The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has agreed on a plan to train, coach, and improve capacity for over 1 million people in implementing the 1 million hectare high-quality rice project.
Over 1 million people have been empowered
On April 2, in Can Tho City, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference to deploy a plan to enhance capacity for partners and agricultural cooperatives to develop value chain linkages to implement the Project on Sustainable Development of 1 million hectares of high-quality and low-emission rice cultivation associated with green growth in the Mekong Delta region by 2030 (referred to as the Project on 1 million hectares of high-quality rice).
At the conference, leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development agreed and directed 12 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta to quickly implement the program. Photo: Kim Anh
The conference also sought opinions from localities on the draft decision to issue guidelines for selection criteria and participation in the Project.
According to the plan, over 1 million people will be trained and coached to improve their capacity to serve the implementation of the Project. The 6 key subjects in the capacity building plan are identified as ToT lecturers; management and technical staff of cooperatives/cooperative groups registered to participate in the Project; agricultural extension staff, community agricultural extension staff; state management staff at all levels; farmers; technical staff, agricultural staff, and raw material managers of enterprises.
In the 2024-2025 period, the Project will complete training for nearly 208,000 people. In the 2026-2030 period, the Project will continue to complete training for over 812,000 people.
Mr. Le Duc Thinh, Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation and Rural Development (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that to develop this plan, the Department consulted 21 units, including 12 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta, to unify and complete the content.
In 2024, the Department of Economic Cooperation and Rural Development will develop 12 training documents for different audiences, along with handbooks and instructions for using the documents.
In addition, this year, the specialized agency will organize 12 ToT training courses. In particular, it will complete training for 2,000 management and technical staff of 400 agricultural cooperatives participating in the VnSAT Project. The training content is mainly on emission reduction farming processes and MRV plans (system for measuring, reporting, and verifying greenhouse gas emission reduction).
On the side of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of 12 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta, it will proactively organize training for cooperatives and cooperative groups that have registered to participate in the 1 million hectares of high-quality rice project according to the roadmap.
To promote the effectiveness of training and coaching, Mr. Huynh Lam Phuong, Head of the Southern Standing Office of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance, expressed that it is necessary to screen participating cooperative members. Avoid cases where training is just for show, organized elaborately but the number of participants is limited.
Unlike other projects, Mr. Le Quoc Thanh, Director of the National Agricultural Extension Center pointed out, the 1 million hectares of high-quality rice project will enhance the capacity of the entire system, including all actors in the rice production value chain.
In addition to technical training, the Project aims to train in emission-reducing farming solutions. In particular, the agricultural extension force and community agricultural extension are identified as playing a connecting role between enterprises, cooperatives and producers.
If the cooperative fails, the project will fail.
At the conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam emphasized that the success of cooperatives participating in the 1 million hectares of high-quality rice project is the decisive factor for the success or failure of the project.
Currently, although cooperatives are developing at an average or even weak level, localities still have to make efforts to revive this key collective economic organization. Deputy Minister Nam identified that the two main subjects in this capacity building training plan are cooperative members and agricultural extension officers, especially grassroots and community agricultural extension officers.
Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam also hopes that the local agricultural sector will clearly orient farmers so that they understand that participating in the 1 million hectares of high-quality rice project will benefit from many sources such as: reduced production costs, partial carbon credit payments and added value from the emission-reducing rice brand.
In the period of 2024 - 2025, the Project will focus on consolidating and improving the quality of over 182,000 hectares of rice that have participated in the VnSAT Project and expanding to localities that have not participated. Localities will select cooperatives with a lot of experience, thereby improving the quality of cooperatives. For cooperatives in localities that have not implemented the VnSAT Project, cooperative leaders must be proactive and creative.
Currently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has selected 5 pilot models in Tra Vinh , Soc Trang, Kien Giang, Dong Thap provinces and Can Tho city to implement the Project in the period of 2024 - 2025. Each model has a scale of 50 - 100 hectares, applying the emission reduction rice cultivation process and MRV method.
By August - September 2024, when the emission reduction rice has been formed, localities will continue to implement it in the autumn-winter crop of 2024 and the winter-spring crop of 2024 - 2025. After 3 seasons of assessment and measurement, the emission reduction coefficient plan will be submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for approval.
Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam directed that next week, localities will send members from 6 target groups to start participating in training programs on MRV plans, sustainable farming processes, digital transformation, etc.
Huong Hoai (according to nongnghiep.vn)
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