Responding to Quynh Luu voters' petition on salt price support policy

(Baonghean.vn)- Voters of Quynh Thuan commune, Quynh Luu district reported: The state's support for plastic tarpaulins used to be of good quality, but recently the quality has been very poor. The state needs to have a policy of directly subsidizing salt prices for salt farmers, instead of supporting prices for salt purchasing enterprises.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development responded to this issue as follows:

- About the quality of nylon tarpaulin used to spread crystallization umbrellas for salt production:

Implementing Decisions No. 09/2012/QD-UBND, No. 87/2014/QD-UBND of the Provincial People's Committee on a number of policies to support investment in agricultural and rural development, in recent years the Provincial People's Committee has supported salt farmers to use plastic tarpaulins to spread crystallization umbrellas. This is a new technical advance that helps increase productivity and salt quality, deployed in salt production areas in Dien Chau and Quynh Luu, and is very welcomed by the people.

Salt production in An Hoa, Quynh Luu

However, in Quynh Thuan commune, the support for plastic tarpaulins for crystallization umbrellas, although recommended by propaganda, has not been implemented. Previously, the District Agricultural Extension Station had implemented a number of models for spreading plastic tarpaulins for crystallization umbrellas, but they were not replicated. Therefore, the voters of Quynh Thuan commune's reflection on the quality of plastic tarpaulins for crystallization umbrellas in the commune is unclear. In other salt-producing communes, when implementing the salt production support policy, plastic tarpaulins for crystallization umbrellas were directly purchased and supplied by salt cooperatives to member households. Up to now, there has been no information reflecting the quality of plastic tarpaulins for crystallization umbrellas in communes that have implemented the policy.

Through this, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will strengthen the inspection and supervision of the quality of plastic tarpaulins used to cover crystallized umbrellas when supplying to salt farmers according to the province's support policy.

- Regarding salt purchase subsidies:

Currently, salt production by salt farmers is facing many difficulties, mainly due to the low price of salt products. However, currently, the consumption of salt products is being carried out according to the market mechanism, the state has not had a policy to support salt purchasing enterprises, as well as support salt farmers.

Although the price of salt is not high, salt farmers still cling to the salt to produce.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is calling for investment from a number of businesses to join with salt farmers in the production, purchase, refining, and consumption of salt products to improve the quality and price of salt consumption in the market to improve the purchase price of salt for salt farmers. At the same time, it continues to request the government to have a policy to support salt prices to help salt farmers reduce difficulties.

Gia Huy

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