To promote the connection of food production and consumption

In the morning of June 13, the Binh Duong Department of Industry and Trade held a meeting to implement the Project on building a chain of production and consumption of food and agricultural products between Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces in the key economic region. southern. Attending the meeting were leaders of Department of Industry and Trade, Department of Agriculture - Rural Development (Agriculture and Rural Development).

Overview of the meeting

The project was implemented by Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, with the aim of building links with localities in the southern key economic region to supply food for 13 million people of the city and In the vicinity, Binh Duong has strengths in pork, chicken and poultry eggs.

 Speaking at the meeting, leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development emphasized the potential of high-tech agriculture in Binh Duong and said that by the end of 2018, the high-tech cultivation sector reached 4,000 hectares. of which 62 farms are granted VietGap certificates; the area of ​​fruit trees reached 6,754.9 hectares, of which 3,393.7 hectares were citrus trees; The total number of pigs is 643,695, cattle and buffaloes reach 29,851 and poultry are 9,806,200. In addition to the source of meat, the leader of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development wants the Project Management Board to bring fruit trees from Binh Duong to the list of connected products of the project because of the quality and quantity of fruits of Binh Duong. The proposed proposal.

 At the meeting, the leadership of the Department of Industry and Trade also proposed that the establishment of a chain of linkages should be long-term and sustainable, ensuring the output of products of cultivators and livestock farmers, avoiding the "breakdown on half way" situation.

Reported by Tieu My - Translated by Vi Bao 

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