Replicating effective agricultural development models supported by JICA
(Baonghean.vn) - That was the proposal of Mr. Kakioka Naoki - Deputy Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam Office at the working session with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on the afternoon of July 26.
On the afternoon of July 26, a working delegation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Vietnam led by Mr. Kakioka Naoki - Deputy Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam Office had a working session with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on the technical cooperation project on agricultural development planning of Nghe An province.
Receiving and working with the delegation was comrade Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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| Working session scene. Photo: Thanh Le |
The technical cooperation project on agricultural development planning of Nghe An province has been implemented since 2016 and will end in 2019. The project is implemented with the set objective of master planning of Nghe An agriculture and action plan.
The project has built a database of food value chains, organized commodity exhibitions, etc. There are 40 pilot projects, of which 12 have signed contracts and are being implemented. The project has also developed a master plan and action plan.
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| Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Van Lap reported on the project implementation results. Photo by Thanh Le |
At the meeting, the representative of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province proposed JICA to extend the project by 1 year after the end of the project to improve the capacity of management staff and people; support agricultural contracts and build food value chains; propose support for the implementation of the garlic planting project in Ky Son district.
Mr. Kakioka Naoki - Deputy Chief Representative of JICA Office in Vietnam highly appreciated the results that the project has achieved. Nghe An needs to replicate the agricultural development models supported by JICA.
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| Mr. Kakioka Naoki - Deputy Chief Representative of JICA Office in Vietnam speaking. Photo: Thanh Le |
Regarding the proposal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to extend the project implementation period by 1 year, according to Mr. Kakioka Naokioka, the project will end according to the set schedule (March 2019).
The Deputy Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam said that the issue that JICA is particularly concerned about is the sustainability of the project after completion. Therefore, after evaluating the technical cooperation project on agricultural development planning in Nghe An province, JICA may form a new project.
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| He and Konaka Tetsuo - Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam Office and the delegation visited the clean vegetable consumption model supported by JICA at the supermarket. Photo: Thanh Le |
Acknowledging the proposals of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on supporting a number of other new products, the JICA representative promised to share information and encourage Japanese enterprises to learn and invest in cooperation in building and developing agricultural production models in the chain in Nghe An.
Some positive results of JICA supported projects: 20 tons of rice for Shochu production has been contracted with Hue Foods and has prospects for expansion; 5 tons of Atlantic potatoes for potato chip processing has been contracted with Koikeya Vietnam and the purchasing output from 5 tons will be increased to 50 tons in the next season.
In addition, 2 tons of Quang Tien pink grapefruit have been sold in the local retail market and the number of transactions will be expanded; The clean vegetable project grown in Vinh City is connected with the retail company BibiGreen.
