Reporting at the seminar, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of the Department of Agricultural Product Processing and Market Development, said that by the end of 2019, the organic farming area in our country has reached about 237 thousand hectares, a sharp increase. compared with 53 thousand hectares in 2016. However, the development of organic agriculture in recent years is posing many problems, especially the management, certification, inspection and supervision …
Conclusion of the Workshop, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam, said that the management of organic production is very important to ensure organic products are really the product of organic agriculture. . Due to the fact that there are many products that are currently promoting organic, are they really organic or not? Therefore, it is necessary to promote the training of management staff, inspection and supervision of certification organizations and organic agricultural products, from ministerial to local level. Besides, there are training courses for businesses, producers and traders of organic products; improve the quality of human resources for organic production, strengthen the training of specialized specialists in organic agriculture.
Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam emphasized that organic production is just one of the methods of agricultural production. Organic agriculture cannot replace other methods of production in ensuring food security. Therefore, the development of organic agriculture in localities should be done more carefully.
Localities need to clearly define which regions can produce organic and which areas still maintain non-organic production methods. In terms of products, it is necessary to determine which products will be organic, which products go organic, and which products still maintain traditional farming.
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