On November 4, in Ha Tinh City, the National Agricultural Extension Center (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) organized a seminar on community agricultural extension communication on the effective operation model of community agricultural extension teams.
Attending the seminar were Mr. Le Quoc Thanh, Director of the National Agricultural Extension Center, representatives of the Department of Cooperative Economics and Rural Development; Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ha Tinh; Leaders of the Agricultural Extension Center of Quang Binh province, the Agricultural Extension Center of Quang Tri province and more than 100 delegates who are community extension officers, cooperatives, businesses and typical farmers.
Community agricultural extension communication seminar on effective community agricultural extension team operation model. Photo: PV
According to Mr. Le Quoc Thanh, recently, the National Agricultural Extension Center has coordinated with press agencies to organize communication activities to raise awareness and create consensus on the necessity, role and tasks of community agricultural extension.
The Agricultural Extension website has opened a section called “Community Agricultural Extension”, posting 273 news, articles, photos, videos, and publications, including: 65 news, articles, 195 photos, 3 videos, 9 publications, and 1 photo report. Developed software called “Managing agricultural extension activities” to help monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of community agricultural extension teams. The Vietnam Agricultural Extension Newsletter has posted nearly 50 news, articles, and photos about the activities of community agricultural extension teams nationwide…
Community agricultural extension teams are the core force contributing to promoting local economic development. Photo: PV
The National Agricultural Extension Center organized 56 training courses to improve capacity for community agricultural extension groups with 1,290 participants. Trainees were trained and raised awareness about consulting, market development; production and business plans of cooperatives; and guided community agricultural extension groups in building coordination mechanisms with cooperatives.
Applying digital transformation in consulting, linking agricultural product consumption, transferring technical advances in cultivation, livestock, forestry, aquaculture, disease prevention, etc. Through evaluation, the trainees participated enthusiastically, fully absorbed the knowledge to apply in production practice, promoting the role of community agricultural extension groups in localities.
Mr. Truong Huy Dung - Deputy Director of Ha Tinh Agricultural Extension Center. Photo: PV
Organized 26 study tours to raw material areas with 780 students to help agricultural extension officers and members of community agricultural extension groups access, visit, study and share experiences on advanced and effective agricultural production models.
The results have trained and fostered about 2,000 community agricultural extension officers in knowledge and skills: cooperative economics, production linkage, market development, digital transformation, etc. This is the core force to advise, consult and organize community agricultural extension activities to contribute to promoting local economic development.
Experts share experiences in improving the effectiveness of agricultural extension work based on perfecting the community agricultural extension team model. Photo: PV
The National Agricultural Extension Center organized 7 workshops and 28 discussions to raise awareness of community agricultural extension groups, enterprises, and cooperatives on agricultural production development. At the workshop, delegates discussed and clarified issues on the activities of the Community Agricultural Extension Group in association with production linkage, consulting, services, digital transformation, etc. to promote local agricultural development.
Many community agricultural extension teams in localities have coordinated with functional units to transfer technical advances in production to businesses, cooperatives and farmers in the area; transfer technical advances in agricultural extension projects and models, production development support projects, other local livelihood support models, etc.
Mr. Tran Huu So (Agricultural Extension Officer of Tan Dan Commune, Duc Tho District) spoke at the discussion. Photo: PV
Specifically, the community agricultural extension team in Son La province supported and connected farmers and cooperatives with DOVECO Son La Company to consume pineapples for farmers in Yen Chau district; connected with Bao Lam Company to consume pineapples for farmers in Quynh Nhai district; connected with traders at tourist sites to purchase and consume pineapples for farmers in Moc Chau district and connected with Nafoods Gia Lai Company to consume over 100 tons of passion fruit; connected with traders at Long Bien market to consume over 50 tons of passion fruit and 15 tons of custard apples; connected with Chinese traders to consume 22 tons of passion fruit through Tan Thanh - Lang Son border gate for farmers in Mai Son district...
The community agricultural extension team in Hoa Binh province has linked and introduced T9 Agricultural Import-Export Company Limited to develop a model and consume chili and passion fruit products; linked with Tien Ngan Investment and Trade Company Limited to develop production and purchase purple sugarcane products for export; signed a contract with the Taiwanese Sugarcane Company to promote juiced sugarcane products. The community agricultural extension team in My Hoa commune, Kim Boi district linked and introduced Fusa Company Limited to the cooperative to expand production and purchase chili and sweet corn products.
At the seminar, Mr. Tran Huu So, an agricultural extension officer of Tan Dan commune, Duc Tho district, Ha Tinh province, suggested that in order to improve the quality of community agricultural extension activities, it is necessary to invest in facilities, working equipment and support part of the initial funding for the community agricultural extension team to operate effectively. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to investing in supporting livelihood models for people in the area to have access to and transfer technical and technological advances from demonstration models and typical advanced production models to a large scale.
Meanwhile, Mr. Truong Huy Dung - Deputy Director of Ha Tinh Agricultural Extension Center proposed: "The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development needs to develop documents guiding the operating regulations; policies and mechanisms to support funding sources; a system of specific solutions to have a basis for the KNCĐ teams to operate smoothly and effectively. Organize study tours to learn from experiences; train and coach to improve the operational capacity of participating KNCĐ teams to improve their operational capacity".
Mr. Le Quoc Thanh, Director of the National Agricultural Extension Center, affirmed: “Improving the effectiveness of agricultural extension activities on the basis of perfecting the community agricultural extension team model is an important task assigned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to the National Agricultural Extension Center. Up to now, the Project Steering Committee has coordinated with units and localities to establish 5,167 community agricultural extension teams with 47,293 members participating in 57 provinces and cities. In the coming time, the National Agricultural Extension Center will continue to advise the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on mechanisms to create motivation for community agricultural extension teams to operate effectively.”
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