Meeting on Sustainable Development of Citrus in Northern Provinces
Day 10/11, in Hoa Binh, Ministry of Agriculture&Rural Development coordinated with the Provincial People's Committee to organize a conference to promote sustainable development of citrus (CAQCM) in the northern provinces. Attending and chairing the conference were Deputy Minister of Agriculture&Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh; Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Committee Chairman Bui Van Khanh; Provincial People's Committee Vice Chairman Dinh Cong Su. There are also departmental leaders, branches of the province and representatives of the Department of Agriculture&PTNT 22 northern province
According to the report of Department of Crop Production (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), Up to now, in many localities, concentrated commodity citrus production zones such as Ha Giang oranges have been formed, Peace, Bac Giang, Phu Tho grapefruit, Bac Giang, Peace, Tuyen Quang, Bac Kan and Lang Son tangerines.
The total area of citrus trees in the northern mountainous provinces is approximately 121.000 he has (accounting for 47,5% area of the country).
Remarkable, Citrus area has been steadily increasing in recent years, with high growth. Statistics in 10 five words 2009 – 2019, Citrus growth averaged 10% / year in terms of area (equivalent 7,3 thousand hectares / year), on 12% in terms of output (69,4 thousand tons).
Along with area growth, Quantity, Citrus production in the Northern mountainous provinces still has many limitations and many difficulties in product consumption., Disease. Besides, abuse of inorganic fertilizers and chemical pesticides, risk of soil pollution, country, outbreaks and quality problems.
At the conference, The delegates contributed many papers on the production situation, the citrus pest situation, orientation of plant protection and market opening, processing industry, Promotion of citrus fruits; synthesis of research results, transfer of seed technical advances, culture, post-harvest in recent years and the future orientation ...
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Committee Chairman Bui Van Khanh emphasized: Lately year, The province's agricultural production forms key product groups, to create a reputation in the domestic market and towards export. The province has completed the land suitability classification map for crop production with the classified area 116 thousand hectares. Especially, CAQCM is a key crop in the process of agricultural restructuring of the province. To the year 2020, the whole province has approx 11.500 he has. Inside, Business area approx 7.400 he has; 2.119 ha of citrus trees were certified for food safety, VietGAP, Organic. Expected year 2020, the income value per unit of cultivated area is above 350 million / ha. Besides the results achieved, CAQCM production in the province still has some limitations, exists as: Business status, trade in seeds of unknown origin, Quality failures are still going on; applied techniques have not been synchronous; many new pests and diseases arise; preservation activities, preprocessing, undeveloped processing; The issue of protecting trademarks and intellectual property rights has not been paid attention.
Provincial People's Committee Chairman Bui Van Khanh proposed to the Ministry of Agriculture&Rural Development and relevant sectors support the province to review citrus; area code level; increase trade promotion, looking for export markets; transfer of preservation technology, product processing CAQCM. At the same time, support the province to implement the project of replanting Cao Phong orange area.
Concluding remarks Conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh acknowledged the efforts and achievements in CAQCM development of the Northern provinces. Deputy Minister confirmed: Production of citrus trees, an important role in agricultural restructuring. Before the difficulties, Shortcomings still exist, recommended departments, service, the set, Central departments need to closely coordinate with localities to synchronously deploy solutions to develop sustainable citrus, well implement the planning of planting areas.
The Deputy Minister suggested the Department of Crop Production preside over and guide the localities to review, to adjust the area of citrus trees according to planning. For the Plant Protection Department, concentrate on directing the prevention, against harmful diseases; issue a process to control Greening and yellow leaf disease, root rot. The National Agricultural Extension Center gives priority to the development of model gardens. The institutes have well implemented the plant breeding program of the Ministry of Agriculture&PTNT.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture&PTNT