International partners have pledged to assist Vietnam in restructuring
its agricultural sector, following an action plan unveiled by Minister
of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat in Hanoi on August 29,
prioritising cultivation, animal husbandry and seafood.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has
provided technical assistance to the ministry on the development of the
scheme.
The organisation will give support on
institutional reform, climate change adaptation, science and technology,
the formulation of sustainable regulations on goods and services, and
the implementation of effective agriculture and food systems, FAO
Vietnam representative Lan Huong said.
Nguyen The
Dung, a representative of the World Bank in Vietnam, said the bank is
backing a “Sustainable agriculture transformation in Vietnam” (VnSAT)
project.
The WB proposes that in future the project
focus on rice production in the Mekong Delta and coffee in the Central
Highlands, as well as enhancing the restructuring of the agriculture
sector and supporting initiatives for the sustainable production of
these crops.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Government has
funded the implementation of a technical and policy support project to
restructure agriculture in Vietnam .
The country
is committed to supporting Vietnam in the field, Canadian Ambassador
David Devine said, noting that incentives in agriculture, particularly
in the field of advanced technology and environmental services, would
attract more Canadian investors.-VNA