| Forum overview |
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in the past eight months, the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products was estimated at nearly 36.3 billion USD, up 13.1% over the same period last year. Specifically, the export of main agricultural products is nearly 15 billion USD, up 7.4%; main forest products over 11.8 billion USD, up 6.2%; seafood over 7.5 billion USD, up 35.3%; animal husbandry USD 258.6 million, down 12.2%; production input was nearly 1.7 billion USD, up 48.2%.
The agricultural sector recorded seven product groups with an export value of over $2 billion, including coffee, rubber, rice, vegetables, cashews, shrimp, and wood products.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien emphasized that although in the last months of the year, agricultural, forestry and fishery production and export still face many difficulties, but the whole industry still pursues to “finish the finish line” and achieve the export target. about $50 billion.
To promote more and more sustainable agricultural, forestry and fishery production and export, ensuring close linkages between farmers and businesses is considered an important factor.
Sharing at the 7th National Farmers’ Forum on the topic: “Professional farmer” taking place on September 12, farmer Nguyen Van Linh, in My Loc village, Cao Duc commune, Gia Binh district, North province Ninh said: Currently, Mr. Linh’s family and many other farmers are participating in the linkage model of growing carrots for export to Japan and Korea. In fact, since switching to linked business, farmers have become much more professional.
Mr. Linh asked: “What policies will the State have to promote the association between farmers and between farmers and businesses in the coming time, creating more substantive models?”
Similarly, farmer Hoang Thi Chap, Luong Do village, Coc San commune, Lao Cai city, Lao Cai province (a farmer producing fingerlings, successfully crossed Chinese carp with Red river carp, earning an income. 1.2 – 1.8 billion VND/year) raised the problem, in the recent animal feed price storm, many livestock households suffered heavy losses. However, for large-scale livestock farmers, if there are contracts and long-term business relationships with businesses, the costs are reduced quite a lot.
“I would like to ask, what are the forms of enterprises producing animal feed and agricultural inputs to shake hands with farmers, towards mutual benefits, and reduce input costs?” Ms. Chap said.
Participating in clarifying many questions of farmers, Mr. Johan Van Den Ban, General Director of De Heus Vietnam, said that up to now, De Heus has been present in Vietnam for 12 years with 22 feed mills. Farming is distributed in large livestock areas across the country.
Vietnam has many opportunities to export high-quality livestock products. However, if farmers do not gather, do not link production in chains, it will be difficult to produce synchronous, high-quality products that meet export standards.
De Heus’s experience in Europe and the world is always supporting knowledge and techniques to help independent farmers develop better and more efficient production.
In order to promote the linkage chain with Vietnamese farmers, in addition to providing animal feed products, De Heus also has important solutions such as providing breeding chickens and piglets to farmers. In 2023, De Heus will provide solutions to develop pangasius – an important commodity for the Western region.
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| Farmer Nguyen Van Linh, from My Loc village, Cao Duc commune, Gia Binh district, Bac Ninh province speaks at the forum |
According to Mr. Ngo Tien Dung, Deputy Director of TH Group Food Chain Joint Stock Company, at present, TH Group has built two sustainable chains of links with farmers. Enterprises cannot connect with individual farmers but connect with farmers through cooperatives (cooperatives).
However, many farmers are still afraid and lack confidence when joining cooperatives. The core problem is how to build a new type of cooperative and clarify what farmers get when participating in cooperatives?
“When joining the linkage chain, the cooperative operates like a business. Currently, TH Group is successfully implementing this model of association in Lam Dong. TH Group builds model farmers, or in other words, demonstration farmers to replicate and attract other farmers to participate,” said Mr. Ngo Tien Dung.
According to Mr. Le Van Nghi, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance: In agricultural production, there have been many references to the linkages of “3 houses”, “4 houses”, “6 houses”, but Did not answer the question why the link of the house is not successful?
The key to this problem lies in the two “houses” of farmers and businesses. Given that a part of both subjects is unprofessional and does not respect the contract, Mr. Nghi analyzed: when the crop is lost, farmers “break the contract”; When the price drops, businesses “break the deal”. Therefore, these two “houses” need to be more professional, know how to respect the contract, and be responsible for their commitments.
“In order to limit the situation of “breaking the deal”, the local government must step in and act as an arbitrator to manage this connection so that it is more serious, substantive and professional”, said Vice Chairman of the Union of Cooperatives. Vietnam shares views.
According to Baohaiquan.vn
