A high-tech honeydew melon farm in Phuoc Tien commune of Bac Ai district, Ninh Thuan province (Photo: VNA) Accordingly, agriculture will be steered towards sustainable, ecological,organic, circular development and low carbon emissions in order to improvegrowth quality, increase added value and competitiveness, reduce environmentalpollution in agricultural production and rural areas, and use effectively andefficiently energy and natural resources towards a carbon-neutral economy by2050.
Specifically, the GDP growth rate of the agricultural sector isset to reach 2.5-3% per year.
The agriculture sector will focus on improving efficiency in theuse and protection of land, water, aquatic resources, forests, and biodiversityconservation. Forest coverage rates will be maintained at 42% with one millionhectares receiving sustainable forest management certificates.
The sector has set a target that the proportion of organicfertiliser products and biological plant protection substances of the totalfertiliser and plant protection substances produced and consumed will top 30%,and at least 30% of total crop area will apply advanced and water-saving irrigationmethods.
Along with converting 300,000 hectares of rice land to plantingother crops with higher economic and environmental efficiency, the agriculturalsector strives to expand the area of organic cultivated land to over 2% ofthe total area while the percentage of organic livestock products is to accountfor about 2-3% of the total livestock products produced in the country.
At the same time, the application of good agricultural productionpractices will be expanded to improve quality, added value and competitivenessas well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural production.
The process of new rural development must be accelerated to meetgreen and sustainable growth goals and form a lifestyle in harmony with theenvironment and nature.
To achieve the above goals, the cultivation sector will change thecrop structure in line with market advantages and needs, adapting to climatechange in each region so as to form specialised and large-scale commodityproduction areas.
The sector will promote the application of advanced productionprocesses to reduce the use of fertilisers and chemical pesticides that causeenvironmental pollution and the degradation of arable land and greenhouse gasemissions.
For the livestock industry, small-scale production will beswitched to large-scale farms to form key livestock production areas associatedwith environmental protection, biosecurity and technology application.
All livestock production establishments, slaughterhouses, andlivestock product processing establishments must have appropriate environmentalcontrol solutions to ensure that they do not cause environmental pollution andeffectively use livestock waste sources for the demands of cultivation,aquaculture, insect breeding and renewable energy production.
For fisheries, the industry has to synchronously implementsolutions to protect and develop sustainable aquatic resources in accordancewith international standards and practices as well as raise new aquaculturespecies with high efficiency, good disease resistance and adaptability toclimatic conditions.
The industry will adjust the intensity and structure of fishing toensure efficiency and sustainability associated with biodiversity conservation.
In forestry production, it is necessary to expand concentratedplanting material areas, restore natural forests, develop agro-forestry andnon-timber forest products in the direction of commodity production.
In addition, the sector will focus on expanding forest areascertified for sustainable management, maximising forest environmental servicesto generate revenue as well as exploiting potential new services such aseco-tourism, carbon sequestration and storage services.
In the processing of agricultural, forestry and fishery products,environmental pollution must be addressed.
Preserving and developing traditional craft villages, linkingeconomic activities with tourism services, preserving traditional culture, andcreating jobs and incomes will be promoted.
Businesses and households in craft villages and productionestablishments in rural areas will be given assistance to invest in technologyand equipment innovation to improve energy efficiency and reduce pollution inproduction, and develop OCOP (One Commune One Product Programme) in thedirection of a circular economy.
The Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development will continueto research, review and complete the national set of criteria for new ruralareas at all levels to meet the requirements of green and sustainable growth.
The ministry will also complete mechanisms and policies ofpromoting agricultural green growth and enhances human resource training forgreen and ecological agriculture, digital transformation and advancedtechnology applications serving the effective use of natural resources and environmentprotection.
In order to have investment capital for the green growth goals,the ministry focuses on mobilising social resources, especially frombusinesses, and strengthening international co-operation to call for financialsupport and technology transfer in order to make Vietnam’s agriculture a modelfor green, low-carbon, safe agricultural products, and improve competitivenessin the global agricultural chain, contributing to reducing greenhouse gasemissions, especially methane in crop production, animal husbandry anddeforestation./.
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