In the afternoon of 11/11, in Vung Tau City, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the Sustainable Trade Initiative and the Vietnam Pepper Association organized a Policy Dialogue Forum to promote public-private cooperation and share. Experience in sustainable development of pepper industry. Attending the forum were representatives of Plant Protection Department (Plant Protection), World Pepper Association, Vietnam Pepper Association, Plant Protection Department, representatives of pepper producing, processing, exporting and importing cooperatives. Vietnam and the world.
| The PSAV PPP Working Group introduces the Vietnam Pepper Advisory Board at the forum. |
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at the forum, pepper is a key commodity in Vietnam's agricultural exports with about 40% of production and 60% of global trade market share. Our country currently has about 100,000 ha of pepper for harvesting, with an output of 247,000 thousand tons. However, in recent years, due to low prices of these agricultural products, rising production costs along with climate change, pests and destruction of crops have made pepper growers difficult. Mr. Chu Van Chuong, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that in the above situation, the agricultural sector is actively implementing the Project of restructuring the agricultural sector towards increasing added value. and sustainable development. One of the key solutions is to promote investment attraction in the form of public-private partnership (PPP). The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has established a public-private partnership program for sustainable agricultural development in Vietnam (PSAV), including pepper, thereby focusing on connecting factors in the agricultural sector to divide. Sharing experiences, cooperating in developing value chains. To date, the PSAV PPP working group has been active, supporting more than 74,000 farmers on sustainable pepper production and completing a set of guidelines for pepper production.
For BR-VT pepper industry, Mr. Nguyen Chi Duc, Director of the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, said that the current pepper area of the province is over 13 thousand hectares, the average yield of 1.85 tons / ha. . Under the current situation, the province's view is not to expand the pepper growing area but concentrate on increasing quality, reducing investment costs, thereby establishing a concentrated, stable and long-term production area. , based on the application of technological advances, process production, thereby creating and preserving BR-VT pepper brand. The province also aims to build a system of purchasing, processing and preserving industrial facilities for export of pepper. According to the plan, the province's pepper area for sustainable development to 2025 is 21,610ha, the yield increased to 2.26 tons / ha.
At the forum, representatives of a number of organizations, businesses and cooperatives producing pepper shared some experiences in linking farmers to produce clean pepper, meeting standards for export such as sharing vision and sharing. Concerns with farmers, ecological intensive process, nutrient circulation in each planting area.
Within the framework of the forum, the PSAV PPP working group introduced the Pepper Advisory Board of Vietnam with the function of setting vision, objectives, implementing and monitoring the implementation of the operation plan of PSAV. working group, focusing on activities such as consultation, policy-oriented consultancy; supporting the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to develop production, preservation and processing techniques; coordinate with international organizations to collect and provide information on pepper production of countries, make recommendations in farming; promoting pepper processing and creating added value, connecting and developing the domestic market …
