The Prime Minister has instructed localities nationwide to expedite the implementation of an agricultural restructuring project to increase product added value and ensure sustainable development.
The Prime Minister has instructed localities nationwide to expedite the implementation of an agricultural restructuring project to increase product added value and ensure sustainable development.
Embracing connectivity between farmers, cooperatives and businesses is essential with enterprises playing a key role.
It is also important to promote research on and the transfer and application of scientific and technological advances to create breakthroughs in the field, and domestic scientific organisations are encouraged to forge links with businesses towards the goal.
The PM also urged relevant agencies to work harder to collect information on overseas markets, especially those of partners in bilateral and multilateral agro-forestry-fishery trade commitments, to help businesses increase their competitive edge, while developing the domestic markets and protecting local producers in suitable ways.
Agencies are requested to pay more attention to developing local trademarks and vocational training for rural workers, particularly those in agricultural cooperatives.
Localities are told to quickly complete their own agricultural restructuring plans within this year, while those already having such programmes or action plans need to review and properly adjust their contents based on the respective socio-economic development targets from 2016-2020.
The PM asked localities to establish inter-sector steering committees on agricultural restructuring from communal to provincial levels and review plans on the production of key farm produce in the direction of focusing resources on developing advantageous products.
Meanwhile, ministries and sectors are instructed to revise mechanisms and policies and build policies specifically designed for different regions in order to facilitate agricultural restructuring.-VNA
The Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, has decided to form a steering committee to help the government guide the national agricultural restructuring period from 2015-2020.
The use of high-tech agricultural methods is needed to produce higher quality products and increase farmers' incomes, speakers at a meeting held on August 10 in HCM City said.
The development of high-quality crop seeds and seedlings as part of Ho Chi Minh City's agricultural restructuring programme has significantly increased productivity and production value in recent years, city officials have said.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has urged the restructuring of agriculture to increase farmers' incomes, produce higher-quality produce and improve export competitiveness.
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Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
