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Increasing investment in agricultural science and technology (24/4)
24/04/2013 - 14 Lượt xem
Vietnam
is known as a country that has made great progress in agriculture. The
country's agriculture sector has not only made a contribution to the
hunger eradication and poverty alleviation and the assurance on national
food security but also turned Vietnam into one of the leading exporters
of agricultural products. The wide applications of science and
technology have helped improve the productivity and quality of
agricultural products in recent years. According to assessments of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), to achieve the
target growth in agriculture-forestry and fishery of 3.5-4 percent per
year from now to 2020, science and technology are still important forces
of production for a strong and sustainable development of the sector.
During the 1996-2012 period,
science and technology contributed 30 percent of the added value in
agriculture growth, helping Vietnam increase the export revenue of
agriculture-forestry and fishery sectors to nearly US$20 billion.
Statistics from the Department
of Science, Technology and Environment under MARD showed that from 2008
to 2012, there were 4,386 scientific research methodologies and
experimental production projects that helped create 273 plant seeds, 29
new animal breeds, 20 technological processes on plant protection, not
including over 24,000 samples of precious gene sources of available
plants in Vietnam plus nearly 20,000 genes preserved at the National
Gene Bank and over 5,000 genes under the management of Vietnam
Agricultural Science Institute. These plant and animal gene sources
therefore could meet the largest demand of domestic production.
Thanks to the new seeds and
breeds, the export revenue of agricultural products ceaselessly improved
at a growth rate of 24 percent per year, estimated from US$14-16
billion each year. So far, Vietnam has got many agricultural commodities
that have large proportions in the world market and rise to the world's
high positions such as cashew nuts, pepper, rice, coffee, rubber, tea
and some seafood products.
The MARD reported that according
to the Science and Technology Development Strategy in agriculture and
rural development by 2020, the scientific and technological achievements
in agriculture will contribute 40 percent and 50 percent of the added
value in the sector's growth by 2015 and 2020 respectively. High-tech
agricultural products will account for 30 percent in production values
of key products by 2015 and 50 percent by 2020. The ratio of
agricultural enterprises applying high-tech will account for 30 percent
of the total agricultural enterprises by 2020. The number and quality of
scientific staff having post-university
levels by 2020 will be twice as today and 80 percent of the science and
technology organizations in agriculture will reach the regional level,
with 20 percent reaching international levels.
To achieve those targets, the
MARD offered solutions to promote investment in science and technology
in agriculture to reach 0.3 and 0.5 percent of GDP by 2015 and 2020
respectively, focusing on key agricultural production regions, difficult
regions or those regions prone to natural disasters and epidemic
diseases. Accordingly, the ministry will underline investment in
technical facilities for research and experiments and in transfers of
modern and advanced equipment and facilities. The prioritized areas for
investment and transfers of facilities will be biological technology to
create high quality seeds and breeds. The ministry will also promote
application of technologies and mechanization/automation equipment in
production, processing and preservation of agriculture-forestry and
fishery products; create new vaccines and finished products to cure
diseases of cattle and poultry.
The MARD also reported that to
remove the difficulties and limitations in scientific and technological
activities nowadays, the State needs to assign specific tasks to
ministries and sectors to avoid unclear and overlapping assignment. The
Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance need to
amend the Joint Circular 93/2006/TTLT/BTC-BKHCN and the Joint Circular
44//TTLT/BTC-BKHCN to make them suitable with the current conditions in
order to attract and mobilize all the available resources for doing
researches./.
Source: VEN
Source: VEN
