In 2015, Nghe An achieved food output of more than 1.2 million tons.

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of January 15, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference to summarize 2015 and deploy tasks for 2016. Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended and delivered a speech directing the conference.

Conference scene.

Comrade Ho Ngoc Sy - Director of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development opened the conference.

In 2015, despite facing many difficulties such as complicated weather conditions, drought, and crop and livestock diseases occurring in many places and on many subjects, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development achieved quite comprehensive results, exceeding the plan set out in all 5 basic targets of the sector, exceeding the target of the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress.

Comrade Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reported the results achieved in 2015.

In 2015, total food output reached 1.218 million tons, the highest ever; the new rural development program exceeded the set plan, the whole province had 108 communes that met the standards. Forest management and protection were actively implemented, increasing the efficiency of forest planting and exploitation, ensuring the ecological environment; the value of the aquatic economy increased; Irrigation work was given attention, serving well the production and people's needs, adapting to climate change.

Mr. Le Dinh Thanh, Vice Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee, said that in the spring crop of 2015, facing the drought situation, Thanh Chuong planned to convert 200 hectares of rice to more drought-resistant crops.

Mr. Nguyen Vuong Ngoc, Vice Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee affirmed: Yen Thanh has given strong direction to ensure production according to the crop schedule, focusing on expanding high-quality rice varieties as commodities in the 2016 spring crop production.

In 2016, the agricultural sector set the goal of building a comprehensively developed agriculture in a modern, sustainable direction, with large-scale commodity production based on promoting comparative advantages and reorganizing production; applying scientific and technological advances and advanced technologies to increase productivity, quality, efficiency, food safety and competitiveness; improving the efficiency of land, water resources, labor and capital use; and improving the income and living standards of farmers, fishermen and salt producers.

Speaking at the conference, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged and highly appreciated the results that the agricultural sector achieved in 2015.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong gave a speech at the Conference

He pointed out: In 2016, agricultural production will face many difficulties due to the increasingly obvious and unusual impacts of climate change due to the impact of the El Nino phenomenon. The agricultural sector needs to have appropriate solutions to continue to strongly restructure, build a modern, high value-added and effective agriculture towards developing large-scale commodity production, focusing on preservation, processing and consumption according to the value chain. To ensure food security, strive to reach 243 thousand planting areas in 2016, with a total output of grain crops reaching 1.206 million tons, of which rice is 996 thousand tons and corn is 240 thousand tons.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Medals and Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in work.

On this occasion, 1 collective was awarded the Second Class Labor Medal, 2 collectives and 3 individuals were awarded the Third Class Labor Medal; 4 individuals were awarded certificates of merit by the Prime Minister; 8 collectives were awarded certificates of merit by the Provincial People's Committee./

Phu Huong