Go early, welcome

Bright 9/4, Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc maintained the preliminary conference 1 The year of implementing the project "Sustainable development of one million hectares specializes in high quality rice cultivation, Low emissions associated with green growth in the Mekong Delta to 2030 ” (referred to as the project One million high quality rice hectares).

The conference also has the participation of Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Thanh Nam and its attached units; Permanent Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Dao Minh Tu; Representative of the provincial People's Committee leaders, Department of Agriculture and Environment 12 the provincial, into the Mekong Delta; with international organizations, industry associations, Businesses and cooperatives participate in the project.

After more than a year of implementing the project of one million hectares of high quality rice, Minister Do Duc Duy affirmed, Project is an active step, "ahead, Go early ”to catch the trend of green consumption and perfectly suitable for sustainable agricultural development orientation. Because without preparation from now on, Businesses – Especially, rice exporters will face the risk of being eliminated from the international market.

The Minister commented, At some point, The world will announce the stop import of rice does not meet the criteria of low emissions. Then, only green rice, farming according to the new reduction process into fastidious markets.

Reality, The same thing happened to the fisheries and wood industry. If before, Seafood exports are quite favorable, now it is required to be transparent from traceability, Control residues and antibiotics, New can enter the fastidious markets.

The wood industry is the same, Each export is easy, But now wants to access the international market, Wood products are required to have FSC certificates for sustainable forest development.

Rice – One of the strategic export industry is definitely not out of this trend. The labeling "Low emissions" will become a prerequisite for acceptance in many markets.

Now, Initially, the project of one million high quality rice has shown positive results, show the correctness, Effective and feasible. It is clear that the change in the thinking and awareness of the entire political system, Business community and people on the goal of sustainable development of Vietnamese rice industry.

From 7 The pilot model is implemented by the Central Government 5 the provincial, into the Mekong Delta, Up to now, it has been expanded 101 paradigm, With a total area 4.500 he has.

Farmers gradually approach and apply advanced production processes like: “1 5 reduce", “3 decreases 3 increase", Alternating dry water (AWD), Using fertilizer reasonable and more interested in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These are important premises for construction, complete, standardization and replication of the process Sustainable rice production In the Mekong Delta.

Through the project, it has also formed a sustainable rice production chain. Some large enterprises have participated in high quality rice value chain, Support farmers from seeding stages, Input materials, to the output product consumption.

Besides that, The Vietnam Rice Industry Association is also cooperating with businesses, International partners build a set of Vietnamese rice brand identity, Low emissions.

Open the bottlenecks

Despite records many results, However, In fact, the process of implementing the project of one million hectares still has shortcomings, challenge.

business, but Vietnam's agricultural exports still reach, Some localities are still confused in understanding the content of the project. “There are some localities that have to invest in infrastructure first. This is true, But must do parallel, No need to wait for the infrastructure to deploy. There are stages that can be done immediately, Inheriting previous investment projects”, Minister Do Duc Duy pointed out.

Other way, Some localities also focus on carbon credit exchange goals, While the main goal of the project is to convert sustainable production, Cut the cost, improve quality, Product added value and farmer income. Lead to, Some stages are very important but have not been focused as: cultivation process, deep processing, Investment of logistics systems ...

Besides that, construction Irrigation infrastructure Serving irrigation requirements, Field management has not kept up with the progress, While this is a prerequisite to apply advanced farming measures.

Many places, farmer, Cooperatives and businesses have not actively renewed production methods. Especially in case of investing more initial costs, And the psychology of the State's support.

Or the problem of handling by -products (straw, straw) To reduce emissions only stop at piloting some models and treatment volumes is still low.

Existence, The challenge is becoming a bottleneck, Need to be identified and have solutions to solve promptly to implement the project more effectively in the next time.

Therefore, Minister Do Duc Duy suggested localities in the Mekong Delta urgently approve the project/project. At the same time, promulgating support policies according to their specific authorities and conditions.

Continue to expand the area to apply the sustainable farming process according to the roadmap, Determine the area of ​​farming areas, Including buffer zones and planning, specific deployment.

Besides that, Priority investment in upgrading the inland irrigation system, Develop water -saving irrigation models, Reducing emissions; Infrastructure improvement, storage, logistics, To reduce the loss after harvest ...

“For regional and inter -regional infrastructure, The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment will take the main responsibility, Proposal to the Government to seek resources to implement. But infrastructure in each area size, The local production area must be very focused, Local budget arrangement and integrated capital for implementation”, Minister Do Duc Duy said.

The Minister also asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to study, Adjust the Government to adjust, Supplementing business management policies rice export Ensure sustainable efficiency; Support units, Enterprises in trade promotion, market development.

For international organizations, Development partners, The Minister proposed close coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to support technical, finance, Sharing experiences. Especially the initiative to mobilize green financial resources, Serving deployment of emission reduction models in rice production.

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For units of the Ministry, The Minister assigned the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection to urgently complete the measurement process, Report and inspection of emissions results (MRV), Sustainable farming process within the scope of the project.

The Department of International Cooperation is tasked with coordinating with the Department of Climate Change, The establishment of the negotiation team agreed to pay off emissions (Erpa). At the same time, completing the procedures for approving the investment policy and deploying pre -feasibility study for the World Bank loan project (ha of rice has a contract to buy and sell products) Support infrastructure investment for the project participants.