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Tuesday, 22 July 2008

THAI NGUYEN AGRO-FORESTRY AND FISHERY


AGRO-FORESTRY AND FISHERY

Tea output increases 9.4%/year. Husbandry has taken the first change such as feeding cow, lean pig and poultry, thus creating a growth rate of 5.7%. Output of aquaculture is increasing about 2.5%/year...

AGRO-FORESTRY AND FISHERY
1. Achievement in the period 2001-2005:
Agro-forestry has gained high growth rate and developed in the direction of attaching production with market, increasing production value per unit and improving product quality.
Plantation: focused on exploiting trees which are the provincial advantage such as tea; tea output increases about 9.4%/year. Husbandry has taken first change, with a growth rate of 5.7%/year.
Output of aquaculture is increasing at an average of 2.5%/year.
Rural economy has had new development in the direction of diversifying industries and increasing the share of industry and construction. In the previous year, the share of industry in the rural economy has increased about 5% and the share of rural services increased over 3%/year.
2. Development direction till 2010:
Economic objectives:
- Production value of Agro-Forestry and fishery increases 7-8%, of which Agriculture increases 6-7%; Forestry: 10-11%; Fishery: 8-10%.
- The production value increases 1.7 times more than that of 2005. Value per 1 ha is VND 22.1 million.
- The structure is as follows: Agriculture (93.7%); Forestry (4.0%); Aquaculture (2.3%). In the Agriculture, plantation makes up 67%, husbandry 28.67% and agricultural services 3.68%.
- The export value of Agro-Forestry and Fishery makes up 30% of the provincial export turnover.
Specific objectives:
- Output of cereals is 450,000 tons; average food per capita is 380 kilograms/year.
- Total tea area is 19,450 hectares, including 6,000 hectares of newly cultivated and rehabilitated area.
- Total area of fruit trees is 16,000 hectares, including 3,500 hectares of newly cultivated and rehabilitated area.
- Forestation area is 2,000 hectares/year to reach the forest coverage of 52%.
- Constructing system of irrigation, animal and tree breeding producing system, rural water supplying system; developing rural industries and services to promote the agricultural and rural industrialization.
- Settling 3,340 households (19,470 people); reducing the rate of poor households in the mountainous and highland areas to less than 10%; increasing the rate of rural population using clean water to 100%.
3. Agricultural and rural development master plan till 2010
Agricultural land:
- Shifting 8,000 hectares of field with 1 crop per year to field with 2-3 crops per year.
- Planting 3,000 hectares additional of winter crops in the area of 2 crops/year. Reclaiming 450 hectares for farm produce, 4,500 hectares for tea and fruit trees. Rehabilitating and shifting 220 hectares of farm produce to grow grass for cow feeding.
Food production:
Developing 33,000 hectares of intensive high quality rice; planning commercial corn with an area of 7,000 hectares. Till 2010, output of cereals is 440,000-450,000 tons, ensuring food safety and the average food per capita is 380 kilograms/year.
Commercial trees:
- Tea: planting and rehabilitating 6,000 hectares of new tea breeding to bring the total area to 19,450 hectares and tea output to 136,340 tons and value per hectare is VND 40 million.
- Fruit trees: planting additional 3,500 hectares to bring the total area to 16,000 hectares, output to 71,360 tons and productivity value to VND 500-550 billion.
- Soybean: area is 8,450 hectares and productivity is 13,220 tons
- Peanut: area is 7,510 hectares and productivity is 12,510 tons
- Vegetable: area is 10,000 hectares and productivity is 192,600 tons
- Flower, ornamental plants: total area is 20 hectares and production value is VND 100-150 million/ha/year.
Husbandry:
- Till 2010, the provincial number of livestock and poultry is as follows: 105,000 buffalos, 45,000 cows (including 6,680 milk cows); 689,000 pigs; 10 million poultry; Productivity value of the husbandry in 2010 is 2.23 times more than at present.
Forestry:
- Protecting the existing area; developing forest by recovering 12,000 hectares; planting additional 24,000 hectares, bringing the forest coverage to 52%.
- Exploiting about 100,000 cu meters of woods, 65,700 tons of bamboos, processing 30,000 cu meters of artificial plywood, 15,000 tons of paper and 3,000 cu meters of plywood annually.
Rural development:
- Constructing 375 water tanks; improving 31,500 wells; digging 20,700 new wells; drilling 675 wells; constructing 110 auto-running water-supplying systems and 60 concentrated water supplying works.
- Constructing additional 200,000 rural hygienic latrine, 100,000 hygienic breeding facilities, and 600 biogas tanks to improve the rural environment.
- Upgrading the existing 53 irrigation works, constructing 295 small and medium dams, 25 pumping stations, and 168 water supplying works in hilly areas.
- Constructing water drainage to control flooding in the lower section of Nui Coc Lake. Constructing against-flooding works in Thai Nguyen city. Constructing complete dyke system of Thai Nguyen province.
- Value of agricultural services is VND 120 billion, making up 4% of the total value of Agro-Forestry and Fishery products.
- Production value of handicraft and rural industries is VND 750-800 billion and the annual growth rate is 13%.
4. List of projects calling for investment
In the period 2006 - 2010, there are 14 priority projects for agricultural and rural development as follows:
1. Developing intensive area of high quality tea and constructing a factory for processing tea for export in Song Cong industrial zone.
2. Developing commercial fruit trees and constructing fruit processing factory in Song Cong industrial zone. Constructing center for preserving vegetable and fruits in Thai Nguyen city and Pho Yen district.
3. Constructing factory for producing high quality chicken for export.
4. Upgrading Hoa Son fish breeding farm in Phu Binh district.
5. Planting and processing bamboo shoots for export.
6. Planting high quality forest and processing forestry products for export
7. Constructing animal feeds processing factory
8. Constructing factory for producing veterinary medicines
9. Aquaculture with an area of 4,700 hectares
10. Developing preventive forest attached with eco-tourism and historical relics with an area of 24,136 hectares.
11. Developing rural industries
12. Upgrading water rice breeding farm
13. Completing the system of botanical protection and veterinary stations in the province.
14. Upgrading the provincial system of irrigation works, constructing Van Lang water reservoir in Dong Hy district.
(Source: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thai Nguyen province)

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