Trees producing the quintessential pepper spice cultivated in BaRia-Vung Tau have improved both in quality and yield, as announced at aworkshop held in the southern province on February 11.
The positive result stemmed from a development project focusing on asustainable pepper supply chain, jointly organised by the provincialDepartment for Agriculture and Rural Development and the SNV NetherlandsDevelopment Organisation and funded by Olam Vietnam Ltd., the leadingexporter of agriculture products, including pepper in Vietnam.
The project, implemented from 2013-2015, aims to assist 100 producersto meet the Sustainable Agriculture Standards; to establish directlinks between Olam and producers; and to set a solid foundation forfuture market expansion.
At the workshop, Head ofthe provincial Rural Development Sub-Division Nguyen Anh Quoc pointed toa number of measures to expand green farming in the future, such aspromoting the trademark of local pepper, broadening relevant trainingcourses across the province, and boosting the performance of theprovincial pepper association.
According to Quoc,pepper plantations in Ba Ria-Vung Tau currently cover 9,047 hectares,producing 2 tonnes per hectare annually. By 2020, the province targetsto limit plantations to 8,300 hectares, but improve yields and bringthem up to 2.3 tonnes per hectare annually.
Administrative units from the local agriculture sector warned farmersnot to expand their plantations outside officially planned areas, headded.
Ritutapan Neog, Deputy General Manager atOlam International, said the company has made sustainable cultivationmethods available for more than 104 farms in the province to date, 98 ofwhich meet criteria to receive the Rainforest Alliance certificationdesigned to generate ecological, social and economic benefits.
According to the SNV, the global market price of pepper has been onthe rise over the past few years due to an increase in global demand ofthe product and a reduction of pepper.
Vietnamesepepper accounts for around 30 percent and 50 percent of the world’stotal production and exports, respectively.-VNA
The positive result stemmed from a development project focusing on asustainable pepper supply chain, jointly organised by the provincialDepartment for Agriculture and Rural Development and the SNV NetherlandsDevelopment Organisation and funded by Olam Vietnam Ltd., the leadingexporter of agriculture products, including pepper in Vietnam.
The project, implemented from 2013-2015, aims to assist 100 producersto meet the Sustainable Agriculture Standards; to establish directlinks between Olam and producers; and to set a solid foundation forfuture market expansion.
At the workshop, Head ofthe provincial Rural Development Sub-Division Nguyen Anh Quoc pointed toa number of measures to expand green farming in the future, such aspromoting the trademark of local pepper, broadening relevant trainingcourses across the province, and boosting the performance of theprovincial pepper association.
According to Quoc,pepper plantations in Ba Ria-Vung Tau currently cover 9,047 hectares,producing 2 tonnes per hectare annually. By 2020, the province targetsto limit plantations to 8,300 hectares, but improve yields and bringthem up to 2.3 tonnes per hectare annually.
Administrative units from the local agriculture sector warned farmersnot to expand their plantations outside officially planned areas, headded.
Ritutapan Neog, Deputy General Manager atOlam International, said the company has made sustainable cultivationmethods available for more than 104 farms in the province to date, 98 ofwhich meet criteria to receive the Rainforest Alliance certificationdesigned to generate ecological, social and economic benefits.
According to the SNV, the global market price of pepper has been onthe rise over the past few years due to an increase in global demand ofthe product and a reduction of pepper.
Vietnamesepepper accounts for around 30 percent and 50 percent of the world’stotal production and exports, respectively.-VNA
