Tra Vinh has 9 coconut growing areas ready for exporting fresh fruit to China.

The Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection of Tra Vinh province has submitted a request to the Plant Protection Department to review, compile, and negotiate with the importing country (China) to issue an export code.

Specifically, the coconut growing areas include: Rach Nghe hamlet (Thong Hoa commune) with 150 hectares and Ngoc Ho hamlet (Tam Ngai commune) with nearly 111 hectares in Cau Ke district.

In Cang Long district, there are coconut growing areas in Binh Hoi hamlet (Huyen Hoi commune) with over 112 hectares; Van Hung hamlet (Binh Phu commune) with over 130 hectares; and Rach Dua hamlet (Dai Phuoc commune) with over 63 hectares.

Chau Thanh district has the following growing areas: Soc That hamlet with over 173 hectares and Ben Co hamlet with nearly 159 hectares in Nguyet Hoa commune; Bot Chech hamlet with nearly 137 hectares and O Chich B hamlet with over 206 hectares in Luong Hoa commune.

The agricultural sector in Tra Vinh province is actively guiding farmers to implement standardized production processes, maintain complete cultivation logs, manage pests according to the requirements of importing countries, and fully comply with food safety standards. Thus, in the future, the coconut industry in Tra Vinh province will have more markets and its value will be enhanced.

Coconut plantation area in Luong Hoa commune (Chau Thanh district, Tra Vinh province). Photo: Thanh Hoa - VNA.

Currently, Tra Vinh province has approximately 90,000 households growing coconuts on 27,390 hectares with nearly 7 million trees; the highest concentration is in Cang Long, Tieu Can, and Cau Ke districts.

Tra Vinh province ranks second in the country in coconut cultivation area, after Ben Tre province, with an annual production of approximately 444 million coconuts.

Coconut is one of the locality's key crops, and the Provincial People's Committee has been implementing a strategy to upgrade its value chain for many years.

Currently, the Department of Science and Technology of Tra Vinh province is reviewing and approving a science and technology project on "Building a spatial distribution map, estimating carbon and CO2 absorption capacity of coconut biomass in Tra Vinh province," gradually aiming to participate in the carbon market of this industry.

To date, the province has 26 export-oriented agricultural product growing area codes and 60 domestic-oriented growing area codes; including one export-oriented coconut growing area in Rach Nghe hamlet, Thong Hoa commune, Cau Ke district, covering 150 hectares.

Source: https://danviet.vn/tra-vinh-co-9-vung-trong-dua-san-sang-moi-dieu-kien-cho-xuat-khau-trai-tuoi-sang-trung-quoc-20240817235951132.htm