Japanese experts praise carrot and lychee growing regions in Hai Duong

Japanese experts visit a carrot field in Duc Chinh commune, Cam Giang district

Carrot and lychee growing regions in Hai Duong won the hearts of Japanese technology experts from the Osumi Food Technology Development Center in Kagoshima, Japan, during their field trips to the province on February 14 and 15.

The experts highly appreciated the growing process of a lychee production region for export in Thanh Ha district and confirmed that lychee is one of the favorite agricultural products of Japanese consumers.

Team leader Taishi Okada, assistant research director of the center, praised carrot growing areas in Hai Duong in terms of scale and production techniques.

Japanese experts highly appreciate the agricultural product processing and packing workshop of Tan Huong Agricultural Product and Food Processing JSC.

The quality of carrots and the conditions of carrot processing and packing workshops of Duc Chinh Commune Agricultural Service Cooperative and Tan Huong Agricultural Product and Food Processing JSC. in Cam Giang district basically met the requirements of the Japanese market. 

Especially, Japanese consumers have switched to frozen products and fresh juices due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Therefore, Hai Duong's fresh agricultural products have great potential for export to this market.

However, only about 5% of carrots are exported to Japan, not commensurate with the potential. The cultivation of carrots is mainly based on farmers’ experience, resulting in uneven quality.

Japanese experts survey a lychee production region for export in Thanh Ha district

The Japanese experts suggested that the provincial agricultural sector hold training courses following Japanese production processes and techniques to ensure product quality and reduce cultivation costs.

They also pledged to work out and transfer farming processes and techniques suiting the actual situation of production and meeting strict export requirements to Hai Duong farmers, offering an opportunity to increase the amount of carrots exported to Japan.

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