Consumption of agricultural products promoted on e-commerce platform

Long An agricultural products are sold on the Voso.vn e-commerce platform

The Long An People's Committee has just issued Plan No. 3051/KH-UBND on supporting agricultural production households on the e-commerce platform, promoting the development of the agricultural and rural digital economy in the province. The purpose of the plan is to support agricultural production households, business households, cooperatives, cooperative groups (collectively referred to as agricultural production households) to register to participate in e-commerce platforms to connect and promote, introduce products, expand domestic and international markets.

The agricultural production households are supported to promote consumption of agricultural products on e-commerce floors, reducing dependence on traders or intermediaries. Provide useful information for agricultural production households such as agricultural product market information, demand forecast and production capacity of agricultural products, weather and seasons. At the same time, they are guided and trained digital skills, contributing to raising awareness and skills to participate in activities in the digital environment for agricultural production households; promoting the agricultural and rural digital economy.

The Provincial People's Committee will coordinate with units under the Ministry of Information and Communications, relevant sectors and units to inform and propagate on the mass media about the results of supporting agricultural production households on the e-commerce platforms, consumption of agricultural products; strengthening information to promote and introduce e-commerce platforms, Postmart.vn platforms (Vietnam Post Corporation) and Voso.vn platforms (Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation).

According to the plan, in 2021, it will be deployed to 842 agricultural production households in the province. The goal is that at least 30 out of 63 provinces and cities across the country and 5 countries (with priority given to China, the US, Korea, Australia and India) will consume Long An agricultural products through the e-commerce platform. 

For the following years, it depends on the actual situation, the Department of Information and Communications will host and coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Department of Industry and Trade, 2 e-commerce platforms and related units to set the specific target for each year and ensure that 100 percent of agricultural production households in need will be listed on the platforms./.

By Minh Tue - Translated by Duc Tam

Source: https://baolongan.vn/day-manh-tieu-thu-nong-san-tren-san-thuong-mai-dien-tu-a123024.html