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In addition, Doanh said Viet Nam's agriculture will continue to restructure, utilising technology in the Industry 4.0 era, while taking advantage of foreign direct investment and creating better connections with the export terminals; empowering its position in the supply chain, increasing the value-added content and enhancing the competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural products. … [Read more...] about Viet Nam’s agriculture needs support from foreign partners in development: MARD

"COVID-19 and climate change can be turned into opportunities to transform the agriculture sector. This is also an unprecedented opportunity to unlock massive economic and social benefits, trigger green agriculture employment by introducing, for example, green stimulation policy support packages as part of the MARD’s Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan," she said. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam’s agriculture needs support from foreign partners in development: MARD

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam needs support from international partners to cope with losses due to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said 2020 was a difficult year when the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the human damage, COVID-19 also had a strong impact on all economies around the world, including Vietnam. The pandemic is likely to continue to have an impact, breaking some raw material supply and consumption chains of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and increasing demand for those products. It also delays the negotiation and conclusion of measures to promote market opening between Vietnam and other countries, and raises non-tariff market barriers due to concerns of disease outbreaks and recurrences, Doanh said. The requirements for quality of goods and services and the … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s agriculture needs support from foreign partners: MARD

Over the past years, the project has been contributing to helping local people adapt to climate change heading to sustainable development.  Particularly, the AMD Ben Tre donated VND161 million (nearly US$7,000) for buying seed shrimp and food to Mr. Tran Tan Loc and ten households who were in a group of farming male giant freshwater prawn in 2018. In the first harvest season, most of the households had profits over VND35 million (over US$1,500).  According to Mr. Loc, the project has helped poor households adapt to climate change, increase their income and help them gradually stabilize their lives and escape poverty. In the upcoming time, the group members will change the model from paddy- field cultivation to a rice- shrimp farm combination to adapt to the climate change. AMD Ben Tre Director Nguyen Khac Han informed that in the period of 2014 to 2020, the project had a total investment of US$24.66 million, including US$11 million from IFAD loan, the rest was from … [Read more...] about AMD Ben Tre raises efficiency on climate change adaptation