Agricultural product connected trade between Long An and provinces, cities

Forum to connect agricultural products between Long An province and other provinces, cities

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Minh Lam said that the whole province currently has 300,000 hectares of agricultural production land with key crops and livestock such as rice, dragon fruit, lemon, cow, pig, poultry, etc. Despite having a favorable geographical position close to the Ho Chi Minh City market, but due to the recent complicated Covid-19 epidemic, the consumption of agricultural products in Long An is still precarious, the output is not stable, export situation is difficult. Therefore, the forum connecting trade and consumption of agricultural products is a necessary requirement in the recovery and promotion of agricultural production in the province.

Vice Chairman of Long An Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Minh Lam delivers the opening speech of the forum

At the forum, leaders of the agriculture industry, units, businesses and experts shared solutions to improve the value of agricultural products with technological solutions; increase the value of agricultural products associated with tourism.

Thereby, proposing many good ways to strengthen the connection between stakeholders in the industry value chain to improve product quality and expand consumption markets. The forum also updates, gives information and forecasts about market demand in the coming time.

At the same time, the forum provides solutions to support associations, purchasers, supermarkets, distribution businesses to access agricultural products that meet VietGAP, Global GAP, OCOP standards in Long An province.

Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Long An province and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ho Chi Minh City sign a cooperation agreement between the two localities for the period 2021 - 2025

Leaders of Long An Department of Industry and Trade signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Central Retail Group

Leaders of Long An Department of Industry and Trade signs a memorandum of understanding with representatives of Hoc Mon wholesale market

Within the framework of the forum, leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Long An province and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ho Chi Minh City signed an agreement on cooperation in agricultural and rural development between the two localities in the period of 2021 - 2025.

In addition, the delegates also witnessed the memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the consumption of agricultural products between the Department of Industry and Trade of Long An, Central Retail Group and Hoc Mon Wholesale Market.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - Nguyen Thanh Nam delivers a concluding speech

Speaking at the forum, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - Tran Thanh Nam suggested that Long An province should focus on building production material areas; Strong focus on production along the value chain, application of science and technology in cultivation, animal husbandry and processed products, especially traceability of agricultural products to help increase product value. At the same time, it promotes the OCOP program to change people's thinking in agriculture.

On this occasion, Long An province also launched an electronic trading platform for safe agricultural products at nongsanantoanlongan.vn./.

By Bui Tung – Translated by Duc Tam

Source: https://baolongan.vn/ket-noi-giao-thuong-nong-san-giua-long-an-va-cac-tinh-thanh-pho-a126953.html