The agricultural sector plays a good role in supporting the economy in the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
(Baonghean.vn) - Proposing safe, flexible, and creative adaptation solutions has helped the Agriculture and Rural Development sector play a good role in supporting the economy in the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
On the morning of December 29, under the chairmanship of comrades: Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Prime Minister; Le Minh Hoan - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Agriculture and Rural Development sector held an online conference to summarize 2021 and deploy the plan for 2022.
Nghe An participated in the conference under the chairmanship of comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van De - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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| Conference scene at Nghe An bridge. Photo: Phu Huong |
In 2021, with high determination and efforts to rise up, the whole industry has proposed solutions.safe adaptation, flexible and creative to overcome many difficulties and challenges from "abnormal situations" of production and business practices, in order to achieve industry development goals. The industry's total added value in 2021 is estimated to increase by about 2.85 - 2.9%, the rate of communes meeting new rural standards is 68.2%; the industry's total export turnover reaches 48.6 billion USD.
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| The Prime Minister requested the Agriculture and Rural Development sector to continue to have flexible solutions to complete the targets set for 2022. Photo: Phu Huong |
Reporting at the conference on the results achieved by Nghe An in the past year, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu stated: In 2021, in the context of facing many difficulties due to the impact of climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, thebasic indexAgriculture still completed and exceeded the plan; the economic structure within the sector shifted in the right direction.
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| On behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Hoang Nghia Hieu proposed that the Government consider and resolve a number of issues in Agriculture and Rural Development. Photo: Phu Huong |
Remarkable,growth rateTotal agricultural products reached 5.59/plan 4.5-5%, the highest ever and the highest in the North Central region. Total grain crop output reached 1.246 million tons. Accumulated to the end of 2021, the whole province had 300/411 communes meeting new rural standards, 7 district-level units meeting standards, completing the task of building new rural areas.
In 2022, Nghe An set a target of increasing the growth rate of total agricultural, forestry and fishery products by 4.5 - 5.0%.
To achieve the goals set for 2022 as well as the following years, along with the efforts of the province, on behalf of the People's Committee of Nghe An province, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu alsoproposeThe Government and relevant ministries and branches consider,handleSome contents on agricultural insurance; the issue of building Nam Dan district into a model new rural district in the direction of cultural development associated with tourism by 2025; how to use the Forest Environmental Services fund without spending objects in the period 2018 and earlier; adding Lam River dam to the natural disaster prevention and irrigation planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
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| 2021 is a year of quite comprehensive harvest for Nghe An. Photo: Phu Huong |
Concluding the conference, acknowledging the efforts and results achieved in extremely difficult conditions due to the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, contributing significantly to the country's positive growth as well as stabilizing people's lives, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also pointed out the shortcomings and limitations of the industry.Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAt the same time, it also highlights the difficulties that the industry is forecast to face in 2022, such as the strong impact of climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, plant and animal diseases, etc.
“The whole industry must focus on drastically restructuring towards increasing added value andsustainable development, associated with transforming the growth model and building new rural areas towards building ecological agriculture, modern rural areas, and civilized farmers," the Prime Minister emphasized.
