Agricultural sector speeds up restructuring, growth model reform
The agricultural sector is focusing on stepping up restructuring associated with growth model reform and new-style rural area building in order to effectively carry out the Government’s resolution on major tasks and measures to implement the 2019 socio-economic development plan and State budget estimates.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The agricultural sector is focusing on stepping uprestructuring associated with growth model reform and new-style rural areabuilding in order to effectively carry out the Government’s resolution on majortasks and measures to implement the 2019 socio-economic development plan andState budget estimates.
To achieve all settargets, the sector will work to build a smart agriculture, intensifyinternational integration, adapt to climate change, increase the added valueand boost sustainable development in combination with the building ofprosperous and civilised new-style rural areas.
It aims for 3 percentin GDP growth, 3.11 percent in agro-fishery-forestry production value increase,and over 43 billion USD in agro-fishery-forestry export turnover. The forestcoverage is projected to reach 41.85 percent, while the rate of new-style ruralcommunes is aimed at 50 percent, and at least 70 districts will be recognised new-stylerural areas.
The sector willimplement three strategic breakthroughs in a synchronous, drastic and effectivemanner, including reforming and improving institutions to develop thesocialist-oriented market economy in agriculture; building agricultural andrural infrastructure facilities modernly and synchronously; and increasing thequality of human resources and stepping up vocational training for farmers.
Attention will be alsopaid to increasing the sector’s competitiveness so as to raise nationalcompetitiveness, using science and technology to serve agricultural developmentwith the focus on major export staples, and taking advantage of opportunitiesof the Fourth Industrial Revolution to develop hi-tech and organic agriculture.
The sector willeffectively implement a project to develop 15,000 cooperatives and alliances ofcooperatives during 2017-2020 and develop a cooperative model applying hightechnology in agricultural production and business. It strives to have 11,250agricultural cooperatives which operate effectively by the end of 2019.-VNA
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Agricultural sector is stepping up restructuring - Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
