A pig farm in Mo Cay Nam district of Ben Tre province (Photo: VNA)Ben Tre (VNA) – From now to 2020, the Mekong Deltaprovince of Ben Tre plans to set up 27 agricultural cooperatives which willpartner with businesses to form value chains for eight key agriculturalproducts.
The targeted agricultural products are coconut,green-skin grapefruit, rambutan, longan, ornamental flowers, pig, cattle, andsaltwater shrimp.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Nguyen Huu Lap said to improve the effectiveness of cooperatives’activities, Ben Tre will develop cooperatives in line with the 2012 Law onCooperatives.
It is going to help them apply scientific andtechnological advances in production and business activities so as to increaseproductivity and product quality. They will also be assisted to promote tradeand seek markets.
Lap said since the Cooperative Law was enforcedthree years ago, a number of cooperatives operating in various spheres havebeen established in the province. Linkages among cooperatives and betweencooperatives and other economic organisations have started to develop.
The capacity of cooperatives’ managers has alsobeen enhanced, thus raising their operation efficiency.
Chairman of the Ben Tre Cooperative AlliancePhan Chanh Thi said 65 cooperatives and one cooperative union have beenlicensed in the province, gathering 30,139 members.
The cooperatives provided jobs for more than1,260 people whose annual per capita income is about 42 million VND (1,850 USD).Each of them gained 2.5 billion VND (110,170 USD) in average revenue.
However, he also admitted certain shortcomingsin local cooperatives such as irregular popularisation of knowledge aboutcooperative economy and cooperatives, limited capacity, and a shortage ofskilled managers.-VNA
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