Mekong Delta should become role model in climate change adaptation: Minister

The Mekong Delta, the largest agricultural hub of Vietnam, should be confident to surmount difficulties and become a role model in climate change adaptation in the world, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.
Mekong Delta should become role model in climate change adaptation: Minister ảnh 1An aerial view of Ca Mau Cape in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau, which is also located in the southermost of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Bac Lieu (VNA) –The Mekong Delta, the largest agricultural hub of Vietnam, should be confidentto surmount difficulties and become a role model in climate change adaptationin the world, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.

Agriculture will remain apillar of the economy in the coming years, so it needs to grow in a newdirection which is shifting from separate development within each locality tointer-locality and inter-regional connectivity to boost common development, hetold a meeting with agriculture officials of the 13 Mekong Delta localities inBac Lieu province on February 9.

Hoan said the local agriculture sectorshould adopt the production models generating high economic values andenriching farmers.

Highlighting the tasks for2022, the minister asked the localities to boost eco-farming to meet the globalconsumption demand, noting that agriculture should not be developed at the expenseof the environment or people’s health.

Mekong Delta should become role model in climate change adaptation: Minister ảnh 2Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan (standing) speaks at the meeting in Bac Lieu province on February 9 (Photo: VNA)
They need to stay dynamic,flexible, and adaptive to the new normal context while effectively developing therural economy, creating jobs, and raising locals’ income, which can be done bysetting up cooperatives and improving their operations, he recommended.

Local agriculture officials saidsince the Government issued a resolution on sustainably developing the MekongDelta in adaptation to climate change in November 2017, the localities havebeen making efforts to weather difficulties and challenges and carry outagricultural promotion solutions, thus achieving fruitful outcomes.

International organisationsand development partners have also highly valued and actively assisted theregion to expand farming, they noted.

They also pointed out certainproblems such as the imbalance in food security, environmental pollution, landsubsidence, the depletion of underground water and water from the upstreamMekong River, riverbank and coastal erosion, along with human resources and infrastructureissues, calling for support from the ministry to address those problems in thetime ahead./.
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