Vice President of IFC Asia – Pacific region affirmed that he will support the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with techniques and finance to develop green, low-carbon agriculture.
On the morning of April 13, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien and Vice President of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Asia-Pacific region Alfonso Garcia Mora jointly attended the opening of the forum “Role of the region”. private sector for GHG emission reduction in agriculture and food system in Vietnam”, then the two men had a private discussion on issues of cooperation between IFC and MARD in the coming time. .
Prioritize green, low-emission agriculture
At the meeting, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien affirmed that the leaders of the Ministry highly appreciate the commitments of IFC in supporting the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to increase the contribution of the private sector to modern and meaningful agriculture. Highly competitive and environmentally friendly.
“Low-carbon agriculture is one of the top priorities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to help fulfill Vietnam’s commitment at COP26 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050,” said Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien. with Mr. Alfonso.
According to the Deputy Minister, this will require environmental-friendly policy reforms in resource use management, with emphasis on Vietnam’s two major carbon-emitting industries, livestock and rice farming.
Leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development raised a number of major issues facing the industry today, such as reducing emissions, preventing diseases in livestock, biosecurity, food safety, and boosting exports to high-quality markets. providing, applying digital technology in agriculture and focusing on smallholder farmers.
In a private conversation, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien raised the priorities of Vietnam’s agricultural sector in the coming time and the issues that IFC can cooperate and support. Photo: Tung Dinh.
Mr. Phung Duc Tien gave an example of the process of dealing with African swine fever in Vietnam, because there is no vaccine and the mortality rate is 100%, the only solution is to force destruction, so it has reduced more than 100%. 30% of Vietnam’s livestock pigs in 2019.
In this regard, Vietnam is one of three countries participating in the IFC’s regional initiative on African swine fever. recognized economy.
In addition, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien also proposed IFC financial support and technical support in reducing livestock emissions as a resource to implement solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in livestock; Support to build and operate an online database on measurement, reporting, assessment of GHG emission reduction and GHG inventory in livestock. Support in the development and implementation of Technical Guidelines for GHG emission control in the agriculture and rural development sector, including the livestock sector.
“Regarding the COP26 commitment, we have completed the proposal of a biogas program for the livestock industry. This is one of the top priorities of the livestock industry because of the effects and effectiveness of the program, solving environmental pollution problems, creating clean energy sources and being able to sell credits to generate human income. people and budget for the state”, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien added.
Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien affirmed that Vietnam needs a vision to transition to a green, low-emissions and sustainable food system. Photo: Tung Dinh.
Commitment to support
Mr. Alfonso Garcia Mora said that the information provided by Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien helped IFC better understand the priorities of Vietnam as well as those of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. “These issues are very relevant to IFC’s concerns,” said the IFC representative.
Specifically about the support commitments, Ms. Rana Karadsheh, Regional Director of IFC said, although there are many contents, but two major issues can be raised in the framework of the talks: dealing with swine fever. Africa and support for smallholder farmers in Vietnam.
Earlier, at the opening session of the forum, Mr. Alfonso affirmed, IFC and the World Bank are committed to supporting the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in implementing the new program and implementing the recommendations of the IFC, including encouraging adoption of eco-friendly techniques, reforms to deploy digital solutions in the agricultural sector, increased access to finance for large-scale, high-tech production, technology adoption sustainable technology and international standards.
“In fact, IFC in Vietnam, with its vision, has already taken important steps to support the transformation of Vietnam’s agricultural sector towards green and low carbon through technical assistance activities, consulting services and financial support”, said Vice President of IFC Asia – Pacific.
Representatives of IFC affirmed that they would provide technical, consulting and financial support to Vietnam in the agricultural sector. Photo: Tung Dinh.
At this opening session, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien affirmed that, along with sustainable development, the trend of green production and consumption with low emissions will dominate the global agricultural and trade market.
“Therefore, to be able to join the world’s common playing field, we need to take bold and visionary steps to transition to a green, low-emissions and sustainable food system.” Deputy Minister emphasized.
According to Nongghiep.vn
