A cooperative specialising in clean vegetables in Yen Dung district of Bac Giang province (Photo: VNA)Hoan made the statement at a forum on farmers’ cooperationin agricultural production and business.
Only when production scale reaches a considerable level can cooperativesbuild a reputation for their produce, cut costs, improve quality and have anequal voice with partners, the minister said.
By joining cooperatives, farmers can reduce costs bypurchasing materials in bulk and ensure product quality thanks to standardizedproduction processes, he said, emphasizing that this will buildcompetitiveness.
He further said that cooperatives must act as leaders of therural economy and increase farmers’ incomes. Farmers should not only makeearnings from things they produce but also the cooperatives’ services insorting, preserving, preliminary processing, packaging and digital trade, headded.
In 2021, Vietnam was home to over 53,100 agriculturalcooperatives and cooperative groups – nearly 70 percent of the totalcooperatives – with around 3.2 million members./.
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