(HSV VIETNAM GROUP) – In the context of the world and domestic economies facing a series of challenges and difficulties, many industries and fields have experienced deep declines due to supply chain disruptions and lack of orders. However, Binh Phuoc's agricultural sector still maintains a good growth rate, continuing to affirm its position as a solid foundation for the economy.
The factory in Binh Phuoc of HSV Vietnam Group Joint Stock Company with human resources carefully selects seeds to ensure product quality.
Agricultural growth is the highest in the country
In 2023, Binh Phuoc's growth rate will reach 8.34%, ranking first in the Southeast region and ranked 11th compared to the whole country; Of which, Binh Phuoc's agricultural sector increased by 10.25%, the highest in the country.
Binh Phuoc Statistics Department said that in 2023, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector in the entire province will reach 17,513 billion VND, an increase of 10.25%, contributing 3.21 percentage points to the province's GRDP growth, 1.04% higher than the previous year. With this impressive increase, the agricultural sector has made a breakthrough and contributed to Binh Phuoc's GRDP exceeding that of industry and construction.
Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong - Secretary of Binh Phuoc Provincial Party Committee assessed that the local agricultural sector has the highest growth rate in the country due to many factors; including structural transformation, bringing into cultivation crops with high economic value such as durian, bananas, and pineapples; Cashew nut output in 2023 increases by more than 15.8%; Livestock production, especially pigs and chickens, has increased...
According to Binh Phuoc Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province currently has 424,754 hectares of agricultural land; Among them, rubber and cashew trees rank first in the country. Specifically, rubber trees have an area of 244,925 hectares (accounting for 26% of the country's area); Cashew trees have an area of 151,878 hectares (accounting for 50.6% of the country's area); Coffee trees have an area of 13,963 hectares (accounting for 1.97% of the country's area) and pepper trees have an area of 13,607 hectares (accounting for 10.7% of the country's area).
Binh Phuoc has more than 1,400 cashew processing facilities, holding the leading position in the country, creating regular jobs for more than 50,000 workers; Cashew export turnover in recent years has reached more than 1 billion USD/year.
The livestock sector has attracted many large livestock corporations such as CP, Jafap Coomfeed Vietnam, Newhop... There are currently 478 farms in the area; in which the proportion of farms with closed, cold barns accounts for 66% (316 farms); The total herd of pigs is nearly 2 million and the poultry herd is 13.5 million.
Building large-scale commodity agriculture
Finished cashew nuts from HSV Vietnam Group Joint Stock Company at the factory in Binh Phuoc with high quality meeting export standards
Binh Phuoc Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said that the province has currently planned and built a high-tech agricultural zone with an area of 2,374 hectares; Of which, currently 1,643 hectares have been used to grow bananas for export. In addition, in the area there are 3,000 hectares of cashew area linked along the value chain; 3,200 hectares of cashew nuts apply organic production; 2,470 hectares of pepper production model "clean pepper" certified by Rainforest Alliance; Established 64 pepper clubs to join forces with Nedspice Spice Processing Company Limited to produce and sell products...
The project to restructure the agricultural sector for the period 2021 - 2025, with an orientation to 2030, has just been approved. The People's Committee of Binh Phuoc province affirms the goal of sustainable agricultural development, improving quality, added value, increasing income for producers and product competitiveness. The province aims to build a large-scale concentrated commodity agriculture, applying advanced and modern technology and promoting the development of clean, organic and circular agriculture in association with market demand.
Accordingly, the province restructures products in the field of cultivation in the direction of gradually reducing the area of land planted with perennial industrial crops such as rubber by 19.4%, cashew nuts by 9.1% and increasing the area of fruit trees.
For cashew trees, Binh Phuoc aims to promote cooperation and linkages between producers, cooperatives and businesses associated with the formation and development of processing factories to ensure raw material areas with stable output and high quality, combined with the development of agricultural products and specialties under the cashew canopy; Promote and develop the brand "Binh Phuoc cashew" in the direction of specialties, multi-value, multi-product; Reduce competitive pressure from imported cashew nuts, prioritize export and domestic consumption.
The group of economic experts Huynh The Du, Hoang Van Thang, Do Thien Anh Tuan (Fulbright University Vietnam) recommended that Binh Phuoc should limit production expansion and maintain the existing cashew area; Form cashew raw material production cooperatives with certified geographical indications to provide consistent raw materials to the market; forming a cashew processing industry cluster; Focus on attracting deep processing to diversify output products from cashew kernels, cashew shells and fake fruits.
Binh Phuoc Provincial People's Committee said that with rubber trees, the province continues to promote linkages along the multi-value chain of products from latex to wood. Finished rubber latex, crops and livestock under rubber trees have high added value and provide services and deeply processed products for industry to supply domestic and foreign markets, with priority given to export.
The livestock sector will increase its proportion to about 25% by 2025 and 30% by 2030 in Binh Phuoc's agricultural production value; develop farm animal husbandry towards high technology, chain links, from breeding to slaughter, processing, consumption, ensuring food safety and veterinary hygiene; creating a large volume of products, high productivity, good quality, high competitiveness, increasing added value.
"In the coming time, Binh Phuoc will build chain models in new agricultural production activities as models for specialized farming areas, meeting market requirements such as: ecological agriculture, green agriculture, resource saving and waste reduction; organic, circular, smart, high-tech agriculture, combining industry such as agricultural product processing, waste and by-product recycling, renewable energy production; agricultural models combining experiential tourism services, environmental protection services, and services. training services and providing technology transfer and agricultural product business services...", Binh Phuoc Provincial People's Committee said.
However, the People's Committee of Binh Phuoc province believes that the preservation, distribution and consumption of local agricultural products is still a weakness. To overcome this drawback, the province will deploy solutions to remove bottlenecks to ensure agricultural products meet the needs and requirements of the market along the industry chain in a sustainable way.
Recently, at a working session with leaders of Binh Phuoc province, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan emphasized the strategic role of agriculture and requested the province to restructure the agricultural sector; which focuses on a number of issues such as cooperation, linkage, market development, crystal processing, increasing quality, and reducing costs. In particular, we must move from single-sector production and development to interdisciplinary development, single-value to multi-value goals. The province needs to reorganize agricultural production; In which, the entire political system, associations and people participate.
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