Building the largest cocoa specialized farming area in Dong Nai
Cocoa planting and processing of Trong Duc Cocoa Company Limited (Phu Hoa commune, Dinh Quan district) is one of the outstanding agricultural production models in Dong Nai. This is the first cocoa company in Vietnam to have a material zone and a deep processing factory.
This enterprise has invested in a large field project for cocoa, creating a concentrated raw material area, forming a chain of links from production to processing and consumption in a closed process.
Building areas specialized in cocoa cultivation
In addition to exporting raw cocoa beans, Trong Duc Cocoa Co., Ltd. also promotes processing, producing products from cocoa such as chocolate, cocoa powder ... to export well to fastidious markets. like Japan, Korea. Pure cocoa powder of this enterprise was selected in the list of the first 12 products of Dong Nai developed under the OCOP program (one product per commune) until 2020.
Dinh Quan district has over 11,000 hectares of cashew trees, many of which are old, so the profits are very low. The project of large fields of cocoa associated with production and consumption, invested by Trong Duc Co., Ltd., has attracted many farmers to participate in planting cocoa trees in old cashew orchards, contributing to increasing revenues. enter for farmers.
Trong Duc Cocoa Co., Ltd has signed a cooperation agreement with Atlantic Vietnam Trade Co., Ltd. (ACOM) to open the Dong Nai Cocoa Development Center (CDC) in Dinh Quan district with a total operating cost of 3 years estimated at about 160 thousand USD. According to Mr. Nguyen Tuan Vuong - ACOM's Chief Executive of Cocoa, the establishment of CDC aims to build a center to provide standard knowledge on planting procedures. Thereby, helping farmers increase productivity, increase quality of cocoa, gradually ensure that products meet export standards. CDC also aims to build a core team of local technicians, build a high-yield cocoa garden and expand the area.
Mr. Nguyen Quy Tuan (living in Gia Canh commune) once considered cutting down 2 hectares of family cocoa to switch to other crops because the output of this crop is quite precarious. But when an enterprise invested a large field project for cocoa in the district with many practical support programs for farmers such as: supporting 30% of the cost of buying seedlings and installing self-watering systems. dynamic; provide guidance on techniques of planting and tending trees, especially dealing with diseases on cocoa trees ...
Mr. Tuan not only joined but also encouraged many other farmers to keep and develop more cocoa area. This is also the premise for Cocoa Cooperative - Article Dinh Quan was established. Mr. Nguyen Quy Tuan (now the Director of Cocoa - Dinh Quan Cooperative) compared that when it was just established, the cooperative had only more than 10 hectares of intercropped cocoa but now it has increased to nearly 100 hectares and both Certified UTZ (certified to ensure sustainable production according to international standards).
Farmers are very active in the project because the product is underwritten by the enterprise at a price higher than the market average. “Farmers believe that participating in the program is entitled to many supportive policies, especially training and guidance in the garden on caring techniques and disease prevention for plants. Thanks to that, the productivity of cocoa garden next year is higher than the previous year, profit also increases ”- Mr. Tuan said.
Also a farmer attached to cocoa trees from the very first days of the formation of a large cocoa field project, Mr. Pham Van Cuong in Ngoc Dinh Commune said that the enterprise had a team of technicians on the garden guide. farmers applied the technique to control integrated pests on cocoa trees in a safe way. Thanks to the application of integrated pest control measures from garden sanitation, pruning, branching, tending, fertilizing, using the right medicine to control pests, the cocoa tree has grown and developed. grow well, fruit trees bloom a lot.
Promote processing and exporting
Mr. Dang Tuong Khanh - Director of Trong Duc Cocoa Co., Ltd shared that, if previously, hundreds of hectares of Dong Nai cocoa trees, once erased due to precarious outputs, now become crops for income. Thanks to businesses and farmers, they have joined hands to build big fields. In particular, cooperatives play a very important role in forming sustainable linkages because production enterprises cannot work with each individual farmer but need through cooperatives to gather farmers. .
Also according to Mr. Khanh, the project of large cocoa fields invested by enterprises in Dong Nai has developed 468 hectares. Enterprises will continue to expand this area because the current supply of cocoa only meets part of the processing development needs of enterprises. “So far, Trong Duc has invested millions of USD in its processing plant as well as in the material area. This is only the first phase, businesses are continuing to invest in production as well as expanding distribution channels in both domestic and international markets, ”Mr. Khanh said.
Currently, in addition to exporting raw cocoa beans, Trong Duc Cocoa Company has dozens of deep-processed products such as chocolate, cocoa liquor, cocoa powder, etc., which are well consumed in the domestic market and exported well into fastidious markets such as Japan, South Korea ... In the domestic market, Trong Duc has 4 typical products voted by consumers as Vietnamese high quality goods.
Trong Duc Cocoa and Ken Cocoa Co., Ltd, a traditional confectionery manufacturer and trader in Japan, has cooperated with Dong's goal of promoting and exporting chocolate and cocoa products. Nai to the world market. The outstanding advantage of the chocolate product line that these two businesses are introducing is the high-class product line, handcrafted from cocoa beans, which offers a different flavor compared to traditional chocolate, which is a popular trend. world consumer favorite.