The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and thePeople's Committee of Hanoi are implementing a programme to ensuresupplies of safe vegetables and meat.
The two organisationsbelieve that this can be achieved by clearly identifying the origin ofproducts, raising the responsibility of producers and businesses as wellthe general public.
Hanoi currently meets only about 40 percentof demand for vegetables and meat, the rest must be imported from otherregions. The city consumes about 800-1,000 tonnes of fruit andvegetables per day and 1,000 tonnes of meat.
Despite a hugedemand for healthy, clean produce, vegetables meeting Vietnamese GoodAgricultural Practices (VietGap) standards are in short supply in themarketplace.
Moreover, applying GAP creates a number ofdifficulties in market development, organisation and management due tosmall-scale and scattered production.
Bui Nhu Y, Deputy Directorof the Agriculture and Rural Development Department in northern VinhPhuc province, said 40 percent of meat was consumed locally and the restsold to other provinces.
The programme of safe product supply chain for Hanoi is compounded by the absence of companies to buy products, Y said.
Inaddition, production and consumption of high quality products has facedmany difficulties due to loose controls by Hanoi's authorities, Yadded.
In some provinces, farmers do not know of any specificdemands for Hanoi, they focus on producing, an official from Bac Giangprovince said.
Nguyen Huy Dang, Deputy Director of the Hanoi'sAgriculture and Rural Development Department, said to ensure a supply ofsafe vegetables and meat for Hanoi, provinces needed to provideinformation on their supply ability so that city people could handle anytransport difficulties.
Hoang Thanh Van, Head of the AnimalHusbandry Department, said that each province should set up a chain tosupply the best provincial farm produce. This would also help inbuilding a brand name.
Vu Van Tam, Deputy Minister of MARD, saidHanoi and provinces should also enhance cooperation and exchangeinformation about supply and demand to avoid mass production.-VNA
The two organisationsbelieve that this can be achieved by clearly identifying the origin ofproducts, raising the responsibility of producers and businesses as wellthe general public.
Hanoi currently meets only about 40 percentof demand for vegetables and meat, the rest must be imported from otherregions. The city consumes about 800-1,000 tonnes of fruit andvegetables per day and 1,000 tonnes of meat.
Despite a hugedemand for healthy, clean produce, vegetables meeting Vietnamese GoodAgricultural Practices (VietGap) standards are in short supply in themarketplace.
Moreover, applying GAP creates a number ofdifficulties in market development, organisation and management due tosmall-scale and scattered production.
Bui Nhu Y, Deputy Directorof the Agriculture and Rural Development Department in northern VinhPhuc province, said 40 percent of meat was consumed locally and the restsold to other provinces.
The programme of safe product supply chain for Hanoi is compounded by the absence of companies to buy products, Y said.
Inaddition, production and consumption of high quality products has facedmany difficulties due to loose controls by Hanoi's authorities, Yadded.
In some provinces, farmers do not know of any specificdemands for Hanoi, they focus on producing, an official from Bac Giangprovince said.
Nguyen Huy Dang, Deputy Director of the Hanoi'sAgriculture and Rural Development Department, said to ensure a supply ofsafe vegetables and meat for Hanoi, provinces needed to provideinformation on their supply ability so that city people could handle anytransport difficulties.
Hoang Thanh Van, Head of the AnimalHusbandry Department, said that each province should set up a chain tosupply the best provincial farm produce. This would also help inbuilding a brand name.
Vu Van Tam, Deputy Minister of MARD, saidHanoi and provinces should also enhance cooperation and exchangeinformation about supply and demand to avoid mass production.-VNA
