While highlighting the outstanding achievements of the agricultural sector in recent years, the PM said many questions remain unanswered, such as why 70 percent of the nation’s population live in rural areas and account for 43 percent of the workforce but contribute just 18 percent o the national GDP. He said the Government and the people should join hands to remove difficulties for the development of agriculture and rural areas. Addressing a farmer’s question on the repeated problem of dropping prices when there is bumper harvest, PM Phuc said while the government has strived to seek markets for Vietnamese farm produce for many years, farmers and firms should adjust production in accordance with market needs. “Before sowing, farmers must think how much they will produce and to whom they will sell the products,” the PM said. At the same time, he underlined the importance of the processing industry, and urged that firms would actively build … [Read more...] about PM vows best environment for agriculture, rural development
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Development of organic fertiliser key to VN’s future agriculture
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has identified organic agriculture as the way forward, and why the development and promotion of the product is key to achieving their goals. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường has said that Vietnamese agriculture must "tune in to the signals of the market, which is not solely the domestic market, but also the 180-country and seven-billion-people global market." One signal is the growing demand for environmentally friendly and organic production, which makes organic fertiliser "an inevitable trend". The current demands for fertiliser in Việt Nam reached somewhere around 11 million tonnes a year, with as much as one tonne of fertiliser (mostly chemical varieties) being used on one hectare of farmland, nearly five times the average amount used 10 years ago. According to the agriculture ministry (MARD), the efficiency rate is around 45-50 per cent, meaning only half of the … [Read more...] about Development of organic fertiliser key to VN’s future agriculture
HCMC delegation visit Aichi province for agriculture study
In the first day of the visit, the delegation called on the province’s agricultural experimental station. Chairman Phong said that the delegation aimed to study the model of agriculture of Aichi province and seek cooperation opportunities in high-tech agriculture between Ho Chi Minh City and Japan. As per the growth orientation, from 2018, Ho Chi Minh City will prioritize hi-tech agriculture along with training human resource for the sector in the city during 2018 – 2020. Accordingly, the city’s agriculture and rural development will continue implement application of IT to support urban agriculture effectively and sustainably connected with the agriculture re-structuring project with the government’s new rural plan. Aichi province’s station was set up in 125 years being one of good place for adoption of hi-tech in seeding and planting agricultural products. Director of the station Imai Katsuhiko introduced the model development of the station and … [Read more...] about HCMC delegation visit Aichi province for agriculture study
HCMC to pay interest on agriculture production loans
(VEN) - The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People's Committee recently issued guidance on implementation of a plan under which the city would fund the interest on loans taken out by organizations and individuals with feasible agricultural business projects. High agricultural growth In 2017, HCMC reached an agricultural, forestry and fishery production value of almost VND19.48 trillion, up 6.3 percent from the 2016 growth of 5.8 percent. Production value reached almost VND1.93 trillion in the first two months of 2018, up 6.5 percent from the same time in 2017. Of this, cultivation reached VND472 billion (up 5.7 percent), animal husbandry produced VND865 billion (up 4.3 percent), and fisheries reached VND468 billion (up 10.2 percent). High technology has been applied in vegetable and fruit production on 389.8 hectares of land in the city, nearly quadruple that in 2016 (101ha). Interest-based assistance According to the HCMC Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the city is home to … [Read more...] about HCMC to pay interest on agriculture production loans
Vietnam, Australia seek to create hi tech agricultural value chain
A workshop was held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 2 to discuss the development of hi-tech agricultural value chains between Vietnam and Australia. The provincial Department of Agriculture and Development and the Vietnam-Australia business association signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation - Source: tuyengiaoangiang.vn Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Anh Thu said the event allowed local enterprises to learn about technical barriers and how to control the quality of farm produce exported to Australia and other markets in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The workshop helped to promote local agricultural products and opened up investment opportunities for local and Australian businesses, he added. Professor Scott Murray from Canberra University introduced the value chain research model, the development path of Vietnam, and the benefits of the CPTPP … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Australia seek to create hi tech agricultural value chain