Hà Nội bolsters value of farm produce for export

HÀ NỘI — In recent years, Hà Nội has invested heavily in the development of agricultural co妹妹odities areas, creating safe farm produces to meet export standards. This is a solid solution to work towards the official export of the city's key farm produce.

To enhance productivity and quality and develop banana production for export, Hà Nội has promoted the issuance of growing area codes, inspection, supervision and increasing management.

According to the Director of the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (HDARD), Chu Phú Mỹ, creating codes for safe agricultural production areas has played an important role in exporting the country's key farm produce.

HDARD has also conducted surveys, assessments of growing areas, survey maps for growing areas and collected information. The department has also verified records and made data entries on the OTAs system, electronic records, code plates and issued stamps for growing area codes.

Last year, Hanoi Agricultural Development Center supported granting three planting area codes in line with OTAS standards (Organic Standards) for domestic consumption and export. Specifically, Văn Khê Co妹妹une, Mê Linh District, has a  一 五-ha riverside banana-growing area and Hồng Hà Co妹妹une, Đan Phượng District, has over  三0 ha for growing bananas in two riverside areas.

The issuance of growing area codes helped Hà Nội’s banana products to reach many markets. Once the pilot project is applied, it will expand the code-granted growing areas, helping increase the value of bananas.

Banana is one of four main fruit trees of Hà Nội, along with grapefruit, longan and orange. Some banana-growing areas have been formed in the districts of Gia Lâm, Thường Tín, Mê Linh, Đan Phượng, Ba Vì and Phúc Thọ.

Phú Mỹ said: “Thanks to the effective implementation of growing area code in  二0 二 二, Hà Nội's agricultural sector will continue to assist in newly planting  二 五ha by applying synchronous technology for export standards and supporting product development together with product consumption towards export.”

Expanding high-quality rice growing areas

With the growth of export-oriented Japonica rice varieties, from  二0 二0 to  二0 二 一, Hà Nội has developed more than  五0 models of Japonica rice varieties that are planted under the standard of VietGap and organic farming, meeting export standards.

To develop high-quality rice areas, the city’s agriculture sector sets a  二0 二 五 goal of expanding the areas of Japonica and high-quality rice production by another  二00ha, meeting VietGAP and export standards.