If in the past, tea growing in the district was still spontaneous and manual, now, from the orientation of developing raw tea areas, gradually increasing the value of tea products, Hai Ha district has promoted and mobilized people to apply science and technology in all stages, from variety structure, care, to harvesting and processing.
The tea production facility of Le Van Thang in village 6, Quang Long commune is one of many high-quality safe tea production facilities in the commune.
In order to continuously increase the value of tea plants, Thang has learned, boldly invested, and expanded the production line. With support from the locality, Thang has standardized the processes of steaming, rolling, roasting, to produce the highest quality output products.
Fresh young tea buds are picked with the standard of "1 bud, 2 leaves", and are only picked early in the morning, when still covered with dew. After picking, the tea is purchased to factories and processed on the same day, creating high-quality tea products with economic value.
Sharing about his production process, Le Van Thang said: "Our facility purchases and participates in the production of high-quality organic tea, mainly Ngoc Thuy tea and Bac Son tea. This tea variety has a cool, fragrant, delicious and rich flavor, giving higher economic value than old tea varieties. Our care process mainly uses organic fertilizers and microorganisms to enhance the quality value of the product".
![The tea harvesting process is carried out according to the standard of "1 bud, 2 leaves"](https://image-en.nhandan.vn/w792/Uploaded/2024/bpcgtqvp/2024_12_13/2-3709-1422.jpg "The tea harvesting process is carried out according to the standard of "1 bud, 2 leaves"") |
The tea harvesting process is carried out according to the standard of "1 bud, 2 leaves" |
From 2022 to present, Hai Ha district has transferred four high-quality tea processing technology processes. Thereby, some processing facilities have produced typical products.
Bui Van Cu's family in village 6, Quang Thinh commune has applied water-saving irrigation technology in intensive tea cultivation according to the standards VietGAP. With a total area of 6,000m2 of tea, including 4,000m2 of Ngoc Thuy tea and 2,000m2 of small-leaf midland tea.
Since installing the semi-automatic pumping system, the family has saved more than 50% of daily irrigation water and each year the tea harvest has increased by 1 to 2 crops.
In order to gradually increase the value of local tea products, in the period of 2022-2025, Hai Ha district has implemented a project to restructure the tea industry, applying mechanisms and policies according to Resolution 194/2019/NQ-HDND dated July 30, 2019 of the People's Council of Quang Ninh province to support tea growers in investing in intensive cultivation according to VietGAP; support upgrading and renovating factories and processing lines; assess and grant HACCP certification to processing facilities; transfer intensive cultivation and processing processes of high-quality tea, support the development of new Huong Bac Son tea varieties, which have gradually changed the productivity and appearance of the district's tea areas, thereby increasing the value of tea trees in the area.
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Currently, Duong Hoa tea products have a collective trademark and geographical indication, ranked 4 stars in the Quang Ninh OCOP Programme. |
Vice Chairman of Hai Ha District People's Committee Nguyen Huu Liem said: “Tea is one of the local key crops in economic development. To continue to improve the quality and value of tea, the district has implemented the Tea Industry Restructuring Project, focusing mainly on organic and VietGAP production.
The district has piloted an area of 35 hectares for people to learn and replicate; provided support for seeds, fertilizers, processing workshops, labels, packaging, thereby increasing the value of the tea area. Currently, the organic tea products have a selling price ranging from 300,000 VND to 500,000 VND per kg and products are sold out as soon as they are produced.
Up to now, the tea growing area of Hai Ha district is 800 hectares of tea with more than 2,000 households participating in tea production; The average annual output of fresh tea reaches 6,300 tonnes, supplying seven main domestic processing facilities and exporting to the Chinese market and the Middle Eastern countries.
Currently, Hai Ha's Duong Hoa tea products have a collective trademark and geographical indication, ranked 4 stars in the Quang Ninh OCOP Program with complete packaging, labels, and barcodes for traceability.
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Hai Ha's tea products have packaging, labels, and barcodes for traceability. |
In addition to supporting tea-producing households to apply science and technology to bring machinery into the harvesting stage, install high-quality tea processing lines to create products that are competitive enough in the international and domestic markets.
Hai Ha district has built a tea area combined with eco-tourism, and participated in domestic and foreign fairs to contribute to promoting and expanding the market for Hai Ha tea products, thereby increasing the value of tea trees, helping farmers stick with and get rich from tea trees.
