Agriculture sector in india 2016

  An 80ha organic rice field in Cà Mau Province’s Thới Bình District. — VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Nhung CÀ MAU — After five years of restructuring, agriculture in the southernmost province of Cà Mau is geared to adapt to climate change and exploit all the natural advantages available. The value of agriculture, aquaculture and forestry production has increased by an average of 4.35 per cent a year for the past five years, according to the local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The key products are shrimp, mud crab, high-quality rice, and timber. Cà Mau is one of the country’s five provinces most affected by climate change. But the country’s largest shrimp producer has rapidly developed various kinds of farming models for the crustacean such as intensive farming, super - intensive farming, advanced extensive farming, shrimp – rice farming, and shrimp – forest farming.  Under … [Read more...] about Cà Mau agriculture sector gradually adapts to climate change

Participants noted that the growth pace of the agricultural sector has been slowed down, showing shortcomings of a sector formed by small-scaled household farms with loose connection and poor quality and productivity amidst fiercer global competition. Photo for illustration According to Nguyen Duc Thanh, Head of the Institute for Policy and Economic Research, who is also a member of the Agriculture Alliance, it is necessary to remove institution-related bottlenecks, including official institutions such as policies and laws and non-official ones like customs, common perceptions and agricultural associations’ activities. In order to develop sustainable agriculture, Andre Well – Dang, Senior Governance Advisor of Oxfam Vietnam, emphasized the need to foster cooperation between State agencies at the central and local levels, as well as among research institutes, associations, non-governmental organizations and media agencies. Farmers should have the right to raise their … [Read more...] about Conference seeks to perfect mechanisms towards sustainable agriculture

  Growing flowers and ornamental plants in Đồng Tháp Province’s Sa Đéc City. — VNS Photo Ngọc Diệp HCM CITY — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has restructured agriculture towards climate-change adaptation and market demand by establishing specialised farming areas for its key agricultural products, and by growing other crops on ineffective rice fields or rotating rice with other crops on the same field.  The delta, the country’s largest rice, seafood and fruit producer, achieved a growth rate of 3 per cent a year between 2016 and 2018, higher than the country’s average growth rate of 2.67 per cent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. In An Giang Province, local authorities and farmers have set up specialised farming areas and used advanced farming techniques in recent years. The province has established a 25,000ha specialised glutinous-rice area in Phú Tân … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta agriculture adapts to climate change

Viet Nam saw a slight decrease in the export value of fruit and vegetables during the first 11 months this year. – Photo vietnambiz.vn Viet Nam's fruit and vegetable exports dropped 0.6 per cent year-on-year to US$3.5 billion in the first 11 months this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The drop was attributed to falling earnings from dragon fruit, which accounted for 31 per cent of total fruit exports, (down 9 per cent), durian (down 17.4 per cent), coconut (down 35 per cent), longan (down 56 per cent) and watermelon (down 26.4 per cent). MARD’s Agricultural Products Processing and Market Development Department said the strong decrease in exports to China, which accounted for 66.8 per cent of all fruit and vegetable exports, was also a reason behind the fall. The rise in exports to the US, the European Union, Japan and the Republic of Korea was not enough to compensate for the reduction in the Chinese market. In the same period, … [Read more...] about Viet Nam’s fruit and vegetable export value falls in 11 months

    Việt Nam saw a slight decrease in the export value of fruit and vegetables during the first 11 months this year. Photo vietnambiz.vn     HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam's fruit and vegetable exports dropped 0.6 per cent year-on-year to US$3.5 billion in the first 11 months this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The drop was attributed to falling earnings from dragon fruit, which accounted for 31 per cent of total fruit exports, (down 9 per cent), durian (down 17.4 per cent), coconut (down 35 per cent), longan (down 56 per cent) and watermelon (down 26.4 per cent). MARD’s Agricultural Products Processing and Market Development Department said the strong decrease in exports to China, which accounted for 66.8 per cent of all fruit and vegetable exports, was also a reason behind the fall. The rise in exports to the US, the European Union, Japan and the Republic of Korea was not … [Read more...] about Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable export value falls in 11 months