Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Standing Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will continue stepping up application of scienceand high technology in agricultural production.
Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Standing Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committeemade the statement at a conference on implementing 2018 key tasks on developingagriculture, building new-style rural areas, and improving farmers’ livingconditions from 2016 – 2020, in Hanoi on January 5.
The city hopes to see a growth rate of 2-2.5 percent in agriculture production,particularly in vegetable, flower, fruit, tea production, livestock, andaquaculture with high technology application.
Additional 26 six communes and two more districts are expected to be recognisedas new-style rural areas, raising the total districts receiving the status tosix.
Other goals include 80 more public schools meeting the national standard, 55percent of local people accessing urban clean water, 85.3 percent of thepopulation joining health insurance, annual per capita income reaching 41million VND (1,800 USD), 62 percent of agricultural labourers receiving training,and the poor household rate in rural areas standing at 2.11 percent.
In order to realise the targets, Hanoi needs to apply hi-technology inagricultural production while developing connection among stakeholders to fullyexplore the city’s potential and position.
Districts need to actively mobilise local resources for the new-style ruralarea building, as most of the funding for the programme is currently sourcedfrom the State budget.
Nguyen Huy Dang, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Agriculture andRural Development, highlighted the positive achievements in the city’sagricultural sector.
In 2017, the agro-forestry-fishery sector generated 35.13 trillion VND (morethan 1.54 billion USD), up 2.33 percent from 2016, with 25 percent of the valuebeing sourced from hi-tech agriculture production.
The poor household rate in the rural area fell to 2.57 percent in the year,from 3.65 percent in 2016.-VNA
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