>>> Lesson 1: Towards modern agriculture
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Promote the application of science and technology
In addition to the story of breaking planning or unsustainable production of goods, one of the problems that has made the agricultural sector have been struggling to find a solution for many years is the story of applying technology to production and forming sustainable agricultural and forestry production chains.
Large-scale dragon fruit growing models are appearing more and more in Luong Thien commune (Son Duong).
Minh Thao Agricultural and Medicinal Products Cooperative, Tan Yen Town (Ham Yen) has applied modern technology to produce dried and soft-dried orange products... forming a value chain, improving production efficiency, creating jobs, and generating more income for people. Ms. Luong Minh Thao, Director of the Cooperative, shared that dried orange products are no longer too new to consumers. Therefore, in order to build a new brand, the Cooperative must focus on the quality and origin of the products, build a production chain so that consumers can trace the origin and feel secure when using them.
Currently, the cooperative has invested in 4 heat dryers with a drying capacity of 300 kg of dried oranges/day. Fresh oranges right after harvest are transported to the cooperative's production workshop to be cleaned, sliced by machine and put into the heat dryer system. A batch of dried oranges lasts about 24 hours, on average, about 12 kg of fresh fruit after drying will produce about 1 kg of dried oranges. Each year, the cooperative produces 30 tons of dried oranges. Finished dried oranges are packaged and sold to the market. In addition to domestic consumption, the cooperative's products are also exported to markets in China and Hong Kong. In addition to dried oranges, the cooperative also dries pineapples, lemons, papaya flowers, yellow tea flowers, etc., contributing to creating regular jobs for 7 local workers with a stable income of 5 - 6 million VND/person/month. Minh Thao Agricultural and Medicinal Products Cooperative is also a unit with 2 products selected for export to the UK: lemon syrup and kumquat syrup.
According to the assessment report of the agricultural sector after nearly one term of implementing the Restructuring Project, the proportion of agricultural product value applying high-tech agriculture has only reached over 10%. The proportion of product value produced according to good production processes or equivalent is low at 17%, while the target is over 25%. The proportion of agricultural product value applying high-tech agriculture is 10%, lower than the Project target by 5%. The total area of organic land is 0.5%, while the target is over 1% of the total area of main crops and 1.5% of the area of key crops. The rate of effective agricultural cooperatives is 38%, while the target is over 80%.
Leaders of the agricultural sector admitted that the application of science and technology in production is still limited; the development of high-tech production, organic agriculture, and ecological agriculture is still slow; the processing of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products is developing slowly, and the output of agricultural products still faces many difficulties.
To make agriculture truly a pillar
In order for agriculture to truly be the pillar of the economy, promoting the application of science and technology in production and attracting businesses and cooperatives to invest in agricultural production is a key task of the agricultural sector from now until the end of the term and until 2030.
During this period, many resolutions specifically supporting the agricultural sector were issued and supported by the province.
Farmer Hao Phu (Son Duong) applies drone technology to plant care.
As per Resolution No. 03 of the Provincial People's Council on policies to support the development of agricultural, forestry and fishery production; OCOP products and new rural construction in the province, by the end of June 2024, over 100 billion VND had been supported for 9,362 organizations and individuals in 7 districts and cities.
Resolution No. 10 on the level of support for implementing value chain-linked production development projects and community production development projects under the National Target Programs in Tuyen Quang province, period 2021-2025, has supported 97 production development projects under the National Target Programs in the period 2021-2025 in the province with a total state budget capital of over 159 billion VND...
From 2021-2024, the province has implemented 13 topics and projects in the field of agricultural science, the agricultural extension system has implemented over 350 demonstration models applying new varieties and new technical advances in production. The industry has added 4 new rice varieties and 5 new corn varieties to the province's seed structure.
However, it must be frankly acknowledged that the results of restructuring the agricultural sector in Tuyen Quang are still not commensurate with the potential of a locality with a large agricultural land area. On the one hand, the urban and industrial planning still overlap, intertwine and disrupt agricultural planning, especially in the division of irrigation and land. On the other hand, the mechanism and policies are not strong enough, attractive enough to attract leading enterprises, leading to investment in agriculture. Land leasing and land concentration still have many difficulties and complications, hindering cooperatives, farms and enterprises, making them not really confident in production.
Comrade Nguyen Dai Thanh, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said: One of the solutions that the agricultural sector will focus on implementing during this period and in the following years is to continue to maintain and expand clean production models with low environmental impact. From these models, the sector hopes to create highly competitive industries, oriented towards export, thereby attracting businesses and cooperatives with enough health and enthusiasm to invest.
Source: https://baotuyenquang.com.vn/co-cau-lai-nganh-nong-nghiep-co-hoi-va-thach-thuc-bai-cuoi-de-nong-nghiep-la-tru-do-cua-nen-kinh-te-197557.html
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