Every year, more than 150,000 tons of by-products need to be "recycled".

SGGPO 11/08/2023 17:07

The draft “Project on Science Development and Application, Technology Transfer, and Promoting Circular Economy in Agriculture for the 2023-2030 Period” sets a target that by 2030, 60% of crop by-products, 60% of waste in household and farm livestock farming will be treated; 80% of rice by-products will be collected and reused.

At the workshop to contribute ideas to the "Project on Science Development and Application, Technology Transfer, Promoting Circular Economy in Agriculture for the 2023-2030 Period", organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on November 8 in Hanoi, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien said that agricultural waste and by-products are currently very large, more than 150,000 tons/year.

Thứ trưởng Bộ NN-PTNT Phùng Đức Tiến phát biểu

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien speaks

Accordingly, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development suggested that it is necessary to reduce the amount of waste and increase the proportion of by-products that are reused and recycled. However, to build green agriculture and circular agriculture, it is necessary to promote research, application, technology transfer, technical progress, closed-chain production processes, and advanced agricultural management.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Thai, Chairman of the Vietnam Economic Science Association and Mr. Nguyen Van Trong, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Farm and Enterprise Association, proposed additional sanctions to deal with the situation of wasting many agricultural by-products, such as burning straw and discharging waste into the environment...

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