Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Toshitsugu Hagihara, General Director ofHagihara Company – one of Japan’s leading businesses in organic agriculture,told local leaders at a working session on May 23 that his company wants toplant mask melon in glass houses using Japan’s cutting-edge technologies, in theprovince.
Hagihara Company will firstly analyse soilsamples in An Giang to put forth a suitable cultivation process and then sendleading experts to the locality to transfer farming techniques to localfarmers, he said.
If the work proves effective, the company willbuild factories processing farm produce, helping musk melon and otheragricultural products of An Giang penetrate the Japanese market throughsupermarket chains.
Although An Giang has favourable conditions fororganic agriculture, local farmers have yet to meet requirements of organicagriculture, he said.
Koichiro Abe, Director of Raycean Company, saidRaycean and Hagihara are confident to become An Giang’s important and long-termpartner in organic agriculture and agricultural tourism development in order toraise competitiveness of local farm produce.
Vuong Binh Thanh, Chairman of the An GiangPeople’s Committee, pledged that local authorities will help the Japanesebusinesses with legal procedures, promotion and technology transfer.
He highlighted low-cost labour force andproduction as advantages of An Giang despite its limitations in infrastructure.
A project to transfer technologies between AnGiang and Hagihara is expected to be implemented in 2017, under which four muskmelon farms will be built in Tinh Bien, Chau Doc, Chau Thanh and Thoai Sondistricts.-VNA
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