Coconut tree health management to meet production needs

The forum 'Communication on Vietnam's coconut tree health management to meet production requirements associated with consumers' was held in Vinh Long province on the morning of November 6.

The forum aims to create a space for dialogue, sharing difficulties and problems and proposing solutions in the management, production, processing and consumption of coconut products. Photo: HH Coconut Vietnam.

On November 6, at Tra Vinh University, the Agriculture and Environment Newspaper coordinated with the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, Tra Vinh University, the Vietnam Coconut Association and the Department of Agriculture and Environment of the Mekong Delta provinces to organize the Forum "Communication on health management of Vietnamese coconut trees to meet production requirements associated with consumers".

The forum was organized in both in-person and online formats, bringing together delegates who are leaders of management agencies, representatives of the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, leaders of the People's Committees and Departments of Agriculture and Environment of localities, representatives of the Vietnam Coconut Association, research institutes, universities, coconut processing and exporting enterprises and typical coconut growing cooperatives.

The forum aims to create a space for dialogue, sharing difficulties, problems and proposing solutions in the management, production, processing and consumption of coconut products. The key topics revolve around integrated plant health management; developing production and using pesticides and fertilizers properly; promoting the production of agricultural products in accordance with market regulations.

In addition, industry leaders, experts, businesses... will analyze the potential and barriers in exporting coconut products, discuss solutions to adapt to climate change in cultivation, as well as introduce scientific achievements in breeding and preserving genetic resources. At the forum, there will be a signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between agencies and businesses to promote the sustainable development, adaptation and deep integration of the coconut industry value chain.

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