Provincial Party Secretary: Building new rural areas must focus on improving people's income and lives

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of December 13, comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province had a working session with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh chaired the meeting with Nghe An agriculture sector.

Recognizing the importance of the agricultural sector to the socio-economic development of the province, on June 14, 2016, the Provincial Party Standing Committee issued Directive No. 06 on accelerating the progress and improving the quality of new rural construction, period 2016-2020. On October 27, 2016, the Provincial Party Committee issued Conclusion No. 12 on the results of the implementation of the project to restructure the agricultural sector towards increasing added value and sustainable development, period 2013-2020.

And most recently, on December 6, 2016, the Provincial Party Standing Committee continued to issue Directive No. 07 on promoting the restructuring of the agricultural sector towards increasing added value and sustainable development, period 2016-2020.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh assigned the agricultural sector to take the lead in restructuring agriculture with the goal of increasing added value and sustainable development.

The three contents that the Provincial Party Secretary directed the delegates to focus on discussing during the working session were: The situation of agricultural and rural development development, restructuring the agricultural sector and building new rural areas. From there, the agricultural sector will absorb, synthesize and develop a detailed sectoral restructuring plan for each year and the whole period as a basis for implementation.

Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reported on the situation of agricultural and rural development and some solutions in the coming time.

At the meeting, delegates raised a number of concerns about restructuring and rapid and strong development of the agriculture and rural development sector. For example, Nghe An has not yet clearly identified key products to facilitate agricultural development and increase income; the form of production organization as well as land accumulation still has many limitations, not keeping up with the development trend in large-scale commodity production.

Restructuring and developing the agricultural economy are important contents in restructuring the sector. In the photo: Developing vegetable growing areas in Nam Thanh commune, Nam Dan.

The effectiveness of applying science and technology is not high, there are many scientific topics applied to production but not effectively; building and managing quality as well as product brands and trademarks still have many shortcomings, not meeting practical requirements; building new rural areas does not focus on improving people's lives but also focuses on infrastructure development.

Road construction in Hung Tan and Hung Nguyen communes.

Concluding the meeting, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh stated: Agricultural restructuring needs to clearly define the goal of increasing added value and sustainable development. The agricultural sector must clearly identify to advise the province on the issue of focusing on developing seedlings and key products to impact and promote economic development. Pay attention to developing chain production, and at the same time, based on the results of market information research to build production planning, ensuring safety for economic development and people.

Regarding the issue of land accumulation, in addition to solutions to “attract” labor from agricultural production, the Provincial Party Secretary emphasized the need for reasonable policy mechanisms to create consensus among the people when reclaiming land. To attract businesses to agriculture, it is necessary to meet the needs of businesses and create a favorable investment environment. Particularly in the construction of new rural areas, special attention should be paid to the issue of economic development, improving income and people's lives./.

Phu Huong