Approval of the "Scheme for developing key industrial crops until 2030" in Vietnam

Approval of the "Scheme for developing key industrial crops until 2030" in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development issued Decision 431/QD-BNN-BNNPTNT dated January 26, 2024, on approving the "Scheme for developing key industrial crops until 2030" in Vietnam.

Approval of the "Scheme for developing key industrial crops until 2030" in Vietnam

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed a number of solutions, as follows:

(1) Regarding production organization

- Based on the approved Scheme, the provinces determine key industrial crop production areas in the province's planning plan and other relevant orientations. Review the area of growing key industrial crops (especially coffee and pepper) on unsuitable and ineffective lands to transform crop structure, creating products with a consumer market and higher value.

- Localities shall  continue to implement policies to attract businesses to invest in developing the production of key industrial crops, promoting the formation of linked production chains from building raw material growing areas to processing and consuming products. Cooperatives and Cooperative Groups are bridges connecting businesses with households growing key industrial crops.

- Localities synchronously implement solutions to support the development of Cooperatives and Cooperative Groups, prioritizing support for new establishments and improving operational capacity for the Cooperative to produce, process, and trade key industrial crop products.

- For households, it is necessary to proactively link with businesses through cooperatives and cooperative groups to develop raw material areas for industrial crop production and carry out production according to GAP and equivalent processes, associated with building planting area codes, product traceability, etc.

(2) Regarding science and technology

- Continue to invest in maintaining and storing existing genetic resources of key industrial plants, adding new genetic resources to serve scientific and technological research; research, select, create, and import new varieties of key industrial plants that are productive, high quality, resistant to pests and diseases, suitable for each ecological region, and adaptable to climate change conditions.

- Care and management of existing first-generation plants and first-generation gardens; at the same time, continue to select and recognize top-of-the-line plants and top-of-the-line gardens to meet the needs of providing seedlings to localities.

- Complete the process of breeding disease-free key industrial plants, ensuring quality standards for new planting and replanting; Cultivation processes for ensuring safety and product quality; Advanced farming processes in the stages: planting, care, watering, fertilizing, canopy creation, pest and disease prevention, harvesting...; marketing the product; Preliminary processing, preservation, processing technology, etc.

- Develop and apply circular economic models, making maximum use of by-products in the production and processing of some key industrial crops (coffee, cashew, coconut, etc.) to serve agricultural production. Propagate and implement the collection and treatment of hazardous waste from fertilizer packaging, pesticides, etc. during the production of key industrial crops.

- Invest in science and technology, modern equipment for deep processing, diversifying key industrial crop products, and widely meeting domestic and international market needs.

(3) Regarding state management

- Organize good implementation of policies related to agriculture and rural areas: Credit policy; policies to support seed production development; support policies to reduce losses in agriculture; policies to encourage the development of cooperation and association in the production and consumption of agricultural products; policies to encourage the development of organic agriculture; policies to encourage businesses to invest in agriculture and rural areas; human resource training policy; research and transfer of science and technology into production; policies to promote mechanization of agricultural production and processing; promote trade; expand product consumption markets...

Research and report to competent authorities to promulgate a number of new policies, such as: brand building and management; support for granting planting area codes; support for digital transformation and digital management in agriculture; policies to support land management for key industrial crops without causing deforestation or forest degradation; Policies to support agricultural tourism development...

- Review and develop a system of national standards and technical regulations related to key industrial crops in accordance with the import standards of other countries as well as domestic consumption.

- Regularly inspect and examine establishments that produce and trade input materials for production (seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, growth stimulants, preservatives, etc.); Check the management and traceability of the production of key industrial crop products...

(4) Regarding investment in capacity building

Diversifying investment capital sources to develop key industrial crop production is carried out in the direction of socialization, mainly capital from businesses and people. Households and businesses invest in developing key industrial crop-growing areas to stabilize raw material areas. Cooperatives and cooperative groups link with households and businesses to invest in preliminary processing facilities, product warehouses, etc. Enterprises invest in storage warehouses, processing factories, building brands, and the consumption of key industrial crop products.

The state budget invests and supports investment in the development of key industrial crop production according to the provisions of the law to carry out the following tasks: developing mechanisms and policies; research and transfer of science and technology; human resource training; facilities for scientific and technological training and research units; infrastructure in concentrated production areas: transportation, irrigation, electricity, etc.; promoting trade, and expanding product consumption markets.

More details can be found in Decision 431/QD-BNN-BNNPTNT, taking effect on January 26, 2024.

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