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- The Strategy directs to change
thinking in agriculture development. It
is necessary to shift towards quality and
efficient agriculture, responsible agriculture,
green agriculture, emission reduction, and - The Strategy emphasizes enhancing
adaptation to climate change. It is also moving the role and position of farmers in the
from production thinking to economic thinking, future development of agriculture and rural
emphasizing the shift from producing what we development, affirming the decentralization
have to what the market demands, from yield of power to the people.
by all means to how to increase efficiency and
value per unit. For implementation, farmers - The new rural development program
or businesses should think and learn how to (NRD) is considered a critical task of the
reduce input costs, choose to produce crops Strategy; however, in the next phase, NRD
or livestock products matching the market will go deeper, focusing on the village level,
requirements, diversify products, and create prioritizing livelihood development for people,
higher value for their products. Moreover, and taking community development as the
producers and businesses must also know how foundation for rural development.
to integrate cultural, social and environmental - The Strategy emphasizes the role of rural
values into their products when selling to the economic development, especially industrial
market to incorporate multi-valued products. sectors, and non-agricultural economy in rural
Agricultural economic thinking was expressed areas, to realize “leaving agriculture but not
in the Strategy by maximizing local and leaving hometown”, developing “the service
regional advantages to develop agriculture economy” in rural areas, and creating jobs
and rural economy. In addition, the Strategy for labourers to withdraw from agriculture.
also introduces new views in the orientation It also helps promote the process of land
of linkages between sectors to build a accumulation and, at the same time, reduces
system of connecting production sectors with the overload on big cities. The Strategy also
processing, and agricultural sector with other introduces three NRD orientations in different
sectors such as manufacturing, trade, and regions according to three models (peri-
logistics, creating an ecosystem based on urban areas, specialized farming areas, and
agriculture.
traditional rural areas).
- The Strategy emphasizes renovating
- There are many breakthrough solutions
production organizations, which takes for policy innovation outlined in the Strategy,
cooperative economy as the driving force for such as the formalization of informal labour,
household economic development, linking creating the condition for the development
with businesses to set up value chains, of a fair labour market; renovating farmers’
preventing from falling into “the outsourcing organizations and labour unions; developing
production” trap. The Strategy also intends the land market toward the property rights
to build specialized farming areas that market, expand the recipients of agricultural
are well-invested and follow sustainable land transfer; create conditions for farmers’
standards. Focus on developing industry cooperatives and organizations to provide
serving agriculture for both input supplying public services to members, including rural
and output processing.
credit services.
18 Guidelines for the Strategy for sustainable agriculture and rural development
in the period 2021-2030, and vision to 2050