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The Swiss non-governmental organisation Helvetas has provided funding of US$440,100 to help the southern province of Tien Giang put an organic cacao project into action.
The four-year project scheduled to start on January 1, 2010, aims to apply a system of advanced quality controls to help farmers establish a superior product during growing and processing which will help to standardise products and improve farmers’ income.
The districts of Cho Gao, Go Cong Tay and Tan Phu Dong have been selected to take part in the project.
In 2009, with support from the National Agricultural Promotion Centre and Helvetas, Vinh Huu commune in Go Cong Tay district planted large areas with organic cacao. Farmers now have the opportunity to grow the cacao without using pesticides and use bi-product instead to increase their cacao output.