A farmer in Ba Ria-Vung Tau is working in his pepper garden. (Photo: VNA)Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – A total of754 households with 837 hectares of pepper in the southern province of BaRia-Vung Tau have received Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) certificatesunder a three-year project.
They are among 1.050 households participating in the “Sustainable pepperdevelopment in Vietnam” project which was carried out in Ba Ria-Vung Tau byHarris Freeman Ltd., Co., the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)and the sub-department of plant protection and cultivation under the provincialDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The project was implemented in Xuyen Moc and Chau Duc districts from August2016 to August 2019.
Nguyen Chi Duc, head of the sub-department, said at a conference in Vung Taucity on September 18 that under the project, the farmers were instructed to producepepper following SAN standards.
The project has helped to improve farmers’ awareness of sustainableagricultural production and connect them with businesses, he added.
Do Hong Khanh, deputy head of the planning bureau under the southern departmentof plant protection, said Ba Ria-Vung Tau has the largest area of peppernationwide.
However, pepper growers are meeting various difficulties regarding diseases andlow pepper price, the official pointed out, expressing his hope that theproject will be rolled out in other localities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau and acrossthe country in order to raise pepper value in the international market./.
VNA
