Develop agricultural applications of high technology

On December 15, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference to develop high-tech agricultural applications.

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong said the Government encourages the formation of high-tech agricultural areas, each locality tries to get 2-3 regions, including taking high-tech applications into producing local key products.

However, localities when building high-tech agricultural areas need to avoid doing much without paying attention to whether they can fill up the area or not.

Currently, the country has initially formed a number of models of high-tech agricultural development as a premise for the development of high-tech agricultural areas such as the model of safe vegetable production, flower and tree planting. scene in Ho Chi Minh City; model of growing flowers, high-tech safe vegetables in Bac Ninh; model of farm mushroom production in Vinh Phuc; Large model field model for export rice production, clean Pangasius farming model in the Mekong Delta.

However, according to the evaluation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, many localities have not yet had specific plans to develop high-tech agriculture and have not invested in the planning and construction of agricultural areas and zones. High-tech agriculture.

Representatives of some localities also said that the application of high technology to agriculture still faces many difficulties due to the large investment capital, the technology is too modern, making agricultural officers and farmers not easy to learn. , update.

Therefore, the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed that the Ministry should study and propose the Government to promulgate policies to encourage the development of high-tech applications in agriculture, including funding for proactive developing high technology applications in agricultural production.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ho Chi Minh City also proposed, in the draft circular on the development of high-tech agricultural areas and high-tech agricultural areas to be promulgated, criteria for recognizing regions and zones. High-tech agriculture needs to determine the size of the area in accordance with the conditions of each locality.

At the conference, for the first time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development awarded a certificate of high-tech application of agricultural business to 2 units, Da Lat Flower Biotechnology Joint Stock Company and the Liability Company. Agrivina term (Dalat Hasfarm).

According to Deputy Minister Bui Ba Bong, this certificate has special significance because it is the recognition of the intellectual and intellectual investment of enterprises for the agricultural sector.

Localities in the coming time need to study documents and policies to contribute ideas to the Ministry, aiming to have better policies for high-tech agricultural development.