On the morning of July 17, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development organized a seminar on the proposal of a project to support the development of the cashew, pepper and fruit trees industry in Vietnam.
At the conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said that the rice and coffee industries were supported by the VNSAT project funded by the World Bank. The remaining three branches of cashew, pepper and fruit trees are also important sectors of our country's agriculture industry, which have been and are products of export value, but those sectors are limited, exist and It is necessary to support projects such as VNSAT through capital support, policy mechanisms, participation of localities, enterprises, cooperatives and farmers.
It is known that, in June 2019, the World Bank sent a letter to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development saying it will send a working group to Vietnam to monitor and discuss more about the proposal of this project.
“If the project is approved, it will address the challenges facing these industries in our country. It is a matter of providing quality cashew, pepper and fruit trees for processing plants with Secondly, the production of cashew, pepper and fruit trees of high quality for export to meet increasingly demanding market demands.
The third is to improve basic infrastructure for agriculture – industry activities such as access to energy, road networks and technology centers. Finally, adjust the supporting solutions for small and medium enterprises, including facilitating access to finance, taxes and other policy adjustments, creating more jobs for young people “, Deputy Minister Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said.
From 2010 to the present, the pepper area in our country has increased very fast. By the end of 2017, there were 153 thousand hectares, an increase of nearly 200% compared to 2010. Vietnam's pepper output reached 244 thousand tons in 2017, accounting for 50% of the world's pepper output.
Currently, there are about 100 enterprises purchasing, processing and exporting pepper. The volume of export pepper reached US $ 1.12 billion. Export markets also expanded from 40 countries (2014) to over 90 countries.
For cashew industry, Vietnam is now one of the three largest exporters of raw cashew nuts in the world. Although ranking in the top 3 for raw cashew production, Vietnam is leading the world in exporting cashew nuts for 10 consecutive years. The largest consumer market for Vietnam's cashew nuts is the United States, followed by China and the Netherlands.
However, every year Vietnam has to spend about 1 billion USD to import raw cashew nuts from Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cambodia and some other countries. The government is planning to increase cashew production to reduce imports of raw cashew from abroad.
For fruit industry, the planted area has continuously increased, forming large-scale concentrated fruit tree areas, with an annual increase in export turnover. Vietnam is now the 3rd largest exporter of vegetables and fruits in the ASEAN region, after China and Thailand.
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