At harvest time, the ears of rice are ripe and golden. To meet the desire of Lao employees to “not miss the farming season and harvest them all into the warehouse”, help the employees to implement the “Employee Home Plan” by taking the factory as their home, serve for employees wholeheartedly, and enhancing the sense of responsibility and happiness of all employees, Sino-Agri Potash Co., Ltd has formulated a complete harvest assistance plan and purchased multiple advanced modern agricultural machinery before the harvest season to provide free harvest and transportation services for the company’s employees and the people around the factory. This not only enables the employees and the surrounding people in need to respond to the initiative of the “China-Laos Community of Shared Future” with practical actions after perceiving the company’s care and benefits but also helps the local high-yield and income with efficient services.

Promoting the Harvest Assistance and Production, Leading Agricultural Modernization in Laos through Mechanization

At present, among about 8,000 people who are engaged in the production and construction of  Sino-Agri Potash, over 5,000 people are Lao employees, accounting for 60%, and they are an indispensable backbone force in ensuring the stable operation of the factory’s production and construction. Whenever the harvest season comes, family harvest and company production are top priorities for every Lao employee. To solve all worries for employees, let employees truly feel the company’s humanistic care, and reduce the labor intensity and economic burden on employees and their families,  Sino-Agri Potash has implemented a harvest assistance plan since 2021, purchased modern agricultural machinery and equipment and provided harvest and transportation services to employees and people in surrounding villages for free to ensure that all grain is harvested and warehoused on time. With practical actions, the company has ensured that Lao employees can work in the factory without worries that the production system can run stably.

To further improve the rice harvest efficiency and expand the assistance scope this year, on the one hand, the company increased mechanization investment, added multiple advanced large harvesters and transport vehicles, provided the whole process of harvest and transportation services, and created the “last-kilometer” of grain from farmland to home, which has improved the mechanization level of local rice harvest to a certain extent and made the surrounding people feel the benefits of agricultural modernization in advance; on the other hand, the company conducted an in-depth field investigation and determined the harvest plan in sections according to the variety and maturity of rice to seize the golden harvest period with high efficiency, improve the harvest quality and speed up the harvest progress, ensuring that all rice grains are harvested and put into the warehouse.

According to statistics, the harvest-assistance action this year lasted for more than 40 days, covered nearly 30 surrounding villages and nearly a thousand kilometers of travel, and harvested 76 hectares of rice with 154 tons of grains, saving a harvest cost of hundreds of millions of kips for local people.

Assisting Farmers with Good Harvests, and Building a “Community of Shared Future” through Integrated Development

During the harvest, the most memorable was a scene in which the employees of Sino-Agri Potash and their families, village heads, and local public security representatives expressed their gratitude with the simplest language and grateful hugs. A Lao employee named Lang spoke out all our voices, “The company treats us like family members and helps our lives with practical actions. We share weal and woe with the company at work, and continue to integrate with it, which has enabled us to form a ‘community of shared future”.

“In the past, all of my family were busy harvesting rice, which not only made us tired but also kept us from earning money. Since I came to Sino-Agri Potash, I am no longer worried about the rice harvest, but can work comfortably”, said a Lao Employee Bang.

Mr. Vong Chanthala, the head of Dongtai village, said with emotion, “Since each family has a large rice planting area, it usually took 7 or 8 days to harvest the rice in the past. However,  Sino-Agri Potash can help us harvest all the rice for free in 1 day, which saves both time and labor, and is fast and efficient. Therefore, we are really grateful”.

The director of the Dongtai village police station said that  Sino-Agri Potash has contributed to the local area for many years, maintained a harmonious relationship with the surrounding villages, and was unanimously praised by the local villagers. This is a large enterprise that performs real deeds, cares about its employees, and truly serves the people. It is not hard to see that the director is full of gratitude for the enterprise.

Carry Forward the Culture of Integration and Win-win, Practicing the Values of Responsibility and Charity

The harvest assistance plan for this year was successfully completed. The company let all the Lao employees taste the joy of harvest, in exchange for their wholehearted work in the factory and the stable operation of the production system; Also, the company benefited the surrounding villagers, reduced their labor intensity of rice harvest, waived the harvest costs and improved the harvest efficiency, fully reflecting that the company has performed its social responsibility and concerned about people’s livelihood.

“Honor, harmony, pragmatism, and win-win” is the enterprise culture of  Sino-Agri Potash, while “responsibility, charity, striving, innovation, and grit” is its core value. A series of social actions such as implementing a harvest assistance plan, repairing infrastructure, providing assistance in building schools, donating potash fertilizers, etc. have reflected that as an enterprise with a strong sense of responsibility,  Sino-Agri Potash enhances the sense of happiness and belonging of employees and surrounding villagers while solving their practical difficulties. The harmonious and stable construction of the employee team also provides a strong guarantee for the production and construction of the company, achieving a win-win situation between employees and families, as well as between enterprises and society.