Vocational training associated with production for rural workers

Agricultural extension officers guide farmers on grape growing techniques

Both lacking and weak

In recent years, Gia Phuc commune has many favorable conditions for industrial and service development. The commune has about 1,900 hectares of agricultural land, with the advantage of developing high-tech and smart agriculture. However, according to local leaders, the planning and development of Hoang Dieu and Gia Loc industrial parks has caused many local workers to tend to move to work for enterprises in the industrial park. Therefore, the agricultural production area is quite large, but there is a shortage of labor, especially laborers who can meet the requirements of modern agricultural development.

In Kien Hung commune, some large manufacturing enterprises also face difficulties in labor for production. Mr. Nguyen Van Thuan, Director of Thuan Loi Company Limited, said that the unit accumulates land to cultivate rice. Due to the characteristics of the low-lying farming area, the enterprise cannot apply modern machinery, and must hire seasonal workers, but sometimes it is not enough, the cost is quite high, up to 300-400 thousand VND/day...

According to recent surveys, rural labor in many communes is seriously lacking. In many suburban communes or communes with rapid urbanization, there are industrial zones and clusters that attract a large number of agricultural workers to shift to industrial or service work to earn higher income. Agricultural production in the locality is mostly done by middle-aged people, even the elderly, who find it difficult to meet production requirements due to their old age and difficulty in accessing technical skills for agricultural production. The current situation of both a shortage and weakness of agricultural labor makes some localities struggle to complete agricultural production targets, making it difficult to direct production...

Northern College of Agriculture and Rural Development provides vocational training for farmers, combined with visiting a high-tech aquaculture production model in Gia Phuc commune.

Training on demand

In order to meet production requirements, in recent years, the authorities have actively implemented vocational training in association with rural practices. This is a practical requirement to meet the current agricultural production needs. The units and authorities participating in vocational training for farmers all focus on efficiency.

Head of Training - Information - Market Department (Hai Phong Agricultural Extension Center) Le Thi Duc said that agricultural extension programs and projects help people improve their qualifications and meet the requirements of agricultural production. The Center always conducts practical surveys, aiming at training and vocational training for farmers in many diverse forms such as seminars, organizing agricultural extension forums @, instructing farmers on science and technology, livestreaming to sell products at production sites...

Vice President of the City Farmers' Association Dao Xuan Anh said that in order to meet the current practical production requirements, agencies and functional units should not impose programs according to plans but should focus on practical occupations for farmers. The City Farmers' Association always surveys occupations that farmers are interested in but still have limited technical skills, from which they train and guide to overcome weaknesses, meeting production requirements...

Some vocational schools have recently made many innovations in rural vocational training. Vice Principal of the Northern College of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Mau Thai informed that from August 2025, the school will coordinate with the Hai Phong Rural Development Department to organize vocational training courses for rural workers in the western part of the city. Trainees are not only disseminated with theoretical knowledge, but also visit direct production models in highly efficient agricultural production communes. The school's recent training method is aimed at organizing short-term training courses, training combined with practical visits to models, learning experiences to create excitement for farmers, easily accumulate knowledge and practical production...

In response to practical requirements, in the coming time, authorities need to continue to survey the need to use modern equipment and technology to save manpower in the context of labor shortage. At the same time, training on operating skills of modern plows, transplanters, drones, and agricultural processing and preservation techniques will be enhanced. This will help farmers improve their skills, easily apply digital technology to production, and improve product quality.

In the past 5 years, the City Farmers' Association has coordinated to train 208 vocational classes for 7,277 students; coordinated to organize 5,020 training sessions to transfer science and technology to 500,323 farmer members. Hai Phong Agricultural Extension Center organized 1,350 training classes on cultivation, livestock and aquaculture knowledge with more than 40,500 participants; organized 50 specialized classes for farmers and fishermen with 2,400 participants. In addition, many rural vocational training schools also opened short-term classes, on-site training...

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