What are regulations on central agricultural extension program in Vietnam?

What are regulations on central agricultural extension program in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Decree 83/2018/NĐ-CP stipulating central agricultural extension program in Vietnam as follows:

1. Bases for designing a central agricultural extension program

a) Agricultural and rural development guidelines, orientations, strategies and schemes, and key national agricultural products;

b) Domestic and foreign market demand; production demand;

c) Agricultural extension investment and investment encouragement policies and forecast about state and private sector investment in agricultural extension and agricultural technology transfer during the program execution;

d) Agricultural extension and agricultural technology transfer programs, projects and international treaties to which Vietnam is a signatory or participant.

2. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall design and approve the central agricultural extension program that covers a period of 05-10 years in conformity with medium and long term agricultural development plans. Procedures for designing and approving the program are as follows:

a) Propose and design a central agricultural extension program by each field and national key agricultural product;

b) Send enquiries to relevant organizations and individuals;

c) Establish a central agricultural extension program consulting and appraisal council

d) Approve the central agricultural extension program;

dd) Publish the program on the web portal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

3. The central agricultural extension program shall be adjusted as follows:

During execution of the program, according to the agricultural development guidelines and orientations and production and market demand, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall approve adjustments to the central agricultural extension program.

What are requirements for the central agricultural extension project in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 13 of the Decree 83/2018/NĐ-CP stipulating requirements for the central agricultural extension project in Vietnam as follows:

1. Objectives, scope and contents of the approved central agricultural extension program or occasional tasks assigned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall be conformed to.

2. Technological advances and technology to be transferred should be recognized or approved by a competent authority.

3. Contents of the central agricultural extension project include model development, model multiplication and project management. Models shall be also developed by the agricultural extension organization of the province or other local agricultural extension organizations that have functions and tasks related to the project.

What are criteria for registration as an organization presiding over the central agricultural extension project in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 14 of the Decree 83/2018/NĐ-CP stipulating criteria for registration as an organization presiding over the central agricultural extension project in Vietnam as follows:

1. Regarding the presiding organization:

a) A presiding organization shall be licensed to perform agricultural extension tasks and transfer agricultural technology or engage in production and trade within the scope of the project. Priority is given to the organization that has the ownership or copyright on the technological advances and technologies to be transferred by the project;

b) The presiding organization shall satisfy requirements for personnel, science and technology to execute the project;

c) The presiding organization shall not, within 2 years by the time of applying for registration as a presiding organization, preside over any central agricultural extension program whose unsatisfactory commissioning results are unsatisfactory or use the funding for the central agricultural extension project for wrong purposes and against the law.

2. Regarding the project leader:

a) The project leader is the personnel of the presiding organization and assigned to execute and take responsibility for the results of the project;

b) The project leader shall obtain at least a bachelor’s degree in the major suitable for the main content of the project; have at least 03 years' experience in agricultural extension, transfer of technological advances or production and trade in the same field and product of the project;

c) The project leader shall not, within 02 years by the time of applying for registration as a project leader, lead any central agricultural extension project whose unsatisfactory commissioning results are unsatisfactory or commit any violation that results in termination of the project;

d) Each individual shall only lead 01 central agricultural extension project at the same time.

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