Nghe An proactively connects and clears up agricultural product consumption
(Baonghean.vn) - With more than 228,000 hectares of rice fields, more than 22,800 hectares of oranges and other fruit trees, each year, the total annual output of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products produced in Nghe An reaches about 2.9 million tons. Finding a way to consume agricultural products stably and effectively is an urgent requirement today.
Open e-commerce channel
Due to the impact of the epidemic, recently, consumptionagricultural productsNghe An was strongly affected. The province's agricultural products were mainly exported to markets such as China; the Middle East, some markets in Europe and Laos all faced difficulties, some markets closed. Meanwhile, consumption in the provincial market also decreased sharply, product consumption was slow, prices were low, in which4 products affectedmost are pork, peanuts, tea and vegetables, tubers and fruits.
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| Because they cannot be sold, peanuts and sesame are piling up in warehouses. Photo: Tien Dong |
“The Covid-19 pandemic continues to develop complicatedly, the market for agricultural, forestry and fishery products continues to face many difficulties. Purchasing power has decreased, selling prices have decreased, while logistics costs have increased, some importing countries have erected additional technical barriers, and the cost of inspection and supervision of export goods quality has increased; some vegetable, root and fruit products will enter the concentrated harvest season. Therefore, promoting online trade promotion activities domestically and internationally, creating conditions for Nghe An agricultural production and processing establishments to participate in consumption activities is an urgent requirement.”
On September 24, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development signed an agreement to consume agricultural products on the VOSO.VN e-commerce platform of Viettel Group. Together with the postmart.vn e-commerce platform of Vietnam Post Corporation,VOSO.VNis one of two platforms designated by the Ministry of Information and Communications to support bringing agricultural production households to e-commerce platforms, promoting the development of the digital economy in agriculture and rural areas, with the goal of bringing agricultural production households, individual businesses, and cooperatives to register on e-commerce platforms to connect, promote, and introduce products; boost the consumption of agricultural products on e-commerce platforms; promote rapid consumption, contribute to avoiding congestion of agricultural products during peak harvest season, help people maintain the price of agricultural products, and avoid dependence on traders and intermediaries.
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| The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinated with Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation to sign a cooperation agreement to promote the consumption of Nghe An agricultural products on the VOSO.VN e-commerce platform in September 2021. Photo courtesy of Phu Huong |
Mr. Nguyen Canh Hoa - Director of VOSO.VN E-commerce Platform, Deputy Director of Viettel Nghe An shared: "Trading agricultural products on e-commerce platforms is becoming an inevitable trend today, helping businesses solve the problem of output markets, expanding product consumption channels to large markets, suitable in the conditions of the Covid-19 epidemic. With the advantage of being the No. 1 delivery company in Vietnam with a wide network and a developed logistics system, VOSO E-commerce Platform (Viettelpost) can easily access and connect manufacturers and consumers everywhere in the country; creating conditions for the circulation of goods, transparency in prices and quality of consumer goods with many forms of sales with many outstanding advantages".
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| Safe agricultural products are sold at supermarkets in Vinh City. Photo: Quang An |
Unblocking agricultural product sources
In June 2021, Nghe An had its first Covid-19 infection case this year. In order to prevent the epidemic, many localities in the province have been forced to implement social distancing measures. At many times, while people in many places, especially in Vinh city, had difficulty ensuring their food needs, in production areas such as Quynh Luu, Thanh Chuong, Dien Chau, etc., agricultural products such as vegetables, tubers, fruits, seafood, etc. were stagnant.
In order to ensure stable consumption, avoid product backlog, maintain stable food supply for localities that have to implement lockdown to prevent the epidemic; control the quality of agricultural, forestry and fishery products supplied to the market, the Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Product Quality Management has developed Plan No. 2307, proposing solutions and scenarios for agricultural product consumption in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic. The target is that over 90% of agricultural, forestry and fishery products are consumed; 100% of supermarkets and clean food stores operate at maximum capacity to ensure adequate supply of essential needs for people... In particular, 100% of supermarkets and food sales points in Vinh and localities with high risk of food safety loss are controlled for quality and food safety.
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| The price of green squash is low, the consumption market is facing many difficulties, people in Luu Son commune (Do Luong) have stretched canvas to cover squash piled up in the field. Photo: Ngoc Phuong |
Currently, many agricultural products of Nghe An are preparing to enter the concentrated harvest period such as green vegetables and fruit trees; especially orange growing areas will enter the season from the end of October, with an output of over 60,000 tons.
“The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has sent an official dispatch to districts, towns and Vinh city to prepare a plan for consuming orange and tangerine products. We are currently synthesizing the consumption needs of localities, enterprises, cooperatives and production households to coordinate with e-commerce platforms to bring qualified products to the platform. At the same time, submit to the Provincial People's Committee a plan to implement activities under the conditions of Covid-19 epidemic management, such as organizing the Nghe An Agricultural Products Introduction Week in Hanoi, organizing the Central Region Agricultural Products Consumption Connection Forum in Nghe An...” - Mr. Nguyen Van Ha said./.
