Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam, Vice Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee Duong Mah Tiep, Director of the National Agricultural Extension Center Le Quoc Thanh co-chaired the Conference. Also attending the conference were leaders of 13 provinces and cities participating in the pilot community agricultural extension model; leaders of the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development; departments, offices, and institutes under the Ministry; agricultural extension connection enterprises; branches, agricultural extension centers; and cooperatives of 63 provinces and cities nationwide.
At the conference, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam affirmed: Community agricultural extension is the main force performing the task of monitoring the quality of inputs and outputs. Agricultural extension today not only performs professional tasks but also carries out the mission of connecting markets, connecting businesses, cooperation and farmers effectively.
During the implementation of the Project, the community agricultural extension force system has identified its core role in the implementation process, which is to work with farmers, help reorganize production, train to improve capacity and become a bridge between farmers and businesses.
Since 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has directed the development of raw material areas, agricultural extension activities have also had positive changes, shifting from production support to services. Community agricultural extension teams have always accompanied and participated in technology transfer, digital transformation, creating linkage chains, and working with people to access multi-value agriculture, high added value, making a mark in the development of standard raw material areas, which are the fruit tree areas in the Northern mountainous region and Dong Thap Muoi, the rice area in the Mekong Delta, the coffee area in the Central Highlands, and the large timber plantation areas in the Central region.
According to the report of the National Agricultural Extension Center, after 2 years of piloting the Community Agricultural Extension Team model, there have been positive signals, receiving much support and response from Party committees at all levels, local authorities and farmers. Up to now, the whole country has established 5,036 community agricultural extension teams with 45,588 members, in 57 provinces/cities. Of which, 13 provinces participating in the project have 26 pilot teams (156 members); 1,071 expanded teams with 9,622 members. Provinces with a large number of teams: Long An (159 teams); Tien Giang (142 teams); An Giang (125 teams)... Provinces outside the project established 3,939 teams (35,810 members). Some provinces established a large number: Quang Nam (826 teams); Ha Tinh (160 teams); Hai Phong (139 teams); Yen Bai (150 groups)... Over the past two years, the system of over 5,000 community agricultural extension groups has coordinated and organized hundreds of training courses on developing raw material areas, associated with the implementation of 14 agricultural extension projects. Thereby, helping to develop raw material areas to ensure export quality for 500 hectares of rice, 300 hectares of fruit trees, and 150 hectares of coffee in many provinces and cities.
During the implementation of the Project, the Agricultural Extension system, especially the grassroots Agricultural Extension staff and Community Agricultural Extension staff, has identified the core role in the implementation process as: Agricultural Extension accompanies farmers, helps farmers reorganize production, provides training to improve capacity and is a bridge between farmers and businesses.
At the conference, delegates assessed the community agricultural extension team model as a new direction to connect the agricultural extension system with the business community, political - social and professional organizations to better support farmers in applying technical advances and useful solutions to production, helping to improve livelihoods, increase income, and contribute to building an effective and sustainable agriculture in the direction of ecological agriculture, modern countryside and civilized farmers.
Based on the results achieved in the past, in order for the KNCĐ Team to continue to operate more effectively in the coming time, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam suggested that in the coming time, agricultural extension should train and improve the capacity of grassroots agricultural extension forces, especially in communication work, brand promotion, and study tours abroad. The National Agricultural Extension Center urgently completes a set of model regulations on the operation of community agricultural extension teams and develops documents to guide provinces and cities to replicate the model. Continue to develop and complete sets of documents serving community agricultural extension activities, prioritizing documents implementing the Project of 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice.
Provinces and cities should pay attention to directing the establishment and improvement of community agricultural extension teams, creating favorable conditions for working environment and equipment for operation. Enterprises need to proactively coordinate with community agricultural extension in building raw material areas, applying new technology, producing according to standards, and linking value chains.
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