TTC AgriS supports sugar cane producers in Tay Ninh

For decades, the joint stock company Thanh Thanh Cong - Bien Hoa (TTC AgriS) has accompanied sugar cane producers in Tay Ninh and some localities through many support policies, helping sugar cane producers feel safe to grow and stay with the plant.

And the main mission of TTC AgriS is to continue to promote the development of smart and integrated agricultural business models in the localities.

Many policies to support sugar cane farmers

In addition to applying synchronous mechanization solutions from planting, care to harvest, bring good production results and reduce costs, helping to improve the efficiency of sugar cane as well as the profits of sugar cane producers, TTC AgriS is also interested in capital support through short-term advance payments. long-term support for sugar cane producers and the TTC AgriS capital support in the 2021-2022 crop year has doubled from the average investment in previous years.

This investment aims to support farmers in terms of crop costs, investment in sugar cane seeds, fertilizers, phytosanitary solutions against pests and diseases, machinery and equipment, renovating infrastructure to prepare for the 2022-2023 crop year, to expand the area under sugar cane and minimize the impact of extreme weather on raw material areas.

To help farmers feel safe to invest and stick to sugar cane, at the recent customer conference in Tay Ninh province, TTC AgriS announced a sugar cane price insurance policy in 3 consecutive crops, in which, the insurance price for the 2022-2023 harvest is up to 980,000 VND/tonne of 10 CCS clean sugar cane in the field, depending on the regions. This is the minimum price committed by the company and depending on the market situation, the company can adjust the purchase of sugar cane at a higher price, ensuring profits to farmers, with the view throughout “Profitable Farmers – Profitable Plants”.

TTC AgriS demonstrates mechanization of sugar cane cultivation in Tay Ninh. Photo credit: OCEAN

As a loyal client of TTC AgriS, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung (hamlet of Hiep Binh, commune of Hoa Thanh, district of Chau Thanh, province of Tay Ninh) shared, he signed an association contract with the Bien Hoa Sugar Company since the 1990s, The area of sugar cane is currently 120ha and TTC AgriS has invested many sums from seeds, agricultural tools to cultivation techniques, fertilizers, consumption of products.

In addition, Mr. Hung also received a loan from the plant and bank in the AgriS TTC system to purchase farming tools at 80% of value to help him and his loved ones feel safe.

The sugar cane variety VN08-270 grown in Tay Ninh gives a high quality yield. Photo credit: OCEAN

Thanks to the active application of mechanization to production, the inhabitants of Tay Ninh grow and actively take care of sugar cane, from tillage to harvesting machines. Moreover, given that the company has a reasonable investment policy to attract sugar cane producers, instead of growing mainly wet rice or abandoning land, people can take advantage of the abandoned land to put it into production.

Digitizing the sugar cane value chain

In the context where domestic sugar cane production and commercial activities still face many difficulties and challenges due to the impact of the macroeconomy, TTC AgriS is part of the strategic direction of sustainable development with Vietnamese farmers, which is: Continue the transformation of the agricultural economic model, Transform the governance model into a smart agricultural economy, integrating production - import-export - trade in agricultural services on digital platforms.

Transport of sugar cane to sugar factories. Photo credit: OCEAN

Specifically, the development and application of digital technology solutions into agricultural production management through the Farmer Relationship Management (FRM) platform; leveraging existing agricultural management with FRM, employing DigiFarm to upgrade digital farming technology on the Oracle Cloud ERP core system with TTC AgriS personnel in charge, utilizing cloud computing technology for data collection and analysis.

Features such as Soil map, Yield map, Blockchain in Agro, Vendor portal, ePayment are developed on the DigiFarm and Agro apps platforms to support the synchronized management chain of TTC AgriS through comprehensive and streamlined farming management processes, investment, and acceptance between investors, agricultural officers, and farmers. This is also a means of close-knit, timely, and continuous connection between the factory and the sugarcane growing community of TTC AgriS.

With applications to digitize sustainable agricultural value chains with farmers at every stage of development, To create close links with customers and partners and to implement the strategy of proactive construction of sustainable materials areas, TTC AgriS is also a pioneering agricultural enterprise at the forefront of digital transformation in Vietnam; The aim is to train a generation of confident, courageous and professional “entrepreneurs” in both farming techniques and management skills.

TTC AgriS continues to have policies to encourage people to apply mechanization, improve sugar cane varieties and cultivation processes, help improve productivity, quality, reducing sugar cane production costs... of the sugar cane value chain.

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