(PLVN) - Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan are known for their harsh sun, wind, and sand, with little rainfall, like a "desert"—factors that are the "enemies" of agriculture. However, high-tech agriculture (HTA) has changed this, transforming arid lands into lush green gardens.
Located in the South Central Coast region, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan have a typical hot and dry tropical monsoon climate, with strong winds, high average annual temperatures, and very little average rainfall. In terms of natural conditions for agricultural crops, these are harsh factors.
Yet in Ninh Thuan, many farmers have been able to prosper from aloe vera, supplying VietFarm Food Joint Stock Company (with a nearly 2-hectare factory in Thanh Hai Industrial Park, Phan Rang - Thap Cham City).
In the "desert" region of only sun, wind, and sand, more than 10 years ago, the country's largest aloe vera processing plant laid its first bricks here. Mr. Nguyen Van Thu, Chairman of the Board of Directors, recalls that after many surveys, the business determined this was a major raw material area and decided to build the factory. Aloe vera had long been grown by local farmers, but only with traditional methods. The company guided farmers to apply high-tech agriculture, ensuring disease-free, high-quality, high-yield crops. Seeing the effectiveness of the model, thousands of local farmers have now cooperated with the factory, creating raw material growing areas throughout the districts and cities of Thuan Bac, Thuan Nam, Ninh Son, Ninh Hai, Phan Rang - Thap Cham, Bac Ai...
After more than 10 years, VietFarm now has a processing capacity of about 140 tons of aloe vera leaves per day, exporting products to 22 countries, including many "demanding" markets such as the EU, Japan, Korea, and the Middle East. More than 400 workers, all local people, have become experienced and skilled after training. The company has also made a remarkable breakthrough by establishing the only laboratory in Vietnam for aloe vera tissue culture, partially funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Provincial People's Committee, to provide disease-free seedlings for nurseries and farmers.
Cited from Online Newspaper: Phap Luat Vietnam