Ms. Nguyen Thi Bien (far right) in Quang Trung village, Hoang Thanh commune, checks the quality of clam seeds before supplying them to the market.
Living in a rural area with great potential and strength in aquaculture, in 2005, Ms. Nguyen Thi Bien in Quang Trung village (Hoang Thanh commune) decided to focus on raising clams. After many difficulties and failures, after many years of experimenting and accumulating experience, from only specializing in commercial clam farming, she has been able to produce clam seeds to supply the market. From the initial 3 hectares of enclosure, exploitation and production of clam seeds, her family has now invested in expanding the area to 50 hectares, including 30 hectares of commercial clam farming and 20 hectares of clam seed production. Every year, Ms. Bien's family supplies clam seeds to over 1,000 hectares of farming area of the people; purchasing more than 100,000 tons of commercial clams from localities inside and outside the province, achieving revenue of nearly 4 billion VND/year, creating jobs for 70 - 80 regular workers and over 150 seasonal workers with income from 10 - 12 million VND/person/month.
Not only active in economic development, Ms. Bien also provides advice and assistance with capital, materials, and clam farming techniques for the people in the commune, and actively participates in local social security activities. With her efforts to overcome difficulties and outstanding results in production and business, in 2024, Ms. Nguyen Thi Bien was honored to receive the title of Outstanding Vietnamese Farmer from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union .
Ms. Bien is just a typical example among hundreds of thousands of members of the Farmers' Association of Production and Business in the province who are active, creative and tirelessly working and producing every hour and every day. This shows the widespread influence of the movement "Farmers compete in Production and Business, unite to help each other get rich and sustainably reduce poverty" in localities, contributing to arousing the will of self-reliance, daring to think, daring to do, overcoming all difficulties to rise up to get rich in each member and farmer.
According to Vice Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association Nguyen Huu Dong, to promote the movement "Farmers compete in good production and business, unite to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably", the Provincial Farmers' Association directs all levels of the association to implement the motto of innovating leadership and direction methods; strongly shifting to consulting, supporting, and helping farmers with capital, seeds, science - technology and new technology, vocational training..., creating conditions to help households develop production. At the same time, promote propaganda and mobilize farmers to change their thinking, towards high-quality, high-value production, instead of focusing only on quantity. Encourage farmers to link and cooperate to expand production scale, enhance responsibility to the community, production associated with environmental protection and ensuring food safety and hygiene.
On average, the number of members and farmers registering to achieve the title of Excellent Farmers at all levels is from 65 to 75%. The whole province has established 752 cooperatives, 133 cooperatives, 559 enterprises, 111 professional farmers' associations, and 1,122 professional farmers' associations. Thereby, creating connections, cooperation, and forming chains of links in production, business, and product consumption. The Excellent Farmers' Emulation Movement has created positive changes in farmers' lives, promoting the development of the agricultural economy . Many farmers have become exemplary models, not only good at production but also daring to think, daring to do, applying new science and technology, improving productivity, quality, and economic efficiency. Some households have developed into enterprises, contributing to promoting the development of the local economy .
Not only focusing on developing production and increasing family income, many SXKDG farmers also actively support and help members in difficult circumstances with capital, plants, seeds, agricultural materials, technical guidance, product consumption, support for building houses for poor members... In the first 6 months of 2025 alone, all levels of the association in the province mobilized mutual support with money, food, goods, plants, seeds worth more than 23.6 billion VND and thousands of working days; directly supporting 954 farming households in difficult circumstances with an amount of more than 4.1 billion VND.
In the coming time, farmers' associations at all levels in the province will continue to improve the quality and effectiveness of the emulation movement for good production and business, attracting a large number of members and farmers to participate. Linking the movement with improving product quality, processing and consuming agricultural products in the direction of goods, ensuring food safety, protecting the environment, contributing to the formation of large, concentrated commodity production areas, associated with product brands, strongly developing in the direction of collective economy, contributing to the successful implementation of the goals and tasks of the association and the farmers' movement.
Article and photos: Phan Nga
Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/khi-nong-dan-thi-dua-san-xuat-nbsp-kinh-doanh-gioi-255324.htm
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