Promoting connection between supply and demand and building value chains of agricultural products in Nghe An

On the morning of December 25, the Management Board of the Agricultural Market Forum of Nghe An province held a conference to summarize the tasks of 2024 and deploy the tasks of 2025. Attending and giving a speech was comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Chairing the conference were comrades: Vo Thi Nhung - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Director of the Forum Management Board; Ta Quang Sang - Deputy Director of the Forum Management Board.

In 2024, the Management Board of Nghe An Provincial Agricultural Market Forum will promote activities to promote, introduce and trade agricultural products, characteristics and specialties of the province.

Accordingly, the Management Board of the Agricultural Market Forum of Nghe An province has collected and shared information on enterprises, cooperatives, cooperative groups and individuals producing, processing and trading agricultural products, key agricultural products, especially products that have achieved OCOP of the province, with domestic and international markets. Information on production, trading and consumption units of agricultural products and agricultural products of the province has been updated, built into a database and posted on the website.

Through the information posted, many domestic and foreign agricultural businesses have learned and contacted the Agricultural Market Forum to connect and consume the province's agricultural products. Many agents and distributors nationwide have also learned and learned more information about Nghe An province's agricultural products.

Capacity building training for participants in the agricultural product value chain has been promoted. Through this, trainees have been updated with a lot of useful information on management, brand development, product labels and how to participate in trade promotion, advertising, product introduction, etc.

In 2024, the Management Board of the Agricultural Market Forum organized for units to participate in supply-demand connection conferences, trade promotion fairs, and promote and introduce typical agricultural products, specialties, and OCOP products. Many agricultural products and OCOP products of Nghe An province have been signed to be brought to many supermarkets and stores nationwide.

In particular, the Board has built many agricultural production models according to value chains. The models are implemented in the direction of production meeting VietGAP standards, organic and applying high technology, contributing to agricultural growth in the direction of effective and sustainable development; many value chains in production and processing have been formed, thereby increasing the value of agricultural products after harvest...

At the same time, over the past year, the Provincial Agricultural Market Forum Management Board has coordinated with expert delegations from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to regularly conduct surveys and provide support to facilities in many localities in the province; Coordinated with volunteers assigned to work in Vietnam to bring typical products, specialties, and OCOP products of Nghe An to promote and introduce at Japanese souvenir shops in Hanoi...

At the forum, representatives of localities and OCOP entities shared some experiences in connecting product consumption; on the issue of exporting OCOP products, on building agricultural product value chains, etc.

Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De highly appreciated the role of the Forum Management Board in promoting the connection between supply and demand and building the value chain of agricultural products. At the same time, he emphasized a number of important tasks of the Forum Management Board in 2025.

Accordingly, in 2025, the Forum Management Board needs to strengthen the survey, collection and construction of a database of agricultural production and business units in Nghe An province. Support units to register and upload databases and products to the website of the Agricultural Market Forum; Organize training courses to improve capacity for value chain participants and improve skills in promoting, trade promotion, connecting supply and demand and developing the OCOP product market.

Propaganda, connection, promotion, and branding of agricultural products of the province to boost product consumption; Build 1-2 value chain models associated with building, promoting, and branding products; Cooperate and connect with foreign enterprises in promoting and consuming agricultural products of Nghe An province.