Hanoi seeks to develop hi-tech agriculture (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A workshop washeld in Hanoi on October 25 to introduce businesses to the city’s preferentialpolicies for the agricultural sector, especially hi-tech agriculture, in orderto promote investment in hi-tech agriculture in the capital.
Nguyen Thi Thoa, head of the PlantationDivision under the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development,said that Hanoi has no zones dedicated to hi-tech agricultural production.
The value of hi-tech agricultural productsaccounts for only 25 percent of the total value of agricultural products.
The city aims to raise the proportion to 35percent in the future, Thoa stated, adding that it is building a 96.6ha hi-techagricultural zone in Dong Anh district and is taking measures to increase theapplication of advanced technologies in agricultural production.
Director of the Information Center forAgriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Anh Phong introduced participants topreferential policies which encourage enterprises to invest in hi-techagriculture, as well as criteria to define hi-tech agricultural products.
At the workshop, participating businessesproposed the State provide land support policies as there is a lack of large landlots for them to develop concentrated production areas.
They also said they hope to receiveassistance in infrastructure, taxation and credit.-VNA
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