Farmers' Innovations from Vietnam

The Vietnam Farmers' Union (VNFU) has a lot of products which are exported to more than 100 countries. There is coffee from the Central Highlands. It is very delicious and has very high quality. It uses the trademark Trung Nguyen. There is tea is made by a farmers' group with high capacity for packaging and marketing. It is from Thai Nguyen province in the north of Vietnam. There is another kind of tea that is packed simpler and is priced lower. But it is also of high quality and also comes from Thai Nguyen. Another product is green bean cake from Hai Duong province. It is a traditional food that meets high quality standards. It is made of green beans, sugar, and a little bit of oil. There is also a sweet made of coconut and jackfruit that come from the south. There are also many kinds of traditional seeds like cabbage, green beans, black beans and peanuts. VNFU also produces a lot of newspapers and magazines for farmers that are printed monthly. There are other innovations like improving fruit production, transplanting machines for rice, and using rice straw for mushroom cultivation.