Promoting the process of "farmer intellectualization"

SGGPO August 12, 2023 13:29

The Vietnam Farmers' Association will focus on training and fostering good farmers and businessmen, excellent farmers with enough capacity to become presidents and directors of cooperatives and small enterprises, to promote the process of "intellectualizing farmers" and building a professional farmer force.

On August 12 in Hanoi , the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union opened the 11th Conference of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union (7th term).

The conference took place over two days, August 12 and 13, discussing and deciding on a number of important contents: summarizing the work of the association and farmers' movement in the first 6 months of the year, key tasks for the last months of 2023; introducing personnel planning for the 14th Party Central Committee, term 2026-2031...

Outstanding farmer of 2023, Mr. Son Muoi in Dai Truong hamlet, Phu Can commune, Tieu Can district, Tra Vinh province with rice growing model. Photo: HUYNH XAY

In his opening speech, Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers' Association Luong Quoc Doan said that in the first months of the year, farmers have encountered many difficulties such as unstable and high prices of agricultural materials and animal feed, while the prices of some agricultural products, especially pork and poultry, are low and consumption is difficult, affecting production and business efficiency.

The work of discovering, propagating and replicating advanced models in emulation movements has been slow to be renewed. The construction and replication of cooperatives, cooperative groups, professional farmer associations and models of developing production linked to the value chain still faces many difficulties.

Consulting, vocational training and support activities for farmers in some places are still passive, not proactive and active, and still depend on financial support from the State budget.

Referring to the draft political report of the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union, Mr. Luong Quoc Doan said that among the 16 targets set for the 2023 - 2028 term, the target of mobilizing 300,000 or more members to participate in voluntary social insurance is high, and some opinions say that this target should be removed because it is difficult to implement.

Regarding the average growth target of the Farmers Support Fund, it is 10% or more per year, of which 2% is mobilized from non-budgetary sources. Some opinions suggest that the non-budgetary sources should not be determined, while others suggest determining specifically what percentage of the 10% is from non-budgetary sources.

Lemon growing model of farmers' association members in Viet Cuong commune, Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province. Photo: THANH TAM

The draft of the Vietnam Farmers' Association has outlined a number of key tasks and solutions for the new term, which is to focus on training and fostering good farmers in production and business, excellent farmers with enough capacity to strive to become chairmen and directors of cooperatives and small enterprises, becoming the nucleus contributing to promoting the process of "intellectualizing farmers", creating a breakthrough in building a professional farmer force.

At the same time, develop cooperatives and cooperatives guided by farmers' associations to establish production links according to value chains, apply high technology, digital transformation...

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