Nghe An farmers increasingly promote their role as the main subject in building new rural areas.

On the afternoon of November 15, implementing the plan of the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union, the Central working delegation led by Comrade Luong Quoc Doan - Permanent Vice President of the Central Executive Committee had a working session at the Nghe An Provincial Farmers' Union.

Receiving and working with the delegation, on the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Quang Tung - Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association, representatives of leaders of a number of provincial departments and branches. Photo: Thu Giang

The Association's work and the farmers' movement have new developments.

Reporting to the working delegation, comrade Nguyen Quang Tung - Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association said that Nghe An is a province with a large population (nearly 3.33 million people), of which 85% live in rural areas, agricultural workers account for more than 51% of the province's workforce. The vast majority of farmers are excited and believe in the leadership of the Party, the mechanisms and policies of the State, especially in Party building and rectification, anti-corruption, agricultural development, and new rural construction; Farmers' level and knowledge of production and business have made much progress, and farmers' lives have been significantly improved.

However, the rate of trained agricultural workers is still low, the age of agricultural workers is high, market economic thinking, dynamism, and awareness of production linkage of farmers are still limited...

Farmers in Quynh Lien commune (Hoang Mai town) harvest vegetables. Photo: Viet Hung

In 2019 - the first year of implementing the Resolution of the Congress of Farmers' Unions at all levels and the Resolution of the 7th National Congress of the Vietnam Farmers' Union, the work of the Union and the farmers' movement in Nghe An had new, positive and quite comprehensive developments.

Notably, the number of farming households achieving the title of good production and business households this year is 120,187, equal to 47% of the number of households registered at the beginning of the year. Many typical farming households with good production and business have appeared, and the production cooperation and association models have brought high economic efficiency.

The association at all levels has mobilized and guided the establishment of 1 cooperative and 58 cooperative groups. Propaganda and mobilization activities for farmers to participate in developing rural infrastructure continue to be promoted. In 2019, members of the whole province contributed 615,236 billion VND, donating 33,531 m²land, participated in 76,852 working days to renovate, renovate and maintain traffic works, irrigation works, sports grounds...

Participating in building a strong Party and government and promoting the strength of national solidarity, during the year, the grassroots farmers' association coordinated to organize 325 meetings, and the district level coordinated to organize 23 dialogues between the Party committees, government and people. Associations at all levels trained, introduced and admitted 429 outstanding cadres and members to the Party...

The role of the subject in new rural construction

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also informed about some outstanding results of Nghe An province in recent times.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thu Giang

Assessing the results of the Association's work and the farmers' movement in Nghe An, the provincial leaders acknowledged that the association had seriously implemented the Resolution of the Provincial Farmers' Association Congress and the National Congress of the Vietnam Farmers' Association. In addition, it is also necessary to promptly commend the positive and more favorable changes in the process of propagating and disseminating policies related to agriculture, farmers and rural areas.

"The dissemination of science and technology has received more attention and is more practically effective," he affirmed, adding that farmers' movements have also created a more vibrant atmosphere, contributing to sustainable poverty reduction, many typical examples of good farmers in production and business have appeared, farmers have demonstrated their role in participating in production relations in rural areas, and established and promoted cooperatives...

Comrade Nguyen Quang Tung - Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association visited the orange growing model in Quy Hop. Photo: TP

In the construction of new rural areas, the role of farmers as the main subject is increasingly clear, having an impact on arousing responsibility and awareness, contributing to achieving quite positive results in the movement throughout the province, although Nghe An is an area that still faces many difficulties, some places are mountainous areas with a large number of ethnic minorities...

“The Provincial Farmers' Association has been very active in supporting farmers, struggling with the grassroots, supporting vocational training, accessing science and technology, etc. The growth rate of the farmer support fund is also better than previous years, and the fund is used more effectively. The coordination of movements and cooperation programs of the Farmers' Association with other sectors is vital and practical...”, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee praised and acknowledged the role of the Provincial Farmers' Association.

Along with that, he also hopes that the Central Association will create favorable conditions to help and promptly resolve difficulties arising in the practical activities of the Provincial Farmers' Association, so that the farmers' movement in Nghe An can develop more widely and go into depth.

Comrade Luong Quoc Doan - Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union presented some orientations for the work of the Union and the farmers' movement in Nghe An in the coming time. Photo: Thu Giang

Concluding the meeting, Permanent Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union Luong Quoc Doan also expressed his agreement and appreciation for the results and efforts of the Nghe An Farmers' Union in recent times. He noted that the more the country develops, the more important the issues of agriculture, rural areas and farmers become.

Frankly pointing out the weaknesses in the work of the Association and the farmers' movement in Nghe An, such as limitations in concretizing related policies and resolutions, not yet skillfully applying them to the grassroots to serve propaganda work,... the Central Association's leaders requested the Provincial Farmers' Association to continue to strengthen solutions, promote effective implementation, create a habit of teamwork, overcome farmers' anxiety about the collective economy, eliminate the mindset of small-scale, fragmented production, and organize well consulting and support activities...

Previously, during the working program in Nghe An province, the delegation visited a number of models, directly met and discussed with officials and farmer members in two communes of Muong Long and Nam Can of Ky Son district.