Signing ceremony of 2012 winter-spring rice crop insurance contract

(Baonghean.vn) - In order to concretize the agricultural insurance program in the area, on March 1, 2012, the Steering Committee of the pilot agricultural insurance program of Nghe An province coordinated with the People's Committee of Yen Thanh district to organize the signing ceremony of the 2012 winter-spring rice crop insurance contract in Long Thanh commune - Yen Thanh.

Attending the signing ceremony were comrades: Ho Ngoc Si ​​- Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the pilot agricultural insurance program of Nghe An province, Phan Ba ​​Trung - Director of Bao Viet Nghe An Company, leaders of Yen Thanh district, Long Thanh commune and representatives of farmers.

Bao Viet Nghe An awarded insurance certificates to the locality

At the signing ceremony, Mr. Ho Ngoc Si ​​- Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development emphasized: Agricultural production, including rice cultivation, often has to bear high risks due to natural disasters and epidemics. Therefore, in order to minimize risks for the agricultural sector, the Government has had a pilot agricultural insurance program for the period 2011-2013 for a number of provinces, including Nghe An. The Provincial People's Committee has established a provincial agricultural pilot steering committee and selected areas to participate in the rice crop insurance pilot in Yen Thanh, Dien Chau, Quynh Luu districts, and coordinated with Nghe An Insurance Company to implement.

Up to now, the 3 districts mentioned above have completed the 2012 spring rice crop insurance with the following results: 19,010 poor households, 1,453 near-poor households, 205 normal households, the total number of participating households is 20,668 households, with an area of ​​3,563 hectares of rice. In the upcoming summer-autumn crop, the Steering Committees at all levels and sectors need to better coordinate with Nghe An Insurance Company to organize and coordinate propaganda to farmers so that the insurance pilot work can achieve better results.

Mr. Phan Ba ​​Trung - Director of Bao Viet Nghe An Company said: The Company has developed a software program to serve statistics, printing, printed insurance certificates for more than 20,000 rice-growing households, organized 155 training sessions, seminars with 14,289 participants. In the coming time, the Company will complete documents, forms, software, policy mechanisms, remuneration ... to meet the interests of farmers participating in rice crop insurance.

Van Truong