Dr. Nguyen Quy Duong presented on 'Policy for Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture/Rice Development in Context of Climate Change in Vietnam' at Regional Review and Planning Workshop 2017, Hanoi, VIetnam

1. VIETNAM POLICIES ON FOOD SECURITY
AND SUSTAINABLE RICE PRODUCTION
IN CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
PLANT PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
Hanoi, 24/4/2017

2. I. BACKGROUNG OF VIETNAM’S AGRICULTURE
AND RICE PRODUCTION
1.1. Agriculture in Vietnam
 Vietnam’s population: over 94 mils
 household in agriculture: 15.99 mils (8.5 mils in farming
production)
Area: 331,212 km2 (327,480 km2 inland, 4,200 km2
continental sea)
Agriculturea area: 26,823 mils ha
Rice area: 3.8 mils ha
Area per household: 0.41 ha.

3. 1.2. challenges of Vietnam’s agriculture
 Small scale of farming is the huge challenge in
developing agriculture with high quality, productive,
competitive products
 Climate change: hot weather in North, flood in North
Central; drought in Highland and South; salt water
intrusion in Mekong Delta.
 Economic intergration

4. II. RESTRUCTURING IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR
10/6/2013, the Prime Minister issued Decision
899/QD-TTG approving the project “Agricultural
restructuring towards raising added values and
sustainable development.

5. III. RESTRUCTURING INAGRICULTURE SECTOR
 23/5/2016, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development promulgated the Decision No. 1898/QĐ-
BNN-TT approving program of rice industry
restructuring in Vietnam to 2020 and vision to 2030
 objective:
 To increase efficiency of rice production to ensure
food security, generate more jobs, increase income,
protect environment, sustain development and
access global market.

6. SOME SPECIFIC TARGETS
Targets by 2020 Targets by 2030
Ensure profit of 30% or more for farmers
in commercial rice production areas.
Use certified seed for more than 75% of
specialized area in Mekong Delta; reduce
seed volume for sowing in Southern
provinces to 80kg/ha.
Use certified seed for 100% of
specialized area in Mekong Delta
Apply IPM to more than 75% of farming
area; apply sustainable farming practices
(1 must 5 reductions, 3 reductions 3
gains, shallow–open-dry irrigation, SRI,
VietGAP…) to more than 50%; reduce
30% of fertilizers and pesticides.
Apply IPM to more than 90% of farming
area; apply sustainable farming practices
(1 must 5 reductions, 3 reductions 3
gains, shallow–open-dry irrigation, SRI,
VietGAP…) to more than 75%.

7. SOME SPECIFIC TARGETS
Targets by 2020 Targets by 2030
Reduce post-harvest loss to under
8%
Reduce post-harvest loss to under
6%
Reduce greenhouse emission by
10%
Reduce greenhouse emission by
20%
In specialized areas, develop linkage
between production and trade for
more than 20% of rice area to build
large fields…
In specialized areas, develop linkage
between production and trade for
more than 50% of rice area to build
large fields…
Have 20% of rice exported in
Vietnam’s trade names
Have 50% of rice exported in
Vietnam’s trade names, of which
30% of export is fragrant or special
rice

8. SOLUTIONS
1. Re-structuring of rice production
 Management, use and change of rice land
 Development of specialized areas for rice production
 Rice variety structure
 Application of technical packages of sustainable farming for each production
area
2. Organization of production and reform of institutions
 Reorganization of production into specialized areas
 Development of cooperative economy
 Building of capacity for enterprises and associations
3. Enhancement of post-harvest and processing technology
 Post harvest management and storage
 Intensive processing, waste processing
 Development of logistics for rice trading

9. SOLUTIONS
4. Market access
5. Mitigation of climate change and strengthening of disaster as well
as pest management
 Mitigation of climate change
 Management of risks
6. Protection of natural resources, environment and rice heritage
 Protection of natural resources:
 Protection of water resource
 Protection of land resource,
 Conservation of biodiversity
 Protection of environment
 Preservation of rice heritage

10. 7. Assurance of food quality, safety and nutrition
8. Gender issue in rice production
 Promotion of mechanization
 Vocational training for women to increase job opportunities and
income for women.
 Encourage, support women to participate in pilot models and
farmer meetings.
9. International cooperation
SOLUTIONS

11. PRIORITIES
1. Reform of science and technology, more investment in research
and development
2. Investment in infrastructure
3. Reform of policies and institutions
 Revision of land law
 Policies on rice land
 Policies on attracting investment and linkage for production
 Policies on finance
 Policies on food security

12. IV. VIETNAM - SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE TRANSFORMATION (VNSAT) PROJECT, 2015-
2020
 The project aims to support agricultural restructuring scheme by
enhancing capacity of the sector and reorganize production of 2
key commodities (rice and coffee) in 2 major production areas
(Mekong Delta and Central Highland).
 The project components:
 A – Enhancement of institutional capacity for agricultural
restructuring;
 B – Support for sustainable rice developemnt;
 C – Sustainable coffee development;
 D – Project management.

13. PROJECT LOCATION
 5 provinces in Central Highland: Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai,
Kon Tum, Lâm Đồng (component C)
 8 provinces in Mekong Delta: An Giang, Cần Thơ, Đồng Tháp,
Hậu Giang, Kiên Giang, Long An, Sóc Trăng, Tiền Giang
(component B).
 7 provinces for restructuring pilot: Vĩnh Phúc, Nam Định, Thanh
Hóa, Hà Tĩnh, Bình Định, Đồng Tháp, Lâm Đồng (component
A) .

14. THANK YOU!