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Bac Giang pays special attention to both quality and quantity of OCOP products
BAC GIANG - After 5 years implementing the One commune one product programme (OCOP), Bac Giang province has gained dramatic results. The province has paid special attention to both developing quantity and improving product quality. Thus, many strong products of the province meet the increasing demand of domestic and export markets.
OCOP is an economic development programme in rural areas towards endogenous development and added values.
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Many OCOP products of VIFOCO Import and Export Joint Stock Company meet export standards. |
Luc Ngan district has the largest number of OCOP products in the province with 44 products rated 3 stars or higher. According to the representative of the district Division of Agriculture and Rural Development, this locality has taken full advantage of its numerous featured craft village and farm products in OCOP programme.
The OCOP products have seen more convenient production and consumption after recognition, which have been promoted and sold in supermarkets, clean food stores and e-commerce platforms like Voso.vn, Postmart and Sendo.
Luc Ngan is targeted to have at least 50 OCOP products by the end this year including about 40 percent of processing and intensive processing products, 80 percent of high-tech production meeting quality certification and 90 percent of OCOP products participating in distribution channels of supermarkets, convenience stores and e-commerce platforms.
Yen The district has 33 OCOP products rated from 3 stars. These products have been increased values, production scales and revenues for the owners after being recognized as OCOP products.
Some businesses, corporations and big supermarkets ordered the district’s OCOP products to bring them into their distribution channels. Especially, the series of products of Yen The Green Agriculture Cooperative have been distributed in supermarket networks and clean food stores in Hanoi, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh.
Most of the OCOP products with geographical indication have clear evidence for quality, origin, package designs and traceability stamps. Some of them are applied with advanced quality production procedures such as HACCP and VietGAP to level up the local farm produce such as Yen The hill chicken, Ven village green tea and Dai An vegetable oil.
The province currently has total 290 OCOP products rated from 3 stars. The products participating in the OCOP programme have dramatically changed in quality and package designs. Over 60 percent of the owners gain an annual revenue growth of over 15 percent. Bac Giang became one of the localities in northern mountainous region with high number of OCOP products.
In recent years, the agricultural sector has implemented many activities to support the participants to increase productivity and quality of OCOP products while enhancing the added value and economic efficiency, which is a foundation to form a chain of qualified OCOP products, contributing to comprehensive development of Bac Giang’s agriculture, said Nguyen Van Luy, Director of the sub-department of Rural Development (under the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development).
A number of key OCOP products in the province are able to meet higher production demand, which have been exported to other countries.
The province will strive to add at least 60 OCOP products rated 3 stars or higher in 2024.
Nguyen Huong
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