In recent years, Song Ma mangoes have affirmed their brand and exported to the Chinese market. Mango trees have become an important crop, bringing high income to the people. Song Ma district has 1,813 hectares of mangoes, concentrated in the communes consisting of Chieng Khuong, Chieng Cang, Chieng Khoong, Na Nghiu, Chieng So, and Muong Lam. Of these, 24 hectares are granted export growing area codes to the Chinese market; 82 hectares of mangoes are grown according to VietGAP standards; 120 hectares apply irrigation technology in mango care.

To provide technical support to the people, the district's functional departments have assigned technical staff to guide people in taking care of mango gardens, keeping a diary of pesticide use, and strengthening inspection and supervision so that people are not allowed to use banned pesticides. The district has also issued many documents on managing raw material areas, promoting the application of VietGAP production processes, granting growing area codes, and strictly monitoring the production process. Promoting trade promotion activities, advertising, consuming, and exporting agricultural products; creating favorable conditions for businesses to sign product consumption contracts with mango growing cooperatives; selecting qualified firms and cooperatives to be the focal points for collecting, processing, consuming, and exporting mango products, gradually forming a sustainable production chain.

In recent years, the district has implemented many policies to support the promotion, introduction, and consumption of products, bringing the district's OCOP products to participate in fairs, exhibitions, forums, and conferences in the area, in provinces, and cities in the country, and internationally..., coordinating to find production links, collect agricultural products in the district; and move towards linking consumption and exporting agricultural products to the Chinese market.

With the leadership of the district people's committee, the positivity and proactiveness of mango growers in strictly implementing the technical production process, and favorable weather, it is promised that this year's mango crop in Song Ma district will have a good harvest, good prices, high-quality fruit, meeting the requirements of domestic and foreign markets contributing to increasing people's earnings.

Huong Diep

Translated by Tuan Minh Dang