A processing line of carrot at Tan Huong Agricultural Product and Food Processing Joint Stock Company in Hai Duong province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The agricultural sector needs more investment todevelop the processing industry in order to increase exports oflocal farming products.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said theCOVID-19 pandemic has affected exports of local fresh vegetables and fruits,especially to China, one of the key export markets for those products.
However, Vietnam has gained strong growth in processed farming products as thesituation has forced local enterprises to change export markets and alsopromoted processing of farming products.
Local businesses have affirmed that investment in processing technology hashelped the agricultural industry restore after the pandemic and also reachthe goal of becoming one of the top 10 countries in processingagricultural products in the world, according to the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development (MARD).
The Government should have policies to encourage enterprises toinvest in processing technology, the ministry said.
Many businesses said in the developing processing stage for the agriculturesector, they have not had difficulties in capital and investment in technologybut struggled for material area to supply input products for processing factories.
The raw material area is a key factor in all processing sectors. Therefore,enterprises in the processing sectors need to promote co-operation with farmersand co-operatives to ensure input material, according to the ministry.
This has also required each locality to identify key products to developmaterial areas, the ministry said. Farmers need to strengthen links withbusinesses to sell their farm products.
Minister Cuong said there are many processing plants of the agricultural sectorset to come into operation, especially processing plants for fruits andvegetables. In the future, Vietnam needs policies encouraging investmentto the processing industry and to adjust locations of processing facilities tomatch the development of material regions.
Localities should develop clusters of production, processing and consumption ofagricultural products.
Nguyen Quoc Toan, director of MARD’s Agro-product Processing and MarketDevelopment Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said inrecent years, the agricultural sector has restructured.
The ministry plans to restructure 13 products to develop key productstogether with development of the processing industry.
Recently, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued a directive to settasks and solutions to develop the processing industry of agro-forestry-fisheryproducts and mechanisation of agricultural production.
According to the directive, Vietnam will strive to be among the world’s top 15most developed countries in agriculture by 2030 with agricultural processing torank in the world’s top 10.
The PM has directed that Vietnam must rank in the world’s top five countriesproducing fruit and vegetables, seafood and wood products. Those are keyfarming products with many advantages in development of production and export.
Vietnam records about 4 billion USD from fruits and vegetables exportsannually, about 11 billion USD from exports of wooden products, and 9 billion USDfrom seafood products./.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said theCOVID-19 pandemic has affected exports of local fresh vegetables and fruits,especially to China, one of the key export markets for those products.
However, Vietnam has gained strong growth in processed farming products as thesituation has forced local enterprises to change export markets and alsopromoted processing of farming products.
Local businesses have affirmed that investment in processing technology hashelped the agricultural industry restore after the pandemic and also reachthe goal of becoming one of the top 10 countries in processingagricultural products in the world, according to the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development (MARD).
The Government should have policies to encourage enterprises toinvest in processing technology, the ministry said.
Many businesses said in the developing processing stage for the agriculturesector, they have not had difficulties in capital and investment in technologybut struggled for material area to supply input products for processing factories.
The raw material area is a key factor in all processing sectors. Therefore,enterprises in the processing sectors need to promote co-operation with farmersand co-operatives to ensure input material, according to the ministry.
This has also required each locality to identify key products to developmaterial areas, the ministry said. Farmers need to strengthen links withbusinesses to sell their farm products.
Minister Cuong said there are many processing plants of the agricultural sectorset to come into operation, especially processing plants for fruits andvegetables. In the future, Vietnam needs policies encouraging investmentto the processing industry and to adjust locations of processing facilities tomatch the development of material regions.
Localities should develop clusters of production, processing and consumption ofagricultural products.
Nguyen Quoc Toan, director of MARD’s Agro-product Processing and MarketDevelopment Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said inrecent years, the agricultural sector has restructured.
The ministry plans to restructure 13 products to develop key productstogether with development of the processing industry.
Recently, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued a directive to settasks and solutions to develop the processing industry of agro-forestry-fisheryproducts and mechanisation of agricultural production.
According to the directive, Vietnam will strive to be among the world’s top 15most developed countries in agriculture by 2030 with agricultural processing torank in the world’s top 10.
The PM has directed that Vietnam must rank in the world’s top five countriesproducing fruit and vegetables, seafood and wood products. Those are keyfarming products with many advantages in development of production and export.
Vietnam records about 4 billion USD from fruits and vegetables exportsannually, about 11 billion USD from exports of wooden products, and 9 billion USDfrom seafood products./.
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