Linking economic cooperation with 6 key industry ecosystems

Mr. Tran Anh Thu, Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee, said that in order to solve the long-standing problems, it is necessary to have high determination, drastic approach and consensus in the whole political system. is the party committee, the local government to jointly develop a solid collective economy.

In the coming time, An Giang province will implement key tasks and drastic solutions as the letter of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan sent to leaders of provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta. .

Over the years, An Giang's agricultural production has achieved very encouraging achievements. In 2021, the output of glutinous rice will reach over 4 million tons, with the total planting area of all 3 crops reaching more than 637,000 ha/year. Pangasius farming area is 3,310ha, output is 496 thousand tons.

Both of these products are currently in the leading group of the country in terms of area and output. The average growth rate of the agricultural sector of the province in the period 2015 - 2020 will reach 2.3%/year. The average agricultural production value per year is currently 192 million VND/ha, an increase of 85 million compared to 2014. Many agricultural products of the province have affirmed their quality and reputation in the domestic and foreign markets such as Nang Nhen rice. Bay Nui, An Binh 1 rice, Khanh Hoa canoe longan, Vinh Hoa fragrant mango...

To contribute to this success, it can be affirmed the significant contribution of the field of collective economy, especially the role of cooperatives (cooperatives), cooperative groups (THTs) in reorganizing production. agricultural output of the province. Up to now, the whole province has nearly 200 agricultural cooperatives, 800 cooperatives in operation, focusing mainly on providing essential services for crop production such as production and supply of seeds and agricultural materials, irrigation pump, harvest...

Cooperatives and cooperatives in the province are increasingly playing a pivotal role in transferring scientific and technical advances into production. Promote the restructuring of crops and livestock, re-planning production towards concentration and large-scale, improving product efficiency per unit area for farmers.

However, the development of cooperatives and cooperatives associated with the implementation of production cooperation still revealed many difficulties and limitations; The quality and performance of cooperatives and cooperatives are not high. People still have prejudice against the old model of cooperatives. A part still relies on and relies on the state's support. The state's mechanisms and policies for cooperatives and cooperatives still have many shortcomings, failing to promote the internal strength of cooperatives and THTs.

In addition, the level and capacity of management and administration of cooperatives and cooperatives are still limited, production thinking is still slow compared to rapid changes from the external environment, and is easily affected by negative influences. external factors such as climate change and disease.

Action Program No. 06-CTr/TU dated June 29, 2021 of the Party Committee of An Giang province on “Development of cooperatives and cooperative groups associated with agricultural production organizations according to the commodity value chain An Giang province in the period of 2021 - 2025" (referred to as the Program) was born, timely oriented the agricultural production strategy of the province, creating an exciting atmosphere for farmers, farmer representative organizations. , businesses and the whole political system join hands to cooperate. At the same time, comprehensively renovate the field of collective economy, linking production, processing and consumption according to business orders and market demand.

Mr. Tran Anh Thu, Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee emphasized that the clear and unified view clearly stated in the Program is the development of collective economy, especially cooperatives and THT associated with the development of key commodity chains. force, this is the inevitable trend of the times. This comment has followed and is consistent with the Politburo's guiding view at Conclusion No. 70-KL/TW dated March 9, 2020 on continuing to innovate, develop and improve collective economic efficiency. .

By 2025, An Giang will build and develop cooperatives and cooperatives associated with 6 key ecosystems of the province, including rice (glutinous), vegetables, pangasius, mango, pig and cow; each year at least 10 new cooperatives are established to serve the development of key industries. At least 25% of cooperatives participate in linking agricultural product consumption along the value chain with enterprises or have enterprises participating in the organization and operation of cooperatives.

Each cooperative has at least 20% of managers and executives with university or college degrees and 15% with intermediate and elementary degrees. At least 2 cooperatives/districts apply high technology or OCOP products with 3 stars or more associated with local key products. At least 3% of communes/districts have been upgraded to a cooperative. Building, maintaining and developing 2 unions of cooperatives and industry associations.

The program has identified cooperatives, THTs and businesses as the main actors in the industry value chain, ensuring the organization of production according to standard and synchronous processes from seeding, cultivation, harvesting, processing, preserved, packed according to the requirements of the market.

The State will support investment in building a system of preliminary processing, processing, preservation, diversification of processed products, logistics system, development of clusters of production - processing and consumption of agricultural products in Vietnam. raw material areas, convenient transportation and labor. In which, planning large-scale concentrated raising areas for cattle and poultry in Tinh Bien and Tri Ton districts.

The action plan of the Party Committee of An Giang province has shown the will and aspirations of the Party and people of An Giang in the development of the supply chain, production, consumption and processing of agricultural products with the role of The center of the bridge is the cooperative, the THT to change the practice of small and fragmented production to form a large-scale production area, control quality and improve value along the chain, and gradually shift production thinking. agriculture to an agricultural economy associated with climate change adaptation.

It is expected that this action, which will be implemented soon, will open up many new opportunities and new prospects for the collective economy, especially cooperatives, which will make strong breakthroughs and contribute to solving outstanding challenges in the future. agricultural production.

Source: Le Hoang Vu - nongnghiep.vn