To control the market, we must use the market to control it.

(Baonghean.vn) - At discussion group No. 6 of the Provincial People's Council, many opinions of delegates focused on expressing their interest in the agricultural sector, especially the issue of market control and agricultural product depreciation.

Giving opinions at the group discussion session, many delegates expressed their agreement, high consensus and excitement at the positive results that the province's socio-economic situation achieved in the first 6 months of 2017.

However, some delegates still have concerns, for example, Mr. Nguyen Van Hai - constituency of Tuong Duong district suggested: "In agriculture, the area has decreased, total output has decreased, only some areas such as afforestation, aquatic products, etc. have increased; prices have decreased, agricultural products are difficult to sell, but agriculture still achieved a growth of 4.64%, the report needs to clarify the conditions leading to this number".

Scene of the discussion session at group 6. Photo: Thu Giang

Meanwhile, delegate Ho Dinh Trung - Chief Justice of the Provincial People's Court, from the Thanh Chuong district constituency, commented that the GRDP growth rate in the first 6 months of the year was 6.9%, while the target for the whole year was 8-9%, so it is necessary to determine that in the last months of the year, great efforts will be required to achieve this not easy number.

Also giving comments on the report on the socio-economic situation of Nghe An in the first 6 months of the year presented at the Provincial People's Council meeting, delegate Tran Dinh Toan - Deputy Head of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council, belonging to the Thanh Chuong district constituency, frankly pointed out: "The results are clear and detailed, but the shortcomings and limitations are still general, there is a situation of abusing language such as "some fields", "some industries", "some places", "some localities, units",... The province needs to direct the specific addresses in the report, whether it is doing well or not, it must be stated specifically and by name".

Delegate Tran Dinh Toan - Deputy Head of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council, from the Thanh Chuong district constituency, is concerned about the current situation of many types of pesticides and herbicides floating on the market. Photo: Thu Giang

In addition, concerned about the current situation on the market with many types of pesticides and herbicides floating around, causing harm and consequences to the environment and affecting human health, delegate Tran Dinh Toan said that it is necessary to promptly rectify the issue of pesticide and herbicide management, propagate and guide people in farming, reduce the use of pesticides and herbicides, towards a clean and sustainable agriculture.

The Deputy Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee also pointed out that the reason for the drop in pork prices is partly due to the use of growth stimulants in livestock farming. Comparing with clean pork products, delegate Toan suggested: "Reality shows that clean agricultural products raised by traditional methods are still consumed well and have good prices. Meanwhile, industrial livestock farming makes the product quality poor, the market does not accept it, leading to "overproduction crisis" and devaluation. Therefore, it is necessary to rectify and orient farmers to produce in accordance with market demand."

Delegate Pham Van Hoa - Chief of Office of the Provincial People's Council, belonging to the Tan Ky district constituency, said that the agricultural market is out of control. Photo: Thu Giang

Also mentioning the issue of agricultural market, delegate Pham Van Hoa - Chief of Office of Provincial People's Council, belonging to Tan Ky district constituency, said: "Imagine that our agricultural market is out of control. The solution to strengthen control is correct, but if we only use the state management function to do that, it will not work, even increasing propaganda measures to the people is not good... If we want to control the market, we must use the market itself to control it to be effective".

It is difficult to control pesticides and herbicides floating on the market. Photo: Document

To clarify his point of view, delegate Hoa gave an example: In Japan, there are only 10 fertilizer manufacturing enterprises, while in Vietnam, this number is 10,000 enterprises, and Tan Ky district alone, although its area is not large, has 2 fertilizer manufacturing enterprises. “It is not that the Japanese government only regulates that number, but the number of their enterprises is determined by the market, enterprises themselves study market demand to decide to invest. Our market is floating, where there is demand, there is supply, people are willing to buy floating packages of pesticides, there are people willing to sell, even though there have been warnings and propaganda”, Mr. Pham Van Hoa pointed out.

Delegate Nguyen Huu Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Thanh Chuong district chaired the discussion session of group 6. Photo: Thu Giang

Provincial People's Council delegates in discussion group No. 6 also actively discussed other issues of public concern such as: handling priests who take advantage of religion to cause disorder and security, promoting administrative reform, arranging for young intellectuals to be sent to districts 30a, solutions to handle basic construction debt, land auctions in localities, etc.

Concluding the discussion session, Head of the group Nguyen Huu Vinh summarized all the opinions of the delegates and presented them to the discussion session tomorrow morning (July 12) of the 4th session of the 17th Provincial People's Council./.

Thu Giang