Tien Giang: Promoting cooperative development associated with the OCOP Program

In order to promote sustainable development of cooperatives associated with brand building and product consumption linkage, recently, Tien Giang province has implemented many solutions to support cooperatives in building OCOP products and achieved many important results.

Tien Giang focuses on implementing many solutions to support cooperatives in developing OCOP products.

According to the Department of Agriculture and Environment (DARD) of Tien Giang province, in recent times, one of the important tasks that the agricultural sector has focused on implementing is developing the agricultural cooperative model associated with the One Commune One Product (OCOP) Program. Accordingly, cooperatives become the core force in developing agricultural production and building brands for local agricultural products.

At the same time, creating a sustainable value chain for OCOP products. In particular, cooperatives participate in training and transferring new technologies to farmers, helping to improve product quality and optimize production processes; actively supporting product development and expanding markets for OCOP products.

After more than 5 years of implementing the OCOP Program, Tien Giang has achieved certain results. One of the highlights is that the collective economy has stabilized and developed rapidly in both quality and quantity.

Many models of value chain-linked consumption economy have been formed. At the same time, many rural agricultural products have built their brands through OCOP certification. Key agricultural raw material areas have been formed, meeting domestic consumption and export requirements. By the end of 2024, the whole province will have 199 agricultural cooperatives, with over 47,000 members.

Red-fleshed dragon fruit products of My Tinh An Cooperative, Cho Gao district have been recognized as meeting OCOP standards.

The province has supported the development and recognition of 350 OCOP products, including: 1 5-star product (Vinh Phat soursop tea); 17 potential 5-star products; 82 4-star products and 250 3-star products, with a total of 165 participating entities (31 cooperatives, 54 enterprises and 80 production and business households). In particular, the cooperative's products certified as OCOP include fresh and processed products associated with the province's key agricultural products such as: Hoa Loc mango, Tan Phuoc pineapple, Cai Lay durian, Go Cong cherry jam, Cho Gao dragon fruit, etc.

In addition, in the process of building the new rural areas, many outstanding cooperative models have emerged, typically with new ways of doing things, production associated with value chains, and development of OCOP products. Typically, in the field of rice production and consumption, there is a linkage model between My Quoi Agricultural Service Cooperative and Phuoc Loc Thien Ho Company Limited in Hau My Bac B commune, Cai Be district according to Resolution 07 of the Provincial People's Council.

The scale of the association is 200 - 300 ha/year with ST24 rice varieties, Nang Hoa 9 and the rice products have been certified with 4-star OCOP. Or the association model between Binh Nhi Agricultural Service Cooperative, Hung Hoa Agricultural Cooperative, Loi An Agricultural Cooperative, Go Cong Tay district in association with HK Green Company Limited, Vinh Hien Company Limited to produce and build the VD20 Go Cong rice brand, with a scale of 300 - 500 ha/year and the rice products are also certified with 4-star OCOP.

In the field of fruit production, there are durian cooperative models such as Ngu Hiep, Cam Son, Hiep Duc, which organize production members to achieve VietGAP certification and develop growing area codes. Cooperatives link with businesses to consume products through long-term stable linkage projects/plans. Products of cooperatives are all certified with 3-star OCOP.

Or the model of Hung Thinh Phat Clean Agriculture Cooperative, My Tinh An Cooperative, Cho Gao district organizes members to produce dragon fruit according to GlobalGAP standards, linking with companies inside and outside the province to consume with an output of about 3,000 tons/year, dragon fruit products are certified OCOP.

In the field of vegetable production and consumption, some typical cooperatives such as: Go Cong Safe Vegetables, Tan Dong Safe Vegetables, Thanh Hung Safe Vegetables, Phu Quoi Safe Vegetables, Hoa Thanh Safe Vegetables have signed long-term and stable consumption contracts with Saigon COOP, Bach Hoa Xanh, Big C supermarkets... with an output of about 5 - 7 tons of vegetables/day/cooperative. Some products of cooperatives are OCOP certified such as: Chinese cabbage, Chinese broccoli, Chinese bok choy.

In livestock farming, Go Cong Livestock - Aquaculture Cooperative cooperates with farmers to produce and supply Go Cong chickens under contract to companies, supermarkets, and restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City, averaging about 80 tons/year, OCOP products certified 3 stars. Dong Nghi Agricultural Cooperative with OCOP products processed from goat milk combined with field trips in the livestock farming areas of its members.

In the process of building and developing OCOP products, the agricultural sector also focuses on implementing policies to support entities participating in trade promotion activities, exhibition fairs; supporting funding for the construction of OCOP product display stores (14 stores). This has created conditions for businesses, cooperatives, and production facilities to introduce and promote, seek opportunities, connect supply and demand, strengthen cooperation, link product consumption...

Also according to the Department of Agriculture and Environment, in the coming time, the agricultural sector will continue to coordinate with the Tien Giang Province Cooperative Union and other departments and branches to implement solutions to develop agricultural cooperatives associated with new rural construction and OCOP products.

Accordingly, one of the key solutions is to continue to coordinate and promote the implementation of solutions to improve the quality of agricultural cooperative operations on the basis of implementing mechanisms and policies to support cooperatives according to current regulations.

Specifically, it is to strengthen consulting and training to improve management and production capacity; implement support policies on capital, land, infrastructure, science and technology, and trade promotion for cooperatives participating in the program of building new rural areas and developing OCOP products.

The agricultural sector will continue to develop exemplary cooperative models, typical in applying high technology, clean production, ensuring product quality, thereby spreading this model to the community. At the same time, encourage linkage and cooperation between cooperatives with cooperatives, with enterprises, processing facilities through policies to support linkage of production and consumption according to Resolution 07 of the Provincial People's Council...

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