It is one of the contents of the Organic Agriculture Development Project for the period 2020-2030, which has just been approved by Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.
Specifically, by 2025, the area of organic agricultural land will reach about 1.5-2% of the total agricultural land area; The area of organic farming land accounts for over 1% of the total cultivated land with major crops such as rice, vegetables, fruits, tea, pepper, coffee, cashew, coconut …
A clean pepper garden in Cam My district (Dong Nai). Photo Đăng Tùng
The percentage of organic livestock products reaches about 1-2% of the total domestic livestock products. Organic products of organic certification according to their potential strengths are given priority such as milk, honey products, bird’s nest products, cattle and poultry meat.
The area of organic aquaculture reaches about 0.5 – 1.5% of the total aquaculture area, of which some special aquatic species have economic value such as: brackish water shrimp, giant freshwater shrimp, native aquatic species …
Improve the efficiency of organic production per unit area; The product value per 1 hectare of organic cultivation and aquaculture land is 1.3-1.5 times higher than non-organic production …
The primary task set out to achieve the above objectives is to develop concentrated organic agricultural production areas and key organic products; diversify forms of organization of production of organic products; research, development and application of technology in organic agriculture; developing certification organizations, perfecting the system of standards, regulations and technical processes; increase processing, consumption and export of organic products.
Organic agricultural products are certified in accordance with regional and international organic agricultural standards; turning Vietnam into a country with the level of organic agriculture production equal to advanced countries in the world.
Farmer Ngo Van Tien (left) is famous as one of the leaders in growing clean pepper in Gia Lai. Photo of Le Kien
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the ministries, branches and localities in implementing the Scheme; actively integrate the objectives and tasks of the Project with national target programs and projects of other ministries, branches and localities concerned; select and identify the factors to improve the pilot model of organic agriculture in localities according to the approved list.
At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development appoints the units with the capacity to research, certify and link the value chain to participate in the deployment of pilot models, develop the implementation plan and gradually expand the model; organize the inspection, supervision, evaluation and annually report to the Prime Minister on the implementation of the Scheme.
The People’s Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government shall identify advantageous products, key fields and areas with advantages in organic production, and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to formulate organic agricultural development schemes and projects. meets requirements and conforms to agricultural industry standards. Building specific mechanisms and policies of the locality such as land, infrastructure, seeds, organic production technology … to serve the development of organic agriculture.
Besides, allocating funds from local budgets and mobilizing legal capital to implement organic agricultural development projects in the area; regularly organize the inspection of the implementation of local organic agricultural development projects, annually synthesize reports on the implementation of local projects and send them to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for summarizing and reporting to the Government.
