Prime Minister: Organic farming is not only for the rich

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that organic agricultural production not only serves the rich but the whole population must be able to use this type of product.

On the morning of December 16, speaking at the international forum "Vietnam's Organic Agriculture - Development and Integration", Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized the rapid development in network and scale in recent years.

Organic agriculture for people's health

"Domestic consumption demand for organic agricultural products is growing very well. Sharing experiences and awareness about organic products, identifying difficulties and challenges in mechanisms and institutions in developing organic agriculture. That sets out directions to propose the Government to give clearer instructions and resolve difficulties and obstacles in organic agriculture," said the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister also affirmed that agriculture, farmers and rural areas are very hot issues today, especially the need to research organic production to ensure economical, safe and effective agriculture.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requires organic agricultural production to be community-oriented.

"Vietnam does not only have milk, coconut trees, vegetables, and fruits. In particular, the livestock and organic agriculture sectors must aim to provide the market for all people, not just for the rich," the Prime Minister said, emphasizing that agricultural products and consumer foods should serve the people, not be developed on a small scale but need to be done simultaneously to provide clean food to the market.

The Prime Minister said he has assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to prepare a project to submit to the Government and will pay attention to and create favorable interest rates for businesses to invest in the organic agriculture sector.

Regarding orientation, the head of the Government affirmed that there must be a correct perception of organic agriculture. Non-organic agriculture continues to play a leading role in ensuring national food security.

"The Government will closely direct the Ministry of Agriculture to develop a development project for the 2018-2021 period. It is impossible to have two types of vegetables in one garden or two different types in one barn. It is necessary to promote awareness among people about safe production," Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc added.

In addition, the Prime Minister also assigned the Ministry of Agriculture to take the lead in receiving opinions at the forum, calling on scientists, farmers, and the community to participate in developing responsible organic agriculture for the good health of the people...

33/63 provinces and cities have organic agriculture models

Here, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that organic agricultural production is a production method based on natural environmental factors, protecting the environment, maintaining and protecting sustainable ecosystems to create nutritious products for human needs. Production and use of organic products is a growing trend.

In the world, there are about 50 million hectares of organic agricultural land. Recently, this trend has developed quite rapidly, creating an organic agricultural market with a commercial value of nearly 100 billion USD, especially in developed countries, clearly demonstrating this trend.

In our country, in recent years, organic agricultural production has been paid attention to develop. Up to now, 33 provinces and cities have had organic agricultural production models with an area of ​​about 70,000 hectares with diverse forms, scales and products.

Minister of Agriculture Nguyen Xuan Cuong spoke at the forum.

However, the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture said that organic agricultural production is still very small in terms of production scale as well as consumption market.

Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that in the near future, switching to an organic agricultural production direction with a tightly controlled process, strictly adhering to input standards in the production cycle, and building and developing new markets will be difficult, even very difficult.

"Therefore, we need to take synchronous action at the Government, business and farmer levels, along with international acceptance, sharing and cooperation. This is also a process that requires a change in awareness in management, production and consumption," said Mr. Cuong.

International Forum "Vietnam Organic Agriculture - Development and Integration" with nearly 500 domestic and foreign delegates, representing state management agencies, economic sectors, producers, consumer representatives, associations, and industries.

Accordingly, delegates will share experiences on orientations and solutions for developing organic agriculture in Vietnam in the coming time. This is also an opportunity to promote, connect experts and cooperate with domestic and foreign organic agriculture production enterprises.

According to zing.vn