The Seminar Hall
In the past few years, many scientific and technical solutions were applied in the agricultural production and development in the Cuu Long River Delta. However, nearly 20 presentations at the seminar have showed that besides the achievements, there are aspects that requires reconciliation and development. For example, scientific and technical solutions should be feasible, suitable for natural conditions, and highly economic efficient as well as adaptable to the farmers’ resources and the social practices of people in Cuu Long River Delta.
In the presentation, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Can (Can Tho University) highlighted some typical solutions such as science and technology with food safety which promotes strongly the application of VietGAP, GlobalGAP standards, organic agriculture; science and technology with high quality production which promotes value chain production for key subject and scientific applications in production process; science and technology with production in large quantities, which reorganizes the new cooperative model, production group or large field model; science and technology with competition which builds long term trademark for manufactured goods; science and technology with low price which applies technology into each production pharse, encourages product diversification and develops agricultural technology.
It is reported that the application of science and technology in production recently in Hau Giang has brought high efficiency. The production value of agro, forestry and fisheries has increased by 6.6% on average, contributing 32.4% GRDP to the province. Neverthelss, Hau Giang Province in particular and the Cuu Long River Delta in general have not arranged the agricultural commodity production area, and the application of science and technology to production has been inadequate, especially agricultural product processing technology. Therefore, the output has not been stable yet.
Scientists have proposed many solutions in management, technology, funding, branding, and marketing in order to improve the productivity and product quality, increase the added value and contribute to the agricultural and rural sustainable development of the region in general and Hau Giang Province in particular.