Cai Lay durian collective brand certificate announced

ABO – On August 16, the Tien Giang Department of Science and Technology in coordination with with Cai Lay district People's Committee and Cai Lay town People's Committee organizes a ceremony to announce and hand over the collective brand certificate to Cai Lay durian.

Awarding collective brand certificate of Cai Lay durian to Cai Lay district Gardening Association. Photo: M.THANH

Currently, in the province, durian is grown mainly in Cai Lay district, Cai Lay town and a part of Cai Be district.

Particularly in Cai Lay district, durian has an area of about 9,000 hectares, accounting for 65% of the district's garden area, accounting for 75% of the total durian area of the province.

According to the assessment, the economic efficiency of durian trees is 10 times higher than rice cultivation, contributing to increase income and improve people's lives.

However, over the past time, frequent depreciation season is an important factor that directly affects the income of durian growers because of many reasons.

People are not proactive in the output and the consumption prices are entirely dependent on traders, in which the main reason is that there is no trademark, traceability, so the market is not known as well as confusions with durian of other localities, etc...

Director of Tien Giang Department of Science and Technology Duong Van Bon said that: After nearly two years of implementing the project of "Creating management and promotion of Cai Lay durian collective brand", farmer in Cai Lay durian growing area owns the intellectual property rights of Cai Lay durian.

The certificate of collective brand is considered a condition or laissez-passer for durian products of the Cai Lay Gardening Association to have full conditions to reach markets in regional and international countries.

By M. THANH – Translated by HUU TAM