These days, the members of the Huong Chi longan production cooperative group according to VietGAP standards of village 6C (Ia Hla commune, Chu Puh district, Gia Lai province) are very excited to enter the first harvest.
It is even more fun when they have Truong Xuan Agriculture and Forestry Cooperative (Dak Lak province) come to the garden to guide them to harvest, pack according to standards and buy them for 24-25 thousand VND/kg (label). grade 1) and 20 thousand VND/kg (label grade 2). This price is higher than the market by regarding 2 thousand VND/kg.
Members of the Huong Chi longan cooperative production group according to VietGAP standards of village 6C (Ia Hla commune, Chu Puh district, Gia Lai province) harvest longan. Photo: Nguyen Diep
Ms. Nguyen Thi Vui – Head of the cooperative group producing Huong Chi longan according to VietGAP standards – said: In 2019, her family and a number of households in the village received 150 trees from the District and Ia Hla Commune’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Ia Hla. Huong Chi longan to grow according to VietGAP standards, associate production with product consumption with Truong Xuan Agriculture and Forestry Cooperative.
Seeing the trees grow and develop well, the family bought nearly 1,000 more seedlings from the cooperative to plant on dead pepper land. This year, her family has regarding 900 trees for harvest, of which 400 trees have entered the business, the average yield is regarding 25 kg of fruit/tree.
“It is estimated that with these 400 trees of Huong Chi longan, I obtained 10 tons of quality fruit according to standards, which are fully covered by the cooperative for 24-25 thousand VND/kg, regarding 2 thousand higher than the market. VND/kg. Excluding investment costs, the profit is regarding 130 million VND.
The remaining 500 trees, I expect to harvest in next March. Growing Huong Chi longan according to VietGAP standards has a lower investment cost than coffee and pepper, and the output is stable, so we are very reassured”-Ms. Vui shared.
Similarly, in recent years, the agricultural production-trade-service-tourism cooperative Ia Mo Nong (Chu Pah district) has linked the production and consumption of agricultural products with the people of the communes in the district. including passion fruit.
Mr. Le Van Thanh – Director of the cooperative – said: The cooperative links with cooperative groups and 178 households growing passion fruit in Ia Mo Nong commune and neighboring communes. From the end of 2022 until now, the price of passion fruit in the market has remained stable at 14-16 thousand VND/kg, helping the associated households to make good profits. On average, each day, the cooperative provides 30-40 tons of fresh lemons to Central Highlands Nafoods Joint Stock Company.
Farmers in Chu Se district, Gia Lai province harvest cassava roots and transport them to the factory for consumption. Photo: Nguyen Diep
According to Ms. Do Thi Hue – Deputy Director of Truong Xuan Agriculture and Forestry Cooperative: Currently, the cooperative cooperates with regarding 270 farmer households in Chu Puh district to plant 120 hectares of Huong Chi longan according to VietGAP standards. Cooperatives signed contracts to purchase products for people at a price higher than the market by regarding 2,000 VND/kg.
In addition to Chu Puh district, the cooperative also produces and consumes regarding 60 hectares of Huong Chi longan in Chu Se district and is building a model of planting 600 longan trees in Ia Pa district.
“This year’s harvest, I personally went to each garden to guide people on how to cut fruit, pack the product according to the requirements of the cooperative so that people can do it themselves to reduce costs and improve income. from Huong Chi longan tree,” said Ms. Hue.
Talking to PV, Mr. Luu Trung Nghia – Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development – said: Recently, the price of key agricultural products of the province such as coffee, passion fruit, noodles, sugarcane, banana… always maintained at a high and stable level.
This is a good sign to help farmers have a stable source of income. With the advantage of agricultural development, in the past time, the Agriculture sector continues to organize production, manage to improve the quality of agricultural products, especially granting codes of planting areas and packing establishments for agricultural products; guide people, cooperatives and enterprises to produce according to the standards set forth on the export of agricultural products.
In addition, forming linkages for production development associated with processing and identifying concentrated material areas for processing factories; develop crops of high economic value and compete in association with branding and product branding, etc. to help people consume agricultural products stably.
