After nearly 30 years of continuous construction and development, Dalat Hasfarm Company now has 4 farms covering nearly 500 hectares, attracting thousands of workers. As a leading enterprise in the Vietnamese fresh flower industry, Dalat Hasfarm clearly identifies sustainable development as its strategic direction in the future.
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| Packing flowers for export at Dalat Hasfarm |
Up to now, Dalat Hasfarm has 4 large farms in Da Lat, Don Duong and Lam Ha with a total production scale of nearly 500 hectares. In addition, the company is also cooperating with farmers with the mission of "bringing the company's benefits to each person". Accordingly, Dalat Hasfarm provides a source of original flower seeds of all kinds, has a team of accompanying engineers to guide each garden on technical production processes, measures to prevent and control harmful pests and diseases, ensuring that farmers achieve a stable profit at a fairly high level compared to scattered, small-scale production forms... Currently, Dalat Hasfarm has joined hands with more than 200 farming households to produce and supply flowers according to the value chain, bringing in hundreds of billions of VND in revenue for the people.
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| Research on production of biological products at Dalat Hasfarm Company |
In particular, since 2014, the company has begun researching and developing beneficial insects and fungi for application in production. By using Bio-Pro to grow and control pests, the company has reduced the use of chemicals on different types of flowers. Thereby providing clean and safe flower products, protecting the environment and consumer health, towards sustainable agricultural development. On the other hand, Dalat Hasfarm also actively introduces and transfers Bio-Pro products to a large number of farmers in the province.
Mr. Nguyen Van Minh Tu - Director of Mai Khoi Farm Company said that the company currently owns a production farm of about 30 hectares in Da Nghit village, Lat commune, Lac Duong district. For many years, the company has been using Bio-Pro biological products of Dalat Hasfarm. This has brought great benefits to the company's agricultural cultivation. For example, using less pesticides helps consumers access increasingly cleaner products; at the same time, the working environment of workers is also clearly improved.
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| Farmers use Bio-Pro products of Dalat Hasfarm in sweet pepper cultivation |
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien - Director of Bio-Pro Department, Dalat Hasfarm Company shared that natural enemies are beneficial natural organisms that eat or cause diseases to pests that are harmful to agricultural production. Each agricultural ecosystem has different groups of natural enemies, playing an important role in limiting the development of pest populations. Nowadays, using natural enemies is one of the biological measures widely applied in production practices. Especially in organic agriculture, natural enemies play an extremely important role. Natural enemies control some types of pests, helping to limit the use of chemicals in farming, which makes organic farming increasingly better.
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| Biological products are introduced and transferred by Dalat Hasfarm Company Bio-Pro products to a large number of farmers in the province. |
To date, Dalat Hasfarm has produced 11 species of natural enemies with a total of more than 100 billion individuals, not only used on the company's cultivated areas, but the products have also been introduced and widely transferred to farmers in the province and neighboring areas. Accordingly, 70% of the products are used by the company for production, 30% are sold to the market. Thereby, the company has reduced 65% of pesticides used in production.
Notably, calimero varieties and potted flowers such as begonias, roses, African violets... are products that are cared for with Bio-Pro and almost do not use chemicals. Through the use of Bio-Pro, Dalat Hasfarm brings clean and safe flower products, to protect the environment and the health of consumers. In addition, predatory natural enemies such as spiders Amblyseius cucumeris; Amblyseius swirskii; Phytoseiulus persimilis... have been transferred by the company to hundreds of farmers in the province for use in the management of thrips and red spiders that damage vegetables and flowers, bringing about effective results on sweet pepper plants, reducing the amount of pesticides by 70%.
In addition, aiming for sustainable agricultural development, Dalat Hasfarm also uses automatic drip irrigation systems, heating systems, LED lighting systems and flower harvesting conveyor belts to achieve maximum productivity, saving resources and human resources. In addition, with the use of advanced wastewater treatment and reuse systems, the company has proactively sourced water for growing flowers as well as contributing to environmental protection.
Dalat Hasfarm also encourages customers to limit the use of nylon bags, with the motto "Reducing plastic materials for future generations". Specifically, at the shop, some types of plastic pots are replaced with coconut fiber pots, using biodegradable bags to replace plastic bags; using paper to limit the use of plastic in flower bouquets. For wholesale customers, the company encourages customers to reuse carton boxes to receive a discount on the next order...
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