On February 13, in Hanoi, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Le Minh Hoan had a meeting and worked with the Global Director of Sustainable Trade Initiatives (IDH). ) Mr. Daan Wensing. The two sides discussed orientations and cooperation strategies between IDH and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to support agricultural production in the Central Highlands in a sustainable way, reduce emissions and respond to market requirements. school.
Minister Le Minh Hoan received and worked with Global Director of Sustainable Trade Initiatives (IDH) Mr. Daan Wensing.
At the meeting, Minister Le Minh Hoan affirmed: Vietnam understands that it is time to look back on agriculture, it is necessary to develop agriculture according to the new trend of consumers. That is deepened in the Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development for the period of 2021 – 2030, with a vision to 2050, agriculture has shifted from a production mindset to a value chain mindset and an economic mindset. economic. Vietnam has recognized economic development associated with global initiatives on agriculture. Previously, agricultural production was not associated with the landscape, now Vietnam has seen agricultural production in terms of ecology and environment, from that approach to create more sustainable development for agricultural commodities. produce, especially coffee, pepper, and crops of the Central Highlands.
Minister Le Minh Hoan said that when the Minister had a business trip to the Central Highlands, businesses and cooperatives were aware of this issue. However, the practice of small and fragmented production has existed in Vietnam for a long time, so moving towards sustainable development still has bottlenecks. Vietnam has had community agricultural extension programs, cooperatives, and industry associations that contribute to solving the fragmented and small characteristics in the commodity chain. To consider whether a commodity industry is sustainable or not, the subject of that commodity chain from farmers to businesses needs to have cohesion and knowledge of farmers, increasing the connection between producers and businesses. , help this approach come to life, into the thoughts of farmers, thereby serving as the foundation for us to bring in new values, including landscape value in the coffee industry.
According to Minister Le Minh Hoan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and IDH need to recognize the problems in agricultural production in the Central Highlands, to come up with appropriate cooperation activities on communication, agricultural extension, and advanced training. awareness for farmers. Minister Le Minh Hoan expressed his hope that IDH will be one of the supporting factors for Vietnam in the Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development.
Mr. Daan Wensing said: IDH highly appreciates the cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the sustainable development of commodity sectors. The two sides will have cooperation focusing on commodities such as coffee, pepper and landscape access in sustainable agricultural development.
Mr. Daan Wensing expressed his agreement when Vietnam’s agriculture changed from a production mindset to an economic mindset because this is in line with IDH’s strategy. Mr. Daan Wensing said: We need to understand the needs and trends of the world market such as reducing carbon emissions as well as EU market regulations on imported goods.
Ms. Tran Quynh Chi, Asia Director, IDH proposed that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinate with IDH and private partners in the coffee industry to implement key activities such as: Building sustainable coffee raw materials, developing low emission, large scale (Develop a policy to apply landscape approach to replicate this model in all Central Highlands provinces; integrate the resources of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development such as agricultural extension, plant protection. , forest protection and restoration to coordinate in the process of replicating the model); Develop a system for assessing non-deforested coffee products (Coordinating with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities to assess low, medium and high risk of deforestation in the Central Highlands as defined by the Union Europe; Developing and testing a supply chain traceability/transparency system for coffee products according to EU requirements in at-risk regions; Synthesize and respond to the EU on the product appraisal system Non-deforested coffee products based on the above tests Regarding carbon emissions, Ms. Tran Quynh Chi proposed to identify emission reduction solutions for the coffee industry; develop and pilot compensation models. carbon addition in the product chain.
Minister Le Minh Hoan pointed out three variables for Vietnam’s agriculture, namely climate change, market fluctuations and changes in consumption trends. And the way of IDH is the problem to help solve those three variables.
Minister Le Minh Hoan affirmed: Every change is difficult, but if there is no change, it will be even more difficult.
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