Farmers 'alone' in agricultural product consumption

A pig from the barn to the supermarket or market must go through 3-4 intermediaries, the retail stage accounts for 20-30% of the profit.

Discussing the socio-economic situation on the morning of June 9, Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Nguyen Sy Cuong raised concerns about the recent situation of agricultural product rescue. According to him,dragon fruit, watermelon, garlic, shallots, then pork, bananas...The list of unsold agricultural products will certainly continue to grow if there is no fundamental solution from the management agency.

"The song of good harvest, low price, good price, bad harvest is too familiar, sung over and over again by farmers and National Assembly delegates through many terms, even though no one has licensed the song," he said.

What worries the Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee is the current situation of "pork being as cheap as sweet potatoes, red books being crushed, the pain of livestock farmers is present", but unfortunately the Government's report on socio-economics sent to the National Assembly does not assess this issue.

Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee - Nguyen Sy Cuong said that agricultural output needs to be seriously considered by all ministries and sectors. Photo: National Assembly

Besides, Mr. Cuong acknowledged that the circulation stage is holding back production.He analyzed, is the 3-4 times increase in pork prices in supermarkets considered price manipulation? Where is the role of the State management agency? Who benefits from the situation of a good harvest but falling prices?

The damage to the livestock sector, according to him, is not small.Outstanding loans for pig farming are 32,900 billion, not to mention loans for animal feed production of more than 12,000 billion, loans for veterinary medicine production of 485 billion. "The risk of outstanding debt becoming bad debt, and millions of livestock farmers across the country falling into bankruptcy is entirely possible," said the delegate from Ninh Thuan province, suggesting,The government is making a comprehensive assessment of the damage and consequences, which he said were enormous.

"Worrying about output for agriculture needs to be seriously considered. If production has no output, what's the point of production?", Mr. Cuong continued, at the same time suggesting spending more time questioning and debating to find solutions for consuming agricultural products, finding solutions so that "later on we won't have to talk about this anymore".

*Delegate Nguyen Sy Cuong

According to delegate Nguyen Thi Kim Be, for many years the agricultural sector has only struggled to choose a logo for rice, so the refrain "good harvest, low price" is always a constant obsession.

This reality has been questioned by her and other delegates to the former head of the agricultural sector - former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat, but so far it has not changed. Continuous calls to rescue agricultural products have been made, but the prices are low and no one buys them. Sadly, according to her, some businesses rely on the difficult situation of farmers to polish their names, calling for pork rescue, but in the end "abandon farmers, take their pillows and go away". "Farmers are lonely in consuming the products they produce", Ms. Be lamented.

Still haveDelegate Doan Van Viet - Lam Dong province is worried,Excess agricultural supply, constant rescue but still not reassuring farmers.

Restate the reality of the liberationwatermelon, pork, or at times Lam Dong farmers had to abandon ripe tomatoes on the tree due to a dramatic drop in prices..., Mr. Viet pointed out, the main reason is that the scale of agricultural production is still small, spontaneous, and not according to planning, whileAgricultural processing support industry is limited. Farmers' income is mainly "labor for profit".

Emphasizing that agriculture is the pillar of the economy, but according to Binh Phuoc province delegate - Nguyen Tuan Anh, this pillar is weakening due to many impacts. This is the bottleneck that makes the growth of the production sector unsustainable.

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To solve this problem, Mr. Tuan Anh emphasized that it is necessary to accelerate restructuring of the agricultural sector and develop high-tech agriculture.According to calculations, the investment cost for a high-tech agricultural facility is 6-15 billion VND per hectare, depending on the production model. The high cost will be difficult to implement if the enterprise does not receive support from policies, mechanisms, loan interest rates, etc.

The Prime Minister has assigned the State Bank to issue specific policies and support levels for the VND100 trillion credit package, but with strict conditions, it is difficult for people to borrow capital to invest in this field. The delegate from Binh Phuoc province suggested that it is necessary to soon confirm the ownership of assets on land with enterprises investing in high-tech agriculture and support loan interest rates for enterprises.

According to delegate Doan Van Viet, the Government needs to have stronger policies to build "farmer entrepreneurship and agricultural enterprise", focusing on supporting agricultural startups and developing high-tech, large-scale agricultural production models...

Delegate Thich Thanh Quyet proposed that agricultural production must follow a chain from farmers' production to product consumption.In addition, it is necessary to promote the linkage of 4 parties (State - scientists - farmers - enterprises) to set goals for planning raw material sources, focusing on land accumulation, and linkage between farming households...

According to VNE