At the conference, Mr. Nguyen Van Viet, Director of the Planning Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said: In the first three months of the year, the agriculture and rural sectors implemented the plan in favorable weather conditions and epidemics in the family. controlled livestock and poultry; but the prices of inputs and raw materials for agricultural production are still high. The agricultural sector has actively coordinated with ministries, branches and localities to focus on implementing solutions to stabilize production, respond to market fluctuations, weather and epidemics; strengthen negotiations to open the market in order to boost the consumption of agricultural products. Thanks to that, agriculture still achieved good growth; productivity and output of many key products increased, affirming its role as the backbone of the economy, ensuring an adequate supply of food, food and essential goods, contributing to the overall growth of the whole economy. water. According to the General Statistics Office, the growth rate of value added (VA) of the agricultural, forestry and fishery sector in the first quarter is estimated at 2.52% over the same period in 2022; in which, agriculture increased by 2.43%, forestry increased by 3.66% and fishery increased by 2.68%.
Generally, in the first 3 months of the year, crop production remained stable, the output of many key perennial crops increased. Crop production value 2 increased by about 1.21% over the same period in 2022, accounting for 59.5% of the production value (GTS) share of the general agricultural sector. The weather is relatively favorable for afforestation and plantation exploitation activities across the country, so the growth of the forestry sector is quite high, estimated at 3.66% over the same period last year (CKNT). Aquatic production in the first quarter experienced many fluctuations in the context of a sharp drop in export markets in the first months of the year. Aquaculture continues to be encouraged by the authorities to raise high-quality shrimp and invest in technology in production; expanding the production and consumption chain of pangasius and brackish water shrimp. Fishing activities are maintained stably due to favorable weather. The growth of the fisheries sector in the first quarter was about 2.68% compared to that of the industrial sector.
In terms of trade, the total import and export turnover of agro-forestry products in the first three months of the year was estimated at 20.63 billion USD, down 11.2% compared to the NTFP; in which, export is estimated at 11.19 billion USD, down 14.4% compared to NTK; import was estimated at 9.44 billion USD, down 7.2%; trade surplus of 1.76 billion USD, down 39.6% compared to CKNT.
Despite continuing to face many difficulties and challenges, the entire agricultural sector has been proactive, active and creative in advising the Government and the Prime Minister, in close coordination with ministries, branches, local; mobilize social resources to drastically implement synchronously tasks and solutions to remove difficulties and set the growth rate of the whole industry in the first quarter of 2023 to be quite high at 2.5% (higher than the growth in the first quarter of 2023). year 2022).
According to Deputy Minister Nguyen Quoc Tri, the export of forest products in March 2023 decreased. Therefore, in the coming time, it is necessary to organize a meeting with associations and large enterprises to remove some difficulties, including the problem of raw materials.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep noted that in 2023 there will be drought in the Central and Central Highlands, water shortage in the Red River Delta, and salt and sweet disputes in the Mekong Delta. These are major issues that need attention in irrigation and disaster prevention.
According to Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien, in the field of science and technology, when placing the article, one must think about which market the product is to be placed in and how much it is expected to sell. Seeds play an important role in the chain of agricultural, forestry and fishery products, so it is necessary to focus on improving seed quality and ensuring efficiency. High yielding varieties such as maize and soybean varieties should be introduced to reduce dependence on imports. In the field of processing, it is necessary to further strengthen the participation of enterprises in this field, to remove difficulties for enterprises.
Regarding the development of legal documents, according to Minister Le Minh Hoan, decrees and circulars must solve problems in life and solve the bottlenecks of the agricultural economy.
Minister Le Minh Hoan speaks at the Conference
Minister Le Minh Hoan emphasized: Agencies in charge of the AFF market need to strengthen their role in negotiating, connecting, opening the market, and solving congestion at border gates. This is the time to improve the whole work for faster, smoother. Need to be aware of responsibility to farmers, responsibility to each commodity. When changing the way of operation, a series of problems will be solved, taking advantage of market opportunities and creating favorable conditions for businesses.
