Members of Van Giang safe vegetable and fruit production cooperative, Lien Nghia commune (Van Giang) harvest oranges

 

Kim Dong district has over 765 hectares of citrus fruit trees, of which the orange growing area is over 421 hectares, concentrated in communes: Dong Thanh, Pham Ngu Lao, Hung An, Duc Hop... The entire district There are 120 hectares of VietGAP certified citrus fruit trees, establishing 12 citrus fruit cooperatives (Cooperatives) to collaborate in production, product consumption, and increase prices. farming management. Many cooperatives and gardeners in the district have orange and grapefruit products that are recognized as OCOP products of the province. This year, due to the impact of storm No. 3 and storm circulation, orange output decreased by about 40% compared to last year.

 

Dong Thanh commune (Kim Dong) has about 300 hectares converted to growing orange and citrus trees; Of which, the orange area is about 200 hectares. The orange varieties grown mainly in the commune are Vinh oranges and Duong Canh oranges. To improve production efficiency, districts and communes encourage and support orange gardeners to produce oranges according to the VietGAP process. To date, the entire commune has over 30 hectares of orange production following the VietGAP process. Mr. Duong Van Tuoi, Thanh Sam village said: My family has 1.5 acres of Dien orange and grapefruit trees. This year, orange output is estimated to reach 3 tons. At this time, my family started harvesting Vinh oranges, the selling price at the garden is 35 - 40 thousand VND/kg. To promote the Dong Thanh orange brand and protect consumer health, I follow the production process according to VietGAP so the oranges have good quality and beautiful fruit.

 

These days, the Van Giang safe vegetable, tuber and fruit production cooperative, Lien Nghia commune (Van Giang) harvests an average of 1 ton of oranges/day and sells them to traders. Ms. Ly Thi Ha, Director of the Cooperative said: The Cooperative has about 30 hectares of orange trees. This year, the cooperative's orange output is expected to reach 200 tons of fruit, down about 40% compared to last year due to the impact of storms and floods. For many years, the cooperative has applied orange production according to VietGAP process, the cooperative's orange products have been recognized as 3-star OCOP products of the province. To expand the consumption market and improve orange production efficiency, the cooperative actively promotes products on social networking platforms such as Zalo, Tiktok, Facebook... Therefore, how far the cooperative's orange products are harvested? It is immediately consumed there at a stable selling price of 50,000 VND/kg.

 

As a loyal customer of the Van Giang safe vegetable, tuber and fruit production cooperative, Ms. Trinh Anh Nguyet in Hanoi city said: I learned about the cooperative's orange products through participating in the orange market in the Urban Area. Ecopark (Van Giang) 3 years ago. I was impressed by the cooperative's sweet, fragrant and succulent oranges. Since then, every time the orange harvest comes, I place an order and have it delivered to my home by the cooperative. In addition to buying for use, I also introduce the product to colleagues in the company to share clean, safe products with everyone.

 

Currently, the whole province has over 1.7 thousand hectares of oranges, mainly grown in the districts of Van Giang, Kim Dong, Khoai Chau, Phu Cu and Hung Yen city. Hung Yen orange varieties, V2 oranges, Duong Canh oranges... are grown concentrated in conversion areas in localities, accounting for over 90% of the orange growing area in the province; The remaining area is planted with some orange varieties: CS1, Bo Ha orange... This year, orange output in the whole province is estimated at 25 - 28 thousand tons of fruit, mainly consumed inside and outside the province. In recent years, because gardeners have actively converted and destroyed low-yield orange varieties to replace them with high-yield, high-quality orange varieties, applying VietGAP and organic production processes, so quality increasingly enhanced.  Evaluating the quality of Hung Yen oranges, Mr. Dang Viet Tu, a small trader in Mong Cai city (Quang Ninh) expressed: For many years, I have often ordered oranges from some orange gardeners in Hung Yen province to bring out. Quang Ninh consumes. Oranges grown in Hung Yen have thin peels, yellow pulp, are succulent, have a sweet taste and are very fragrant, so they are popular with customers. Although oranges purchased in Hung Yen have a higher selling price than oranges grown in some northern mountainous provinces, many customers still buy them and order them as gifts.

 

To enhance the Hung Yen orange brand, in recent times, departments, branches and localities of the province have proactively implemented solutions to improve productivity, product quality, and promote products to consumers. Gardeners also proactively apply VietGAP and organic farming methods, complying with the "4 right" principles in using pesticides (right drug, right time, right concentration, dosage and right way). in orange production to protect consumer health.