Organic farming under cooperative model

As a focal point for transferring advanced science and technology, converting inorganic farming solutions to organic ones, Tan Ha Organic Agricultural Production, Trade and Service Cooperative (Tan Ha Organic Cooperative) has effectively replicated cooperative models in a modern and sustainable direction.

The organic coffee model garden of Tan Ha Organic Cooperative is bearing fruit abundantly.

50% reduction in investment costs

Visiting a 1.5-hectare coffee garden in Thach Tan village, Tan Ha Lam Ha commune at the end of August 2025, the 7-year-old coffee trees here are quite uniform in height, leaf diameter and branches crowded with fruit clusters. Farmer Nguyen Nhu Ngoc, a member of Tan Ha Organic Cooperative, said that his coffee garden has gone through 4 harvests, the lowest crop yield is 2 - 2.5 tons, the highest is 3 - 3.5 tons. Through connections, since the beginning of 2025, Tan Ha Organic Cooperative has cooperated with BTG Biotechnology Joint Stock Company ( Ho Chi Minh City) to build a model garden of Nguyen Nhu Ngoc household for organic farming instead of conventional inorganic farming.

After the first 9 months of using BTG organic fertilizer sprayed on leaves and applied directly to the roots of coffee trees, Nguyen Nhu Ngoc's household has reduced the amount of inorganic fertilizer and pesticides by about 50%. Mr. Ngoc is excited: "Applying the organic process, the coffee trees have sprouted many new buds. The fruit set rate on each branch is higher than with the conventional method in previous years. Maybe in the 2025 - 2026 crop, our household will harvest about 4.5 - 5 tons of beans/ha".

Also producing with organic processes according to the solution transferred from Tan Ha Organic Cooperative, farmer Pham Van Tuyen in Phuc Tho Lam Ha commune practices on a total area of ​​7 hectares of specialized durian trees, with a density of 300 trees/ha. The entire amount of organic fertilizers and biological products are exploited and supplied by the Cooperative from a reputable domestic production unit. After more than 2 years of stabilizing the organic farming process, Mr. Tuyen's 4-year-old durian farm has grown to a height of 5 - 6 m, with a spread diameter of 5 - 6 m.

At the beginning of 2025, durian flowers bloomed in clusters on the trunk and branches, but Mr. Tuyen cut them off to focus on organic nutrients for the tree to harvest fruit "starting" from August 2026. According to Mr. Tuyen, durian trees are preparing to enter the business period with a balanced organic dose of watering 10 days/time, fertilizing with pellets once a month. Correspondingly, the investment cost of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides is cut by 50% or more. "Our farm estimates that the organic durian crop will be harvested in 2026 will reach about 70 kg/tree; the main crop from 2027 onwards can increase to an average of 200 kg/tree," Mr. Tuyen predicted.

Step by step expansion of organic production area

According to agricultural engineer of BTG Biotechnology Joint Stock Company Pham Van Cong, before organic farming, each model garden analyzes soil, water, dissolved minerals, and microorganisms in the soil to develop a technical process suitable for each type of crop. The advantage of organic farming is not only to protect the health of producers, provide safe products for consumers, but also restore the fertility of sustainable cultivated land.

Mr. Chu Van Thang - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tan Ha Organic Cooperative said that after more than 2 years of operation, the Cooperative has attracted nearly 290 farming households to gradually convert to organic production of more than 280 hectares of coffee, fruit trees and many other key crops in the communes of Tan Ha Lam Ha, Phuc Tho Lam Ha, Phu Son Lam Ha. In particular, through cooperation with agricultural enterprises, the Cooperative has transferred organic technical solutions to member households to reduce costs and improve productivity and quality of crops.

“Our cooperative focuses on supporting farmers in applying science and technology to develop value chains from production, processing to distribution and consumption, gradually expanding organic production areas associated with certification and traceability, with the goal of first meeting the domestic market, then reaching out to the international market,” Mr. Thang stated the orientation.

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/canh-tac-huu-co-theo-mo-hinh-hop-tac-389972.html