Promoting the local potential, HG Food Joint Stock Company (My Phu commune, Thu Thua district, Long An province) brings to the market many types of dried fruits, contributing to improving agricultural products, especially creating new directions for the province’s agriculture sector.
The production of dried fruit is one of the solutions contributing to improving Vietnamese agricultural products
Long An is known for many specialties such as dragon fruit (Chau Thanh district), pineapple (Thanh Hoa district), guava (Duc Hoa district),… However, most of these specialties are mainly sold fresh, uncooked. Through processing, the value is not high. Identify the above problem; At the same time, wanting to find a stable outlet for agricultural products, at the end of 2019, Ms. Duong Thi Truc Giang decided to leave Ho Chi Minh City for My Phu commune, Thu Thua district to establish HG Food Joint Stock Company. The company’s first product is crispy dried dragon fruit. Ms. Truc Giang shared: “According to research, dragon fruit has high nutritional content, contains many vitamins and minerals, especially high in fiber, helps good digestion, reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, and prevents cardiovascular disease. skin aging, helps the body cool down well. Currently, crispy dried dragon fruit is considered by many customers to have a natural sweetness and high nutritional value, ensuring food safety standards, especially having just been recognized by the Provincial People’s Committee as a product that meets OCOP standards. .
Confident with crispy dried dragon fruit products, Ms. Truc Giang continues to research and market dried fruit products such as jackfruit, banana, pineapple, coconut,… To ensure product quality, especially To create reputation in the market and aim for export, the company members began researching drying equipment and invested in many modern equipment as well as training workers on safe hygiene procedures. food. Currently, the company has 3 dryers, which can produce finished products of 6 tons/month. Ms. Truc Giang said: “The company’s products go through many times of research and testing before reaching the market. The company operates not only for profit but also hopes to contribute to the Agriculture industry to create stable output for agricultural products instead of having to depend on export markets. Currently, exporting to the Chinese market is facing many difficulties, so switching to domestic consumption is an effective solution, in which the production of dried fruit both contributes to the consumption of agricultural products and increases the value. product”.
After more than 2 years of operation, the company gradually affirmed its brand and product quality, so orders continuously increased and workers had to work overtime. The company also contributes to creating jobs for many rural workers. It is known that currently, the Company is providing regular jobs for 10 workers with stable salaries. Ms. Tran Thi Le (worker of HG Food Joint Stock Company) shared: “The company is close to home so it is convenient for me to go to work, saving costs and time. Through that, I have a stable income and time to take care of my family.”
In addition to the above types of dried fruits, currently, the Company continues to research and market dried yam products and aims to build products that meet OCOP standards to be able to export products to demanding markets. solved the problem of output for agricultural products recently. Hopefully with our efforts, HG Food Joint Stock Company will not only receive many orders but also research and develop many dried fruit products with Vietnamese agricultural product brands. This is also one of the important keys to both raising the level of agricultural products and avoiding the situation of “good harvest – loss of price” for farmers./.
