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Opening of the Clean Agricultural Products Festival in Chau Thanh district – “Clean agricultural products – connecting – reaching out”
On January 20, in Tan Binh commune, Chau Thanh district, the Opening Ceremony of Clean Agricultural Products Festival of Chau Thanh district took place with the theme: “Clean agricultural products – connecting – reaching out”. The event aims to promote and introduce the potential and strengths of Chau Thanh agricultural products to consumers and businesses inside and outside the province…
The festival has many attractive activities such as: displaying clean agricultural products of Chau Thanh district; introduce and trade fruit products, OCOP products and district agricultural products; amateur music exchange…
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Phan Thanh Dung – Vice Chairman of Chau Thanh District People’s Committee shared that as a purely agricultural district, Chau Thanh has favorable conditions to develop agriculture, especially crops and fruit trees. . The total area of fruit trees in the entire district is about 8,825 hectares, especially fruit trees are concentrated in communes: Tan Binh, Tan Phu Trung, An Hiep with a total area of about 4,498 hectares.
Recently, awareness of farmers and manufacturers has been raised, focusing on applying science and technology and production processes to ensure food hygiene and safety, meeting the requirements of regulatory agencies. especially customer needs. Many models of clean and safe agricultural production are applied in the district, especially the application of the model “using household waste and agricultural by-products to create biological products for agricultural products”. production” brings very positive results, improving production efficiency, reducing costs, protecting the environment, and creating safe products. From that result, it shows that the potential for developing clean agricultural products in the district is very large.
Chau Thanh District Clean Agricultural Products Festival is organized with the goal of supporting the development of green agriculture and promoting commercial development. This is one of the activities to create conditions for farmer members and participating units to introduce, promote and consume agricultural products; exchange, exchange and learn from each other in the process of production, business and product consumption; Access new information and technology in the agricultural field. Thereby, serving as a bridge to help farmers connect with markets, businesses, and distributors, contributing to promoting the role of the district Farmers’ Association in participating in trade promotion work. trade, restructuring the district’s agricultural economy towards modern agriculture. “The festival will take place for 3 days (from January 19-21, 2024), with many rich contents and programs and the participation of businesses, cooperatives, and production facilities. Hopefully, the festival will be a destination and bridge for the district’s agricultural products to affirm their brand and expand their markets,” Vice Chairman of Chau Thanh District People’s Committee Phan Thanh Dung expected.