Signing a cooperation agreement to promote agricultural product consumption on the VOSO.VN e-commerce platform

With more than 228,000 hectares of rice land, more than 22,800 hectares of oranges and other fruit trees, the total annual food outputagriculture, forestry and fisheryNghe An's output reached about 2.9 million tons; the whole province has more than 23,784 establishments producing and trading agricultural, forestry and fishery products.

The two sides signed an agreement to promote the consumption of agricultural products on e-commerce platforms. Photo: Phu Huong

Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the consumption of agricultural products in Nghe An has been strongly affected and encountered many difficulties, of which the four most affected products are pork, peanuts, tea, and vegetables, tubers and fruits.

VOSO.VN e-commerce platform is 1 of 2 platformse-commerceassigned by the Ministry of Information and Communications to support bringing agricultural production households to e-commerce platforms, in order to connect, promote, introduce and boost the consumption of agricultural products on the platforms; promote rapid consumption, contribute to avoiding congestion of agricultural products during peak harvest season, avoid dependence on traders and intermediaries.

Orange garden owners in Dong Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district discuss current difficulties in selling agricultural products. Photo: Phu Huong

Cooperation in consumption on e-commerce platforms will help businesses solve the problem of output markets, expand product consumption channels to large markets; this is an inevitable trend today.

Vegetables of all kinds are one of the agricultural products that are difficult to sell in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Phu Huong

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Van De, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, requested that the VOSO.VN e-commerce platform and the Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Product Quality Management (the focal and presiding unit) closely coordinate in the implementation of the signed contents, in order to most effectively promote, introduce,consumeAgricultural products on e-commerce platforms.

Promote domestic and international online trade promotion activities, creating conditions for Nghe An agricultural production and processing establishments to participate in agricultural product consumption activities.