materials focusing on linking along the value chain to ensure food safety, connecting from production to consumption, Vinh Linh district has a plan to invest in building a rice processing and preparation facility with a total cost of 3,390 billion VND.
Of which, the provincial and district budget support source is 2.2 billion VND; cooperatives and other sources are 1.190 billion VND. Vinh Linh district is proposing the province to consider funding support. It is expected that the items to be invested in construction include: drying system; factory; rice processing system; premises, roads... to serve the development, improve the quality and value of rice production in Vinh Linh district.
Vinh Linh district strives to have the value of agricultural processing reach over 150 billion VND by 2025, an average increase of over 18%/year (at 2010 fixed prices). From there, there will be more agricultural products produced in a sustainable manner, increasing the economic value of the agricultural sector and people's income.
Nguyen Trang
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