The Government assigned Nghe An to stabilize 94,000 hectares of rice-growing land.

(Baonghean.vn) - This is the information given by the representative of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment during the working session of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council examining the submission of the Resolution on Adjusting the land use planning until 2020 and the land use plan for the final period of 2016 - 2020.

Head of the Economic - Budget Committee, Provincial People's Council Le Hong Vinh chaired the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, delegates listened to the draft report on the Resolution on Adjusting Land Use Planning to 2020 and the final land use plan for 2016 - 2020.

According to the representative of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the drafting agency, the viewpoint of adjusting the land use planning of Nghe An province ensures consistency with the National Land Use Planning Adjustment and the Government's allocation targets to uniformly and closely manage land resources according to planning and law.

Thereby, the planning adjustment ensures land use for the right purpose, economically and effectively, in order to rationally exploit natural resources, protect the environment, proactively respond to climate change; meet the goals and strategies for socio-economic development, national defense and security of the whole country, of the North Central region and of the province in the new situation.

At the meeting, many opinions expressed their interest in the use of rice land in the province until 2020. According to the drafting agency, the final land use plan target (2016 - 2020), the national allocated area, that is, the Government requires the province to ensure 94,000 hectares of rice land and this time the drafting agency proposed to add 7,028 hectares of rice land.

The total rice growing area of ​​Nghe An province from 2016 to 2020 fluctuates annually from more than 101,000 to 112,000 hectares, higher than the Government's allocated target and only approaching the province's rice growing area by the end of 2015, which was more than 114,000 hectares.

The Government assigned Nghe An to stabilize 94,000 hectares of rice land. Photo: Document.

However, at the meeting, opinions said that it is necessary to clarify the address of the rice growing land area, avoiding dispersion and fragmentation. Deputy Head of the Economic - Budget Committee, Provincial People's Council Dang Quang Hong said: It is important to determine the boundaries, publicize, and determine the boundaries of the rice growing land area that needs to be protected to stabilize long-term production.

Regarding this issue, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong said that on the morning of June 21, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment handed over the rice land database to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, thereby coordinating with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to implement management.

The Provincial People's Committee has assigned the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to determine the boundaries for protecting rice fields and make them public for all people to monitor to ensure food security. For projects related to rice field use, enterprises must pay rice field protection fees, except for projects with special mechanisms permitted by the Government.

“Rice land is at a safe level, but the spirit of the province is to strictly protect rice land, because having 1 hectare of rice land is a long-term process. The Provincial People's Committee also directed to limit the use of rice land for projects,” Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong emphasized.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Viet Duong also requested the drafting agency to clarify the increase and decrease in land types such as protective forest land, production forest land... in the land allocation target for the period 2016-2020.

Concluding the draft of this resolution, Head of the Economic - Budget Committee, Provincial People's Council Le Hong Vinh suggested that the drafting committee absorb the opinions at the meeting to supplement and clarify the province's land use planning and plan until 2020.

In particular, the Head of the Economic - Budget Committee noted that it is necessary to clearly define and publicize the boundaries of rice production land in the spirit of ensuring concentration and large areas to have protection solutions to create conditions for land accumulation and application of science and technology in agricultural production.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Viet Duong spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Also this morning, the Economic - Budget Committee listened to and commented on 3 draft resolutions on: approving the list of works and projects in Nghe An province that need land recovery as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 62 of the Land Law; on converting the purpose of using rice-growing land, protective forest land, and special-use forest land to implement investment projects in Nghe An province; on planning surface water resources to 2025, with a vision to 2035 in Nghe An province.

Thanh Duy