Two businesses cooperate to build Tan Uyen organic tea area

100% of tea areas meet VietGAP, moving up to organic standards

On November 1 in Lai Chau, Than Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company and Que Lam Phuong Bac Company Limited (part of Que Lam Group Joint Stock Company) signed a cooperation agreement on organic agricultural production and circular economy.

Mr. Vu Ngoc Sang, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Than Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company (Tan Uyen district, Lai Chau province), shared that tea trees began growing on Tan Uyen land more than 60 years ago. Like many other tea regions across the country, the problem of tea growers in Tan Uyen is fragmented production, competition between buying and selling, and overuse of fertilizers and chemical pesticides. Hence, the economic value is not high, and the standard of living is not high. Tea growers are still struggling...

Changing farming thinking early, combined with suitable land and climate conditions, up to now, Than Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company is managing a raw material area of more than 400 hectares and linking the production and consumption of more than 700 hectares of tea from more than 600 households in the region, each year producing more than 2,000 tons of dry tea of all kinds, becoming the leading unit in the Vietnamese tea industry. The purebred Shan Tuyet tea variety in this land not only brings income and livelihood to people but is also exported to China, Middle Eastern countries, Taiwan, Japan, England, America...

Determining that improving product quality and value is the core, over the years, Than Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company has continuously researched and adjusted the intensive care process, Restructure the type and number of fertilization times per year, Reduced the rate of chemical fertilizers, increase organic fertilizers and microbial fertilizers to increase productivity and quality of fresh tea buds of the Tan Uyen tea area.

To achieve those achievements, the solution of Than Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company is to change the process of fertilizing, using pesticides, and instructing people on tea planting and harvesting techniques... Many years ago, The company cooperated with Que Lam Phuong Bac Company Limited to supply fertilizers, especially organic fertilizers, Consulting and guiding production processes, procedures, and techniques for fertilizing tea plants... according to a separate ordering mechanism for Tan Uyen tea area.

Every year, Que Lam Group sends experts to raw tea areas to take soil samples to study the composition and nutritional content to produce suitable fertilizers. Thanks to that, the land was improved, the raw tea area was revived, and the production thinking of farmers gradually changed. The entire tea area of Than Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company has now met VietGAP standards, and many areas are being built according to organic standards.

In addition to focusing on improving the output and quality of tea, Than Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company also boldly converted old and perennial tea areas to grow fruit trees. To date, there have been 200 hectares of macadamia trees intercropped with tea, 30 hectares of jackfruit, 15 hectares of sapodilla, 30 hectares of pineapple, 10 hectares of avocado..., all of which are suitable for Tan Uyen soil and grow well.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tan Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company assessed that Tan Uyen's potential and advantages for agricultural development are still huge. These fruit tree models will be transferred by the Company with techniques and varieties to people to develop organically and sustainably, increasing income for people in tea areas.

Let's spread organic and circular agriculture

With the strategy of improving product quality, aiming to export directly to the high-end market, especially building production models in an organic, ecological, and sustainable direction to spread to people in the region, Than Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company and Que Lam Phuong Bac Company Limited have signed a cooperation agreement on organic agricultural production and circular economy.

Accordingly, the two sides will coordinate to propagate and disseminate technical advances, technology, input materials, and production processes for tea and other crops according to organic standards and circular economy. Building production models, transferring technological advances, supplying micro-organic fertilizer products, bio-organic fertilizers, biological products... creating safe, quality products that meet customers' domestic and export needs.

In addition, the two sides coordinate to train, coach and foster farmers and producers to change awareness and improve knowledge and skills about organic agricultural production and circular economy; Instruct farmers to effectively use micro-organic fertilizers, bio-organic fertilizers, biological products... branded Que Lam in the production process of raw tea areas and pother planting; Together propagate and introduce tea products and other crops produced according to organic and circular processes to domestic and international consumers...

Mr. Khac Ngoc Ba, Deputy General Director of Que Lam Group, affirmed that cooperating with Than Uyen Tea Joint Stock Company is the Group's strategy to spread decent agriculture together. Accompanying localities, businesses, cooperatives, and farmers to build organic agriculture and circular economy models is not only an economic and environmental goal but also to bring about benefits for society.