Many targets on agriculture and rural development in Nghe An exceeded the plan.

On December 25, the Provincial People's Committee held a conference to summarize 2024 and deploy the 2025 plan for the Agriculture and Rural Development sector. Comrades: Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Phung Thanh Vinh - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Vo Thi Nhung - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development co-chaired the conference.

Attending the conference were leaders of departments and branches; leaders of People's Committees and agricultural departments of districts; typical enterprises and cooperatives in the field of agriculture and rural development.

GRDP of agriculture, forestry and fishery is estimated at 46,696 billion VND

In 2024, despite facing many challenges and difficulties due to natural disasters, droughts and storms and floods; however, with the timely leadership and direction of the Central and Provincial Ministries, branches, the close coordination of the sector and localities, units, the production efforts of millions of farmers, the business community... the agricultural and rural development sector was deployed proactively, creatively, flexibly and achieved some positive results. The 4 basic indicators on agriculture and rural development were basically completed and exceeded the plan. The total agricultural, forestry and fishery product (GRDP) at current prices is estimated at 46,696 billion VND, the growth rate is estimated at 4.14% over the same period last year. Especially the target on new rural construction, with the number of communes meeting new rural standards in the year reaching 08/plan07 communes, the number of communes meeting advanced new rural standards reaching 34/plan25 communes, the number of communes meeting model new rural standards reaching 10/plan06 communes and 01 district reaching the NTM finish line according to plan.

The structure of crops, livestock and seasons continued to have strong changes, high technology was applied in many stages of production; plant protection, veterinary work, forecasting and predicting the situation of the emergence and development of pests and diseases were regularly deployed, detected and handled promptly, especially the prevention of African swine fever; productivity, quality and economic efficiency of many crops and livestock increased significantly, especially the average rice yield of the whole province in the year reached 60.34 quintals/ha (the spring crop alone reached 69.15 quintals/ha), the highest ever.

In the fisheries sector, measures to overcome the European Commission's yellow card (against IUU fishing) have had many positive changes. Aquaculture has developed towards intensive investment and high value, with an estimated annual fishery output of 287,500 tons, exceeding the plan by 9.32% and increasing by 3.4% over the same period.

Forestry production continues to change dramatically in quality, focusing on developing and improving the quality of raw material forests with nearly 25 thousand hectares of planted forests certified by sustainable forest management (FSC); completing the appraisal of the planning of the High-tech Forestry Zone in the North Central region, which is a premise to attract investment in deep processing and refined processing to increase the value of wood products and non-wood forest products.

Irrigation and dike management are ensured, serving production and people's lives well; being active and proactive in natural disaster prevention and search and rescue, minimizing damage.

Proactively and synchronously implement goals

Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Van De commended and acknowledged the results achieved by the industry in the past year; at the same time, he pointed out some shortcomings and limitations: The scale of production area of ​​some major crops has not reached the set plan. African swine fever is still complicated and always at risk of outbreak, especially the disease has spread and affected some wild boar herds in natural forests.

The disbursement of public investment capital for some projects is still slow; the replication and development of high-tech agricultural production models is still slow, especially the expansion of forms of cooperation and production linkage, linked to the consumption of agricultural products is still limited, small-scale, and not very sustainable.

“Request the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to deploy solutions and measures to proactively and synchronously implement goals and tasks. Closely coordinate with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, promptly develop a merger plan, streamline the apparatus, operate effectively and efficiently, and meet the requirements of tasks according to the correct functions and tasks. Direct the implementation and completion of key projects of the industry, especially the Ban Mong Reservoir Project”, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee stated.

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In 2025, the Agriculture and Rural Development sector must continue to closely follow the assigned plan and targets, urgently develop growth scenarios; resolutely organize and implement tasks and solutions from the beginning of the year, ensuring that the plan targets are achieved and exceeded; and provide quality advice on assigned programs, projects, and key tasks.

Comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee

At the conference, 3 individuals were awarded the Third Class Labor Medal by the President; 2 individuals were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Prime Minister; the Party Committee of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee for its outstanding achievements in 10 years of implementing Resolution 36; 2 affiliated units received the emulation flag of the Provincial People's Committee; 5 individuals were awarded the title of Provincial Emulation Fighter.