Promoting the role of Farmers' Association in socio-economic development - Cao Bang Electronic Newspaper

The Provincial Farmers' Association (PPA) always consolidates and builds a strong organization, meeting the requirements of the Association's work and the farmers' movement in the new situation, making great contributions to the local socio-economic development.

From 2024 to present, the Provincial Farmers' Association has coordinated with the Central Farmers' Association and organizations and units inside and outside the province to organize 376 training courses on transferring science and technology to 17,183 members on advanced farming techniques, animal husbandry, aquaculture, and application of high technology in production. The Provincial Farmers' Association has effectively managed the "Farmer Support" Fund with a total fund source of over 83 billion VND, supporting farmer members to borrow to implement more than 314 projects, 2,484 households to borrow; coordinated with the Social Policy Bank and commercial banks to create conditions for more than 19,200 households to borrow capital to invest in production development, create jobs, and increase income.

The Association at all levels continues to support 386 Cooperative Groups and 48 agricultural cooperatives, 678 interest groups/cooperatives established by HND (under the CSSP project). Implement 3 cooperation projects, linking production according to the value chain (grass goat farming, commercial buffalo farming, chili planting), deploy 3 pilot models (safe vegetable production model, pig breeding model, buffalo breeding model), contributing to the formation of commodity production areas associated with local advantages. Organize 3 field trips, learn from typical models in and outside the province for more than 80 cadres and members to learn and replicate effective models.

The Provincial Farmers' Association coordinated with the Provincial Post Office to support members in bringing 330 products, including 64 OCOP products, to the e-commerce platform buudien.vn; supported 2 cooperatives in launching points to introduce, connect and consume safe agricultural products and OCOP products of the province in Thach An and Trung Khanh.

The Association at all levels has actively mobilized cadres and members to donate land, contribute working days and money to build rural infrastructure such as roads, irrigation works, cultural houses, implement environmental criteria, rural landscape, build cultural families, maintain security and order in rural areas; support labor and contribute funds to eliminate 2,549 temporary and dilapidated houses, move 145 barns out of the house floors; contribute over 3.35 billion VND in cash to build civil works, build roads, voluntarily donate over 143,400 m2 of land, 2,000 bamboo trees; contribute over 25,500 working days; rebuild and repair over 285 km of rural roads, 295 km of canals within the fields; rebuild and repair 14 bridges and culverts...

The sturgeon farming model of Mr. Nguyen Van Cong, Ban Hoang hamlet, Truong Ha commune harvests more than 7 tons of commercial fish/year.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association Nong Quoc Hoan said: In order to develop the local socio-economy as well as improve the lives of members, in the coming time, the Provincial Farmers' Association will continue to comprehensively innovate the content and methods of operation, focusing on the grassroots, taking members as the center to accompany farmers in sustainable development. Improve the quality of emulation movements such as the movement "Farmers compete in production, good business, unite to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably", "Farmers participate in developing collective economy in agriculture", the movement "building new rural areas, civilized urban areas". Focus on building and replicating cooperative economic models, cooperative groups, agricultural cooperatives according to the value chain, creating a vibrant competitive atmosphere among all members.

Strengthening capital, technical and start-up support for farmers, increasing the "Farmer Support" Fund, expanding loan groups, organizing vocational training, transferring science and technology, e-commerce and digital transformation, helping farmers confidently develop production and start a successful business. The Association also focuses on developing green agriculture, circular agriculture associated with new rural construction, encouraging farmers to produce according to VietGAP standards, organic, environmental protection and developing community tourism and experiential tourism.

Strengthening linkages and product consumption, acting as a bridge between farmers, businesses, scientists and the government; supporting brand building, traceability, trade promotion through e-commerce platforms, turning Cao Bang's typical products such as vermicelli, red peanuts, chestnuts... into high-value OCOP products, promoting digital transformation in association activities and promoting farmers' products on digital platforms.

Hoang Phuc

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