Focus on promoting the strengths of each locality

​(News Portal – Dong Nai) - Currently, localities in the Southeast region have formed large specialized crop growing areas. These are the strengths that need to be exploited to not only enhance economic value but also agricultural tourism. 

Jackfruit is one of the main fruits of Dong Nai province and other provinces in the Southeast region 

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Areas specializing in large crop cultivation such as: mango (Dong Nai, Tay Ninh); rambutan, banana (Dong Nai); longan (Tay Ninh, Ba Ria - Vung Tau); jackfruit (Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh); durian (Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc); Mangosteen (Dong Nai, Binh Duong)…

To support the development of key products with comparative advantages, especially agricultural products, localities in the Southeast region have come up with many aid programs and projects.

In Ba Ria - Vung Tau, to implement policies encouraging the development of cooperation in production and consumption of agricultural products, the Department of Science and Technology advised the Provincial People's Committee to approve the project "Applying advances in science and technology, period 2022-2026 in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province". The goal of the project is to accurately assess the current situation and ability to apply science and technology advances in the province, and forecast application trends in the future.

In Tay Ninh, a locality famous for its sugarcane, the Department of Science and Technology supported Thanh Thanh Cong Sugar Company in testing imported sugarcane varieties to improve the sugarcane quality for the province's raw material areas. Among them, a new sugarcane variety called Co86-032 has an average yield of 8.47-8.77 tons/ha, 11.29-22.52% better than the baseline sample, and is also resistant to illness. In addition, the company is developing 03 new promising sugarcane varieties including: VMC87-599 with an average sugar yield of 8.15-8.47 tons/ha; MPT97-130 variety has a sugar yield of 8.07-8.16 tons/ha; PSR01-136 variety has an average yield of 7.45-8.30 tons/ha...

In Dong Nai, thanks to the support from the government, up to now the whole province has more than 2 thousand hectares of key crops certified for safe production. The province has established 80 organic production models with a scale of more than 1.4 thousand hectares of crops and more than 23.7 thousand livestock; nearly 149 hectares of crops utilize greenhouse and net house techniques; utilizing economical irrigation systems for crops on an area of more than 57.6 thousand hectares.

Science and Technology Conference for the Southeast region aims to remove obstacles and promote the region's advantages in developing science and technology to support local and regional socio-economic development. 

Establishing collective brands

Dr. Lai The Thong, Director of Dong Nai Department of Science and Technology, said that in addition to developing specialized fruit growing areas, the province had supported the establishing of collective brands for specific local products such as: giant freshwater prawns in Tra Co commune (Tan Phu district); advise the Provincial People's Committee to approve the use of place names in the province to register collective trademarks for key local agricultural products such as: Xuan Truong mango, Thanh Binh pepper, Thanh Son tangerine, Long Khanh mushroom ...; and support 10 projects in applying advanced machinery and equipment for rural industrial establishments.

In agricultural production, the level of technology is also gradually moving towards utilizing new varieties, biotechnology, and advanced farming methods to improve productivity and quality of agricultural products. Many stages of agricultural production are mechanized such as: watering (75%), rice harvesting, milling (over 80%), transportation, soil preparation (more than 90%)...

In addition, achievements in agricultural researches have been applied to different levels and brought about positive results, thereby contributing to the transformation of the industry's internal structure and local labor structure, gradually increasing income for residents in rural areas.

Dong Nai province is also the livestock farming center of the country with many large corporations and businesses. Currently, the province is one of the top provinces in animal feed processing with about 40 animal feed factories capable of reaching a total designed capacity of over 3 million tons of products/year.

Among them are many well-known foreign corporations such as: CP Group, Cargill, CJ, De Heus, Haid, Emivest... Animal feed processing factories in the province are operating efficiently, not only meets the demand for animal feed within the province but also are capable of supplying many other provinces and cities across the country.

Most businesses and establishments that process food follow a closed process, from breeding animals to raising, slaughtering, preserving and processing. Diverse processed products such as sausages, patties, ham, bacon... Many corporations and businesses are promoting investment in modern meat processing plants that meet international standards with the ambition is to not only dominate the domestic market but also start exporting products to other countries, including the demanding market of Japan. ​