A pig farm in Bac Lieu province (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Improving the quality and safety of animalhusbandry products remains a major export priority in Vietnam.
Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said thatcompetition in the animal meat market required products not only to be of highquality but also affordable.
The country has about 23,000 farms, but only 1,505 facilities have receivedcertification from the ministry as being free of epidemics.
Dr Nguyen Thanh Son, former director of the National Institute of AnimalSciences, said that better linkages between producers, processors and consumerswould contribute to the sustainable development of animal farming.
He said the role of business associations and co-operative groups in monitoringproduction, processing and selling of animal goods had been insignificant. Instead,governmental authorities had been doing most of the work, so agriculturalmonitoring would need revamping, Son added.
In addition, processing and distribution among pig farms is still weak, whichwere the main reasons for the pig surplus crisis at the end of 2016.
In 2017 and 2018, several firms invested in farming models that connectedvarious parties and modern processing technologies, such as MASAN’s new pigslaughterhouse and processing facility in Ha Nam province, which opened onDecember 23 with a capacity of 1.4 million pigs per year.
However, many farmers cannot satisfy big companies’ technical requirements andlack modern animal farming facilities, leading to a higher vulnerability todisease.
From 2016 to 2018, a safe farming project was implemented in several provincessuch as Thai Binh, Dong Nai and Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
About 134 farms were certified as safe from epidemics, and many working groupswere formed. Also, about 21 kinds of animal farming models helped ensureprotection against disease.
Thousands of households and businesses also took part in training sessions andwere supplied with equipment and medicine.
Cuong said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministryof Industry and Trade wanted to improve pork exports and were working onfacilitating trade with other countries, including exports of raw pork.
Nguyen Xuan Duong, acting director of the Animal Husbandry Department under theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the industry should work onlinking farmers with firms and reduce the number of small farms operated by oneindividual.
The market also needed to be monitored more closely so that businesses, farmersand customers could be informed, he said.
Animal husbandry exports in the first 11 months of 2018 totalled about 508million USD, 12.9 percent higher than 2017, according to the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development.
In the first 10 months, poultry exports were valued at 25.3 million, 2.5 timeshigher than last year, but exports of water buffalo, beef and pork dropped byaround half.-VNS/VNA
Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said thatcompetition in the animal meat market required products not only to be of highquality but also affordable.
The country has about 23,000 farms, but only 1,505 facilities have receivedcertification from the ministry as being free of epidemics.
Dr Nguyen Thanh Son, former director of the National Institute of AnimalSciences, said that better linkages between producers, processors and consumerswould contribute to the sustainable development of animal farming.
He said the role of business associations and co-operative groups in monitoringproduction, processing and selling of animal goods had been insignificant. Instead,governmental authorities had been doing most of the work, so agriculturalmonitoring would need revamping, Son added.
In addition, processing and distribution among pig farms is still weak, whichwere the main reasons for the pig surplus crisis at the end of 2016.
In 2017 and 2018, several firms invested in farming models that connectedvarious parties and modern processing technologies, such as MASAN’s new pigslaughterhouse and processing facility in Ha Nam province, which opened onDecember 23 with a capacity of 1.4 million pigs per year.
However, many farmers cannot satisfy big companies’ technical requirements andlack modern animal farming facilities, leading to a higher vulnerability todisease.
From 2016 to 2018, a safe farming project was implemented in several provincessuch as Thai Binh, Dong Nai and Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
About 134 farms were certified as safe from epidemics, and many working groupswere formed. Also, about 21 kinds of animal farming models helped ensureprotection against disease.
Thousands of households and businesses also took part in training sessions andwere supplied with equipment and medicine.
Cuong said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministryof Industry and Trade wanted to improve pork exports and were working onfacilitating trade with other countries, including exports of raw pork.
Nguyen Xuan Duong, acting director of the Animal Husbandry Department under theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the industry should work onlinking farmers with firms and reduce the number of small farms operated by oneindividual.
The market also needed to be monitored more closely so that businesses, farmersand customers could be informed, he said.
Animal husbandry exports in the first 11 months of 2018 totalled about 508million USD, 12.9 percent higher than 2017, according to the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development.
In the first 10 months, poultry exports were valued at 25.3 million, 2.5 timeshigher than last year, but exports of water buffalo, beef and pork dropped byaround half.-VNS/VNA
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