Cooperatives being the companion with farmers

Thứ năm - 28/03/2019 05:46 275 0

Phu Yen province has had 115 cooperatives in operation, which has attracted more than 100,000members with about 90% of farmers. Farmers are not only customers - the served objectsof the cooperative, but they are also an important force to help thecooperative fulfill its task of production management and business development.

Cooperatives helping farmers convert crops effectively. In the photo: The model of
growing melon in high economic efficiency by farmers in Hoa Kien commune, Tuy Hoa city

It was three days the field hadno water, while rice wasgrowing, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tam (Son Thanh Dong commune, Tay Hoa district) rushedto come to Son ThanhDong agricultural cooperative. The Director Board of theCooperative immediatelydispatched irrigation staff to bring an electric pump to take water from the canal to her field.

Mrs. Tam excitedly said, “My family has had 4 acres of field on high land. In theprevious years, when thecooperative brought water to the canal, the field far away as mine had to use a water pump to takewater to the field. Atpresent, myfamily’s pump is broken,whereas thegrowing rice cannot be lack of water. We have to rely on thecooperative.”

For cooperatives, the farmers’ demand is the reason for cooperativesto exist and develop. According to Mr. Tran Tan Khoa, Director of An NghiepAgriculture Cooperative (Tuy An district), the Director Board of theCooperative affirmed the cooperativewould developto meet the demand andcapacityof the farmers there.

In the face of large production demand in the largetypical field modelto be easy to apply moderntechnical and scientificadvances, cooperatives have guided people to change plants and expand production areas intoone-breeding areas in a kind of tree.

Mr. Dang Minh Nghia, Director of Tay Hoa An AgriculturalService Cooperative (Phu Hoa district), let known: “Previously, farmers planted peanuts scatteredover more than 16 hectares. The Cooperative mobilized them to form the "sample field" of3ha. Thanksto that,the co-operative broughtthe machines ofploughing soil, sprayingchemicals, sowing seeds and harvesting peanuts to replace manual labor forpeople. Therefore, the economic efficiency has been higher.”

For farmers' products to have a foothold in the market, easyto be consumed, cooperatives stand out to buildtrade village product brand and advance trade promotion.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Director of Hoa Phong Agricultural andService Business Cooperative (Tay Hoa district), said: With rice, thecooperative contracted with companies and businesses to provide certified seeds andconsume the products. In the last year, the model field of 19ha seed rice helped farmers to earn VND 15million to VND 20million / ha; the high-quality rice model got the benefit of from VND 18million to VND 20 million / ha.

With the mulberry tree, the cooperative associates with the Mulberry Silk Company (LamDong province) to supply seeds and pick cocoons, which creates conditions to maintain production inthe commune's craft-village of growing mulberry and raising silkworms. In addition, the cooperative alsouses silkworm pupae to make silkworm wine, building an exclusive brand, and put thisproduct into Tuy Hoa Co.opMart Supermarket and specialty businesses in the province. TheCooperative want tocreate more channels of consuming agricultural products sothat farmers can live with their craft.

The Provincial Farmers' Association associates with the Provincial CooperativeAlliance to link the farmers' production of organic agricultural products tocooperatives towards sustainable agricultural production. According to Mr. PhanDai Thang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association, producing organic agricultural products is theorientation of the Association for farmer members to protect consumers' healthand promote the consumption of farm products.

One of the solutions to help farmers achieve thetarget is to establish acooperative of farmers and in each cooperative there is a organic agricultural product store. "Inthe coming time, the goal of the Provincial Farmers Association is to establisha cooperative or cooperative group in each locality, striving to have 25agricultural cooperatives owned by farmers by 2020," saidMr. Thang.

Source: Phu YenNewspaper
Translated by TRINHTHUY