Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi(VNA) – Changes to management institutions are needed to improve the rice valuechain and Vietnamese rice’s competitiveness, experts said at a workshop inHanoi on March 17.
Speaking at theconference, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) NguyenDinh Cung said the biggest challenge at the moment is to shift to qualitymanagement and promote cooperation and linkage in the chain.
He stressed thatthe role of farmers’ organizations and professional organizations in the ricevalue chain is very important.
Presentingresearch results on the existing rice value chain institutions, Dang QuangVinh, researcher at the CIEM, said the rice cultivation area increased quicklyfrom 2007 and the output rose by nearly 10 million tonnes in the 2005-2015period.
Rice yield perhectare rose to 5.76 tonnes, the highest in Southeast Asia and rice export grew14 percent annually on average in volume and 10 percent in value in the1989-2012 period.
Nevertheless,production scale was relatively small with each household having an average 0.44hectare of land, and rice quality was low and inconsistent.
According toexperts, the rice sector will face a lot of difficulty in the upcoming yearsdue to small scale production which makes it hard to apply scientific andtechnological advances, climate change, and bad farming practices such as the excessiveuse of chemicals.
The researchrecommended that in order to improve the value of rice production, it isnecessary to clarify the right of property ownership, which will serve as thefoundation for other activities such as investment, the development of anagricultural land market, and land accumulation for large-scale production.
Besides that, emphasisshould be placed on quality, productivity and farmers’ income instead ofquantity and supply.
A morecomprehensive approach to food security is also needed, which pays moreattention to nutrition than to rice quantity, according to the research.-VNA
Speaking at theconference, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) NguyenDinh Cung said the biggest challenge at the moment is to shift to qualitymanagement and promote cooperation and linkage in the chain.
He stressed thatthe role of farmers’ organizations and professional organizations in the ricevalue chain is very important.
Presentingresearch results on the existing rice value chain institutions, Dang QuangVinh, researcher at the CIEM, said the rice cultivation area increased quicklyfrom 2007 and the output rose by nearly 10 million tonnes in the 2005-2015period.
Rice yield perhectare rose to 5.76 tonnes, the highest in Southeast Asia and rice export grew14 percent annually on average in volume and 10 percent in value in the1989-2012 period.
Nevertheless,production scale was relatively small with each household having an average 0.44hectare of land, and rice quality was low and inconsistent.
According toexperts, the rice sector will face a lot of difficulty in the upcoming yearsdue to small scale production which makes it hard to apply scientific andtechnological advances, climate change, and bad farming practices such as the excessiveuse of chemicals.
The researchrecommended that in order to improve the value of rice production, it isnecessary to clarify the right of property ownership, which will serve as thefoundation for other activities such as investment, the development of anagricultural land market, and land accumulation for large-scale production.
Besides that, emphasisshould be placed on quality, productivity and farmers’ income instead ofquantity and supply.
A morecomprehensive approach to food security is also needed, which pays moreattention to nutrition than to rice quantity, according to the research.-VNA
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