Forestry sector focuses on creating high-yield trees
Scientific research and technology transfer for the forestry sector in the 2021-2030 period will focus on the hybridisation of new varieties, giving priority to planting high-yield, good-quality and pest-and-disease preventive capable tree varieties, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan.
Scientific research and technology transfer for the forestry sector in 2021-2030 will focus on the hybridisation of new varieties (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Scientific research and technology transfer for the forestry sector in the 2021-2030 period will focus on the hybridisation of new varieties, giving priority to planting high-yield, good-quality and pest-and-disease preventive capable tree varieties, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan.
Tuan was speaking at a
recent conference discussing scientific research and technology transfer
in forestry in Hanoi.
The
deputy minister said science and technology was an important driving force for
faster and more effective development of the forestry sector.
Thanks to science and
technology, the forestry sector has enjoyed rapid and sustainable development
in recent years, he said, adding that forest coverage nationwide in 2020 may
reach 42 percent.
He said in the years to come,
research institutes need to invest more in studying genes to create new breeds,
biotechnology, crop diseases and ecosystems, especially natural forest
ecosystems.
However, he said, scientific
advances in forestry production still faced big challenges, as many solutions
in processing and preserving forest products from research institutes were
still tough for enterprises to access.
Therefore,
research units must be more clearly oriented in science and technology
investment in this field, said the deputy minister.
Scientists have not had
in-depth research on forest monitoring, protection, fire prevention and
fighting, according to the deputy minister, while new technology applications
in management are also limited.
Vo Dai Hai, Director of the
Vietnam Forest Science Institute, said that in 2011-2020, there has been a
change in improving the economic value and sustainable development of the
forestry sector.
Over the past 10 years,
scientific and technological research have contributed to creating
good-quality products that have been applied in practice.
There were 134 new varieties of
plants, 27 technical innovations recognised by the ministry, and 83
Vietnamese standards built on agriculture and the forestry sector.
Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, deputy
director of the institute, also pointed out the limitations of current
scientific and technological transfer.
The work of research has still
not met the needs of production practices, especially the supply of
high-quality seedlings for afforestation in ecological regions.
Luring top scientists to local research
institutes still faces difficulties when hiring policies are unattractive, and
there are no specific policies to attract science and technology workers from
abroad to work in Vietnam./.