Cam Khe district has favorable terrain and climate sub-regions for banana production. The current banana area is 491 hectares, concentrated in Minh Tan, Hung Viet and Cam Khe Town communes. Banana areas are mainly distributed in riverside lands, fertile soil, with an annual amount of alluvium, so banana trees grow well, have high productivity; Suitable for developing both banana and banana varieties to supply the domestic market and export to China.
From that reality, in 2023, the Department of Information and Plant Protection will deploy a model of applying science and technology to improve productivity and quality of banana products under the national target program to build new rural areas in Cam Khe Town and communes. Minh Tan with an area of 40 hectares, on western banana variety. In the model, households and production facilities are guided and equipped with knowledge and skills in management, production organization, market development skills, and technical equipment in banana intensive farming, preliminary processing, and processing. variable. Instructions for establishing qualified growing areas to be granted domestic codes; VietGAP certification. The model has supported the facility to build 01 preliminary processing point, post-harvest bananas are cleaned according to the process, packaged, labeled, and canned to promote the Cam Khe banana brand. Model results: Average yield reaches 40.5 tons/ha, total income reaches over 300 million VND/ha/year, minus costs for profits of over 190 million VND/ha/year.
In particular, the growing area in Cam Khe Town, after being granted a food safety production and growing area code, had Chinese traders checking and purchasing bananas for export to China, the selling price was higher than domestic consumption. 2-3 times due to meeting the requirements of Chinese partners such as: Products with clear origins, transparent production process information, full diary records from seeding, fertilizing, pesticide spraying, preliminary processing, consumption market. In particular, there is a point for processing and canning products on site and packing containers for direct delivery to supermarkets in China, greatly reducing costs for partners. That result has spread and encouraged people to change their awareness, actively apply science and technology, produce not only individually but in association, produce goods, associate product consumption, and build brands. to sell at high prices and diversify markets.
In 2024, to continue building and widely promoting the banana product brand in Cam Khe district, improving competitiveness in the market, communes with large banana growing areas need to focus on directing the implementation of a number of solutions. law is as follows:
+Continue to manage and guide the maintenance of banana areas that have been granted planting area codes and at the same time direct the establishment and expansion of growing areas eligible to be granted codes for both domestic consumption and export.
+Organize production of goods and production in the direction of linking production along the value chain associated with quality standards and planting area codes. Linking production with consumption between farmers and businesses and cooperatives under contracts ensures stable output for farmers.
+Encourage people to innovate, moving from single-value production to integrating multi-value products; Focus on investing in warehouses, preliminary processing and packaging points, and equipment in preliminary processing, processing, packaging, and preservation; labels to promote the Cam Khe banana product brand.
+Promoting propaganda and introduction of Cam Khe banana products at festivals and fairs; market development associated with tourist areas, urban areas, and large residential areas; Consolidate and continue to develop official and reputable distribution points and channels such as product introduction stores, supermarkets, e-commerce trading floors, and form wholesale and retail systems; Focus on promoting and selling on social networks./.
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh
Head of Cam Khe Plant Protection and Information Station