Accordingly, the provinceis developing two areas of clean vegetable production that satisfyVietnam Agriculture Practice (VietGAP) standards in Chau Thanh districtand Go Cong town, and a 30-ha dragon fruit growing area in accordancewith GlobalGAP’s standards in Cho Gao district.
More than 500 households, including poor families, participate in themodels, which are part of the “improving quality and safety ofagricultural products and developing biogas” project.
The project has been implemented in Tien Giang since 2007 at a cost ofover 3.63 million USD, of which more than 2.9 million USD was funded byADB.
The financial assistance from ADB helps theprovince improve the quality and safety of its agricultural products,strengthen quality control and management, and surmount difficulties inprocessing and consuming products in order to meet market demand.
The aid also contributes to promoting the development of a high quality and integrated agriculture in Vietnam.
At present, Tien Giang has more than 30,000 hectares of vegetables,with a yearly yield of 600,000 tonnes, and over 70,000 hectares offruit, generating millions of tonnes of produce every year.
The province has formed a number of vegetable areas in Chau Thanh, GoCong and Cho Gao; a dragon fruit in Cho Gao, a durian area in Cai Lay;and a star apple area in Vinh Kim, Chau Thanh.-VNA
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