Climate-smart agriculture is defined as agricultural practices that sustainably increase productivity and system resilience while reducing greenhouse gas emissions (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) will improve the productivity and quality of agriculture, increase farmers’ incomes and reduce their vulnerability to adverse climatic phenomena, according to experts. CSA is defined as agricultural practices that sustainably increase productivity and system resilience while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Agricultural Environmental Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) forecast that climate change will reduce the yield of rice by 0.41 and 0.72 tonnes per hectare by 2030 and 2050, respectively. Others crops like maize will decrease by 0.44 and 0.78 tonnes per hectare by 2030 and 2050, respectively. Agricultural production is affecting the climate and environment. Thirty-nine percent of all … [Read more...] about Climate-smart agriculture key to economic growth
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Climate-smart agriculture key to the economic growth
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI —The adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) will improve the productivity and quality of agriculture, increase farmers’ incomes and reduce their vulnerability to adverse climatic phenomena, according to experts. CSA is defined as agricultural practices that sustainably increase productivity and system resilience while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Agricultural Environmental Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) forecast that climate change will reduce the yield of rice by 0.41 and 0.72 tonnes per hectare by 2030 and 2050, respectively. Others crops like maize will decrease by 0.44 and 0.78 tonnes per hectare by 2030 and 2050, respectively. Agricultural production is affecting the climate and environment. Thirty-nine per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions in Việt Nam are caused by agriculture. As Việt Nam is one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change, CSA has … [Read more...] about Climate-smart agriculture key to the economic growth
New decree to help organic agriculture
(VEN) - Vietnam is one of 170 countries producing organic agricultural products. Organic and green agriculture has become a trend worldwide. Preferential policies Vietnam has adopted many policies promoting organic agriculture development. This year, the government issued Decree 109/2018/ND-CP providing preferential terms for small enterprises, cooperatives, farms and farmer households engaged in organic agriculture. According to the decree, the government will fund all organic product certification costs and cost of verifying areas eligible for organic production. Farmers and cooperatives can also enjoy the government’s agricultural promotion assistance in organic production training. Speaking last month at the International Forum on Vietnam Organic Agriculture Development and Integration, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that Vietnam holds great potential in organic farming development, adding that many enterprises have invested in safe … [Read more...] about New decree to help organic agriculture
Youngsters make fortune on agriculture
Given the high unemployment rate among urban youngsters, Youth Unions in some localities have taken various measures in order to address the issue. Safe vegetables farms in the South Central Coastal province of Quang Ngai are among those initiatives. Realising the locality’s high unemployment rate and leftover farming land, Đức Chánh communal Youth Union in Quang Ngai province in early 2016 asked the local authorities to deploy safe vegetables farms. Having gained the necessary approval, the Union managed to gather 20 local youngsters and raise sufficient fund to kick off the project. According to Vo Ngoc Nam, Project Manager, the area was originally allocated for rice farming but it was ineffective. He and his companions saw the land’s untapped potential and asked the locality change it into vegetable farming. Then they called for the help of local youngsters. It has been three years and we are thinking of expanding the model. The project … [Read more...] about Youngsters make fortune on agriculture
Hanoi boosts agricultural promotion
(VEN) - Through efficient, practical models, agricultural promotion activities in Hanoi have enabled farmers in the capital city’s outlying districts to develop many new plant and animal varieties. A Kim Cuong 111 rice variety field in Lien Ha Commune of Hanoi’s Dong Anh District Van Thang Commune in Hanoi’s Ba Vi District is an aquaculture center. The production in the commune was spontaneous for many years but has changed since 2017 with assistance in biological safety-oriented aquaculture development from the Hanoi Agricultural Promotion Center. Under that project, the district’s agricultural promotion station has gotten commune households to farm unisexual Novit tilapia (Norwegian - Vietnamese Tilapia) together with V1 carp in accordance with bio-safety processes on two hectares of water surface. Farmers have access to the center’s technical assistance in fish feeding and disease prevention and environmental treatment. Each … [Read more...] about Hanoi boosts agricultural promotion