Nghe An: Striving for total agricultural product growth rate of 4-4.5%/year

Overview of the meeting to listen to and give opinions on the draft action programs of the Provincial Party Standing Committee to implement Resolution No. 19 and Resolution 20-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the 13th Party Central Committee. Photo: Thu Huyen

Pursuant to Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the Central Executive Committee on agriculture, farmers and rural areas to 2030, with a vision to 2045, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee has developed a draft action program for implementation.

The draft content consists of 4 parts, in which the second part defines specific targets by 2030: The GRDP growth rate of the agricultural sector strives to reach an average of about 4-4.5%/year; the average increase in agricultural labor productivity is from 5-5.5%/year; the growth rate of industry and rural services strives to reach an average of 10%/year. The number of communes meeting new rural standards is over 90%, of which, 50% of communes strive to meet advanced new rural standards, the number of district-level units to meet new rural standards is over 70%. The average income of rural people in 2030 strives to increase by 2-2.5 times compared to 2020. The rate of rural households using clean water according to standards strives to reach 60%...

Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Thanh Vinh presented the draft action program to implement Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the Central Executive Committee on agriculture, farmers and rural areas to 2030, with a vision to 2045. Photo: Thu Huyen

Regarding the Draft Action Program of the Provincial Party Standing Committee to implement Resolution 20-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the Central Executive Committee on continuing to innovate, develop and improve the efficiency of the collective economy in the new period, prepared by the Department of Planning and Investment. The goal is to develop a dynamic, effective and sustainable collective economy that is truly an important economic component in the economy; attracting more and more farmers, households, individuals and many organizations to participate, contributing to increasing income, promoting rapid and sustainable socio-economic development in the province.

Chairman of Nghe An Farmers' Association Nguyen Quang Tung spoke at the meeting, emphasizing the importance of clean water targets and contents in implementing Resolution 19. Photo: Thu Huyen

According to the draft, the target by 2030 is that the whole province will have 1,000 cooperatives with about 13,000 members, about 1,200 cooperatives with about 405,000 members, 6 cooperative unions with about 50 member cooperatives. Promote the application of high technology in the agricultural sector to strive for the whole province to have over 150 cooperatives and 50 cooperatives applying high technology to the production and consumption of agricultural products by 2030. The average income of a regular worker in a cooperative is about 12 million VND/month...

Tea hills in Hung Son commune (Anh Son). Photo: Xuan Hoang

Giving opinions on the draft action programs of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on the Central resolutions, at the meeting, delegates focused on discussing the set targets; tasks and solutions to implement with the goal of rural residents having increasingly higher qualifications, material and spiritual life, and mastering the process of agricultural and rural development in the province.

Comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee delivered a concluding speech at the meeting. Photo: Thu Huyen

Concluding the meeting, comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that the action programs of the Provincial Party Standing Committee to implement Resolution 19 and Resolution 20 of the Party Central Committee are very important, thereby developing sustainable and effective agriculture, firmly ensuring food security, food safety, ecological environment, and adapting to climate change.

Based on the comments of relevant departments and units, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the drafting agencies of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department of Planning and Investment to synthesize, absorb, edit and complete the draft programs. Regarding the structure of the two action programs, the drafting units must follow the central government's instructions; the set targets must be based on the province's plans, programs and projects to suit the reality. It is necessary to review the task and solution section, based on the analysis and assessment of the current situation of advantages and difficulties to have a close and suitable orientation...