Page 88 - STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTUR AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERIOD 2021-2030 AND VISION TO 2050

47. What are the orientations for agriculture, forestry and fishery

sub-sectors in the Strategy?

The main orientations for each production Deltas. At the same time, implementing a more
sector outlined in the Strategy include the flexible mode of management and use of the rice
following: land to respond promptly to market changes,
- For crop production: Renovate crop maintain multi-crop agricultural production
structure and implement a flexible management areas when needed, and be able to return to rice
regime for agricultural land use. Prioritize production favourably, whereas combine crop
the development of crops with comparative rotation, intercropping between rice with other
advantage and great demand (industrial crops, crops and aquatic products, raising waterfowl
tropical fruits, high-quality rice, etc.). Take to increase income for farmers and improve the
appropriate steps to promote the development farming system.
of promising new crops such as medicinal or - For livestock production: To ensure the
ornamental plants, edible mushrooms, etc. essential needs of food for the domestic market;
Take advantage of conditions to develop less develop potential and marketable commodities
profitable crops for processing and domestic such as poultry meat, eggs, and milk; maintain
consumption (maize, cotton, tobacco, subtropical the raising of pigs and large cattle. Develop
fruits, vegetables and soybean). livestock, poultry, indigenous livestock, and
- For rice production: Continue to high-value specialties, ensuring food safety,
promote the advantages of Viet Nam’s rice environmental sustainability, biosecurity, and
sector, but innovate in thinking, policies on disease control. Develop industrial animal
management and use of rice land and rice husbandry by applying high technology at
production - shifting from output aim to the large-scale farms and enterprises. At the
quality aim, while ensuring national food same time, encourage traditional household
security in all situations, exploiting and using farming with improvements in the direction
land and water resources most efficiently. Strictly of professionalization and organic farming.
manage the area of land specializing in rice Build up concentrated breeding areas far away
cultivation to form concentrated and large-scale from population areas, which is convenient for
commodity production areas with appropriate, environmental treatment and disease prevention.
synchronous, effective and sustainable It is determining orientations, solutions and
investment mechanisms and policies, especially roadmaps to master breeding technology,
in localities where rice is grown with advantages feed, veterinary medicine, processing, etc., for
such as the Mekong River and the Red River important commodities such as pig, poultry, and

88 Guidelines for the Strategy for sustainable agriculture and rural development
in the period 2021-2030, and vision to 2050