Provincial Farmers ‘Association opens 5th conference honoring outstanding individuals

Early September 11, provincial Farmers ‘Association held its 5^th conference honoring outstanding individuals.

The event was attended by Nguyen Xuan Dinh, Vice-Chairman of Vietnam Farmers ‘Association; Nguyen Van Loc, member of provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of provincial Party Committee’s Mass Mobilization Commission, Chairman of provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Mai Hung Dung, member of provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice-Chairman of provincial People’s Committee together with 170 local farmers with excellent achievements during the past five years.

Over the past five years, provincial Farmers ‘Associations at all levels effectively realized the campaign of “The whole province sharing efforts in new-style rural construction”, the movement of “The entire country joining hands for the poor” launched by the PM in association with studying and following late President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle. There were many role-models from the campaign and movement. The province’s agriculture was developed towards urban and hi-tech models. Noticeably, the whole province disbursed more than VND237billion in loan for 48 farms. Provincial Farmers ‘Associations at all levels also supported members to effectively develop models. So far, the whole province has had a total of 72 farms with VietGAP certificates together with trademarks developed like Bach Dang pomelo, North Tan Uyen orange-pomelo, Lai Thieu mangosteen…

Over the past time, provincial Farmers ‘Associations at all levels also helped 3,439 farmers escape from poverty under the province’s poverty line. Under the movement of rural infrastructure construction, the local farmers built 10 bridges and water inlet sluices; cleared 71.5 km of in-field canals; contributed more than VND6billion and 5,882 working days, donated 36,831 square meters of land to the construction of public works…

Addressing the event, Mr.Loc suggested the local authorities at all levels to give more support for provincial Farmers ‘Associations at all levels in order to reach high efficiency in emulation work, have additional role-models, contributing to promoting the local cause of industrialization and modernization.

Reported by Quynh Nhu-Translated by K.T