Solution for managing growing area codes and accessing the OCOP program

BTO-On the morning of June 26, the Binh Thuan Cooperative Union organized a conference on Solutions for managing growing area codes and accessing the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program for agricultural cooperatives in the province. The purpose is to help cooperatives grasp information and access related policies in the coming time to improve the efficiency of cooperative operations.

In recent years, the Provincial Cooperative Union has regularly coordinated with sectors and localities to organize many propaganda activities, disseminate policies related to collective economy to cooperatives in the province in many forms. Thereby, a number of cooperatives have accessed state support policies such as being granted production area codes; participating in the OCOP program, supporting funding to build production - processing - product consumption linkages according to Resolution 86 of 2019 of the Provincial People's Council.

*Introduce support policies to cooperatives.*

At the conference, more than 100 delegates representing cooperatives in the province listened to information from specialized agencies of the agricultural sector, instructions on processes, procedures, and documents to access related policies. Especially solutions for managing growing area codes; instructions for cooperatives to access the OCOP program and some policies to support cooperative development in the current period. In particular, priority is given to developing collective economy, cooperatives associated with value chains, green growth, sustainable development and having a great impact on members and the community.

It is known that up to now, 13 cooperatives in the province have products certified as 3-star and 4-star OCOP and 7 cooperatives have been supported to build chain linkages...

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