World Bank delegation visits Can Tho’s low-emission rice production model
A delegation of the World Bank (WB) led by Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific Manuela V. Ferro on November 19 paid a working visit to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho during which they discussed with representatives of local authorites, sectors, businesses, and farmers related to low-emission rice production.
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The World Bank delegation makes a fact-finding tour of and learned about a circular production model at the New Green Farm Cooperative in Can Tho city. (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA)ꦦ – A delegation of the World Bank (WB) led by Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific Manuela V. Ferro on November 19 paid a working visit to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho during which they discussed with representatives of local authorites, sectors, businesses, and farmers related to low-emission rice production.
The delegation made a fact-finding tour of and learned about a circular production model at the New Green Farm Cooperative in the city’s Thot Not district; discussed with local authorities, farmers and businesses rice cultivation under the WB-funded Sustainable Agricultural Transformation Project in Vietnam (VnSAT) and the project to develop 1 million ha of high-quality, low-emission rice cultivation associated with green growth in the Mekong Delta by 2030.
Based on the VnSAT project, Vietnam has been implementing the project of developing 1 million ha of high-quality rice, which is a good opportunity for Vietnamese farmers in general and Mekong Delta farmers in particular.
During the visit, Ferro said that the WB is ready to cooperate and accompany the Government of Vietnam to carry out the project of developing 1 million ha of high-quality rice.
Vice Chairman of the Can Tho municipal People's Committee Nguyen Ngoc He thanked Ferro for directly surveying and visiting the circular production model of farmers in the city.
He expressed his wish for the further facilitation from the WB and Ferro for the project.
Can Tho city hopes that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mekong Delta provinces will soon complete mechanisms and policies to submit them to the Prime Minister for the implementation of the project of developing 1 million ha of high-quality rice as soon as possible./.
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