On the afternoon of November 2, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference “Implementing the Project for the development of organic agriculture for the period 2020-2030”.
According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam, in just 2 years since the Government issued Decree 109/2018 / ND-CP, organic agriculture, organic agriculture in our country has developed. thrive. This shows that the potential for development of organic agriculture still has room but needs to develop accordingly.
Model of organic dragon fruit production. Photo: Bui Giang / VNA
The Development of organic agriculture for the period 2020-2030 sets the target that by 2025, the total area for development of organic agriculture will reach 1.5-2% of the total agricultural land area and by 2030 will reach 2, 5-3%. Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam said that this is a very difficult and not easy goal, because organic agricultural production cannot be developed or developed within a day and must be managed.
“The localities do not develop massively organic agriculture, but step by step towards organic and organic. The locality must see what its strengths are, not everything also grows organically. It is necessary to identify key seedlings, identify areas and locations for organic production ”, emphasized Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam.
Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam also asked functional units to manage organic products in the market, to re-establish the organic product market. “Growing with management, not letting organic products spread on the market without certification. State management functions must be manageable ”, stated Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam.
In addition, the functional unit must also manage the inputs; facilitate support for domestic certification bodies at reasonable costs; early training courses on organic agriculture, not only for farmers and cooperatives but also for managers.
According to Mr. Ha Phuc Mich, Chairman of the Vietnam Organic Agriculture Association, since the policy in Decree 109/2018 / ND-CP was implemented, there has been a large demand for commodity production from hundreds to thousands. thousand hectares, because the market for organic produce is still very open, both domestically and for export.
In addition to the difficulties in agricultural production in general, Mr. Ha Phuc My said that organic agriculture still has its own difficulties such as the conversion from inorganic production to organic production; There is a lack of agricultural materials, and input services for organic agriculture have not been formed.
Large production inevitably requires professional organic agricultural materials supply services, such as: fertilizers, animal feed, herbal medicine, biology … National standard TCVN 11041: 2017/2018 8 standards have been issued but not enough. To apply correctly and easily to manufacturers, the authorities need to issue a detailed list of input materials, said Mr. Ha Phuc Mich.
The area of organic cultivation increased from 53,350 ha in 2016 to about 237,700 ha in 2019. The whole country has about 46/63 provinces and cities implementing and having an organic production movement. The number of organic producers is 97; participating in exporting are 60 enterprises with a turnover of about 335 million USD / year.
Organic agricultural products in Vietnam are consumed domestically and exported to 180 countries around the world; including the US, EU, China, Japan, Korea … are the largest consumption markets for organic agricultural products in the world.
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