In 2024, the agricultural sector's growth reaches 3.67%, continuing to affirm its fundamental role as a key sector in An Giang's economy. At the same time, An Giang has also had 5 new rural communes, 5 advanced new rural communes and 1 model new rural commune. The proportion of the rural population with access to clean water is 96.35%: exceeding the set plan,...

Additionally, the work of natural disaster prevention and control, accident search and rescue; forest protection and forest fire prevention and fighting; quality management and food safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products; the national target program on new rural construction,... also achieved many positive results.

Speaking at the Conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ngo Cong Thuc highly appreciated the positive results achieved by An Giang's agricultural sector in 2024. At the same time, he requested An Giang's agricultural sector to focus on developing modern and sustainable agriculture, focusing on improving product quality to meet market demand; paying attention to developing green, environmentally friendly agriculture; promoting the shift from fragmented, small-scale agricultural production to concentrated, large-scale commodity production; forming sustainable raw material areas.

Besides, it is necessary to improve the quality of human resources in production techniques, business management and high technology application; focus on successfully implementing the goals of building new rural areas; develop the value chain model of agricultural cooperatives; enhance the application of digital transformation in agriculture..../.

News by Thanh Tien

Translation by Hoang Oanh