Capital for implementing production support projects under programs 135 and 30a is still slow.

(Baonghean.vn) - This is the issue pointed out in the supervision of the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the implementation of production support projects under Programs 135 and 30a.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Viet Duong chaired the supervision. Photo: Thanh Duy

According to statistics of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in the period of 2012-2015, the Production Development Support Project under Program 135 had a total investment capital of 114,850 million VND and in 2016 it was 31,323 million VND. This program implements items such as: training and support for agricultural, forestry and fishery extension activities; support for purchasing plant and animal breeds, purchasing machinery and equipment, building production models...

However, according to Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Van Lap, the late announcement of capital for implementing the program has affected the delivery of annual planning targets.

“Usually, the plan is not delivered until the end of May. While agricultural production is seasonal, seedlings supplied in the last months of the year encounter cold weather and grow poorly,” said Mr. Lap.

Regarding the implementation of the Program to Support the Development of Diversified Livelihood Production under Program 30a; the total implementation cost for the period 2012-2016 is more than 256,562 million VND with the implementation of policies to support forest development such as: forest protection, first-time support for forestry varieties, policies to support production development...

At the meeting, members of the monitoring delegation and representatives of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development also focused on clarifying difficulties such as limited investment resources. For example, according to the Prime Minister's Decision on amending and supplementing a number of levels of support for production development, including the item of support up to two times the cost of purchasing poultry breeds or one time the cost of purchasing livestock breeds.

“However, the support level should not exceed 10 million VND/household. This level is feasible for poultry breeds, but difficult for buffalo and cow breeds,” said a representative of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development during the monitoring session and proposed to study increasing the support level to 15 million VND/household so that poor households can afford it.

Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, the monitoring delegation also focused on clarifying the reasons for the limited replication of production models, the work of checking and controlling the quality of seed supply, especially input livestock breeds, and the responsibilities of relevant agencies and localities...

Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Viet Duong affirmed the significance of the 135 and 30a programs in hunger eradication and poverty reduction, in which the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development plays a major role in supporting production development; at the same time, he highly appreciated the leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and its branches for closely following the reality and advising the province to develop guiding and directing documents for timely implementation in the province.

The head of the monitoring delegation also assessed: The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has also advised on the allocation and arrangement of capital sources for projects under Program 135 and 30a to ensure the right subjects, purposes, and timely implementation under possible conditions; closely followed the direction of implementing quite well the issue of building economic models and production models; focused on directing good program disbursement, no violations have been detected; thereby, together with localities, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction.

However, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also pointed out shortcomings such as: not paying much attention to inspection and supervision work to evaluate the quality of program implementation more closely, especially the issue of inspection and control of investment resources for items such as: building economic models...

Passion fruit growing model in Tuong Duong. Photo archive

The investment capital of Program 135 for production development support and other programs is generally fragmented, with low investment rates and unclear effectiveness.

“There has not been good coordination with relevant departments and branches to identify key economic models for replication; the issue of funding allocation is generally slow and spread out, and the stages and areas that need priority support for the people have not been clearly identified,” the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council emphasized.

The head of the monitoring delegation also said that the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has not clearly assessed the management capacity of investors at the grassroots level in participating in the program implementation.

Pointing out the limitations, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Viet Duong suggested that the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development should overcome them; at the same time, he requested that this unit fully absorb the opinions to supplement the full data on the implementation of projects under Program 135 and 30a and send it back to the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council.

Thanh Duy