An Giang targets to have more than 6,000 ha for high-tech vegetable production

The People's Committee of An Giang province has recently decided to develop specialised vegetable production areas and promote the consumption of high-tech vegetables and crops from 2021 through 2025 with a total investment of more than VND48 billion.

The province wants to develop large-scale vegetable production areas and key high-tech vegetables, promoting the application of scientific and technical advances, hi-tech models, technology 4.0 into production. It also plans to develop a planting area code that meets export standards and certificated production.

The province will renovate and develop forms of production organisation based on market demand, develop production in value chains, large-scale goods production and promote the link between enterprises, cooperatives and producers.

At the same time, it will strengthen supply supervision, market forecasting, promote domestic consumption, gradually switch to official export to Cambodia and China markets and expand exports to other potential markets such as the EU, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea.

In addition, the province wants to boost the development of its vegetable processing industry in the 2021-2025 period, with a vision to 2030, effectively, safely, and sustainably, meeting the supply capacity in production and consumption market demand.

Specifically, it will build and develop a specialised production area for concentrated cultivation of key vegetables and high-tech vegetables of the province by 2025 with an area of ​​about 6,062 hectares, including leafy vegetables (1,487 hectares), fruit and vegetable crops (1,365ha), root vegetables (445ha), corn of all kinds (2,185ha), peanuts (200ha) and taro (380ha). Of the planned areas, nearly 3,000 ha will be granted a planting area code to meet export standards.

The area of ​​vegetables that are grown with high technologies and certified for food safety by 2025 will reach 1,628 ha; the production area that applies VietGAP standards is 1,344ha; GlobalGAP certified area 350ha.

The province will promote and develop economic cooperation in association with the main value chain of the province's specialised production areas. By 2025, it will strengthen 16 cooperatives/cooperative groups and establish 4 new cooperative groups and 4 cooperatives specialising in production, preliminary processing and consumption of vegetable products that meet standards of food hygiene and safety conditions.

The province also planned to develop six chains of production and consumption of products (or projects) for vegetables and high-tech vegetables by 2025 with a combined area of ​​775ha; the consumption rate under the association contract reaches over 50 per cent of the output.

An Giang will support businesses, cooperatives and cooperative groups to invest in processing and preserving vegetables through promoting and forming chain projects for production, processing and consumption of products.

The province's target is that its average annual agricultural growth in the period 2021 - 2025 will reach 2.8 per cent. The vegetable industry in An Giang province is expected to develop in a sustainable, effective and competitive manner, contributing to increasing income for producers.