What are objectives of the sustainable agriculture and rural development strategies for the period 2021 – 2030 with a vision toward 2050 in Vietnam?

General objectives of the sustainable agriculture and rural development strategies for the period 2021 – 2030 with a vision toward 2050 in Vietnam

Pursuant to Section II.1, Article 1 of the Decision 150/QD-TTg in 2022 stipulating general objectives of the sustainable agriculture and rural development strategies for the period 2021 – 2030 with a vision toward 2050 in Vietnam as follows:

Developing a commodity production agriculture together with agricultural development based on local advantages, towards modernization with high productivity, quality, efficiency, sustainability and competitiveness among the leading groups in areas and on the world, firmly ensuring national food security, making an important contribution to socio-economic stability, preventing and controlling natural disasters and pandemics, protecting the environment, responding to climate change and effectively implementing international commitments on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Improving income, life quality, role and position of people involved in agricultural production; creating non-agricultural careers to develop diversified livelihoods, reduce poverty sustainably for rural people and ensure equal development opportunities among regions. Ensuring comprehensive and modern development of rural areas in association with urbanization; developing rural areas with synchronous infrastructure and social services that are close to those of urban areas; preserving and promoting national cultural identity; building green, clean, beautiful rural areas; ensuring security and order. Developing agriculture and rural economy in association with building new rural areas according to the organic agriculture with high effectiveness, modern rural areas and civilized farmers.

Speecific objectives of the sustainable agriculture and rural development strategies for the period 2021 – 2030 with a vision toward 2050 in Vietnam

Pursuant to Section II.2, Article 1 of the Decision 150/QD-TTg in 2022 stipulating specific objectives of the sustainable agriculture and rural development strategies for the period 2021 – 2030 with a vision toward 2050 in Vietnam as follows:

- Growth of GDP from agriculture, forestry and fishing is expected to reach an average of 2,5% - 3%/year, growth of labor productivity in agriculture, forestry and fishing is expected to reach an average of 5,5 - 6%/year.

- Expand and develop markets, especially export markets. Growth of the export value of agricultural, forested and aquatic products is expected to reach an average of 5 - 6%/year.

- Increase people’s income; achieve sustainable poverty reduction. Rural residents’ income is expected to be 2.5 - 3 times higher than in 2020. Percentage of multidimensional poverty households in rural areas is expected to decrease on average by 1-1.5%/year.

- Proportion of agricultural workers in the total social workers is expected to decrease to less than 20%, percentage of trained agricultural workers is expected to reach over 70%.

- In the whole country, at least 90% of communes will meet the new rural standards, of which 50% of the communes will meet the newly enhanced rural standards; more than 70% of these district-level units will satisfy new rural standards, of which 35% of these district-level units will be recognized to satisfy new-advanced rural standards.

- Develop environmentally friendly and green agriculture; adapt to climate change, reduce rural environmental pollution, strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10% compared to 2020. The forest cover rate is expected to remain sustainably at 42%, the forest area with a certificate of sustainable forest management is expected to reach over 1 million hectares.

Area of ​​marine and coastal conservation zones is expected to account for 3-5% of the natural area of ​​the national territorial waters.

Vision toward 2050

Pursuant to Section II.3, Article 1 of the Decision 150/QD-TTg in 2022 stipulating vision toward 2050 in Vietnam as follows:

Vietnam is expected to become one of the leading agricultural countries of the world with a modern, efficient and environmentally friendly agricultural product processing industry. Rural areas will no longer have poor households and will become a "worth-living", civilized, green, clean and beautiful place with rural residents’ living conditions and incomes comparable with those of the urban area.

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