A safe vegetable production zone in Hai Duong province (Photo: VNA)HaiDuong (VNA) – The Red River Delta province of Hai Duong will createfavourable conditions for businesses to invest in agriculture, especially inhigh-tech agriculture, post-harvest preservation, slaughterhouse construction andproduction chain development, local officials have said.
Targeting a modern agriculture which applies state-of-the-art technologies andcreates high-quality and competitive products, the province has offered aline-up of preferential policies for investors.
Support in terms of credits, land rental, infrastructure development andadministrative procedures is among the province’s preferences for investors,said Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Manh Hien.
At an agricultural investment promotion conference held in Hai Duong on June 18,Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong suggested thatthe province should pay due attention to providing training and encouragingfarmers to connect with others to form agricultural businesses.
Identifying strategic products and outlining transparent and favourablepolicies for investors will help the local agriculture sector to move up on theladder to a new development stage, Cuong stressed.
The province is housing over 11,700 enterprises, however, only 1,600 ofwhich are investing in agriculture. Total investment in local agriculture isvalued at more than 15 trillion VND (658.5 million USD), focusing on farmproduce processing, animal foodstuff and production linkages.-VNA
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