New fruit and vegetable export strategy introduced
VGP - Việt Nam expects to earn US $760 million and US $1.2 billion from exporting fruits and vegetables by 2010 and 2020 respectively, according to a new export strategy introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
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Việt Nam's fruits and vegetables have penetrated in 50 markets worldwide, with the total export turnover of US $407 million last year, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT).
However, just 10-15% of the country’s fruits and vegetables are for export or used as inputs of processing plants.
Thus the export turnover only accounts for 2.5% of the total figure of agro-exports.
To realize the above targets, as mentioned in the strategy made public in Hồ Chí Minh City last week, Việt Nam will expand the area for fruit and vegetable cultivation to 1 million hectares by 2010, including 255,000 ha for export products.
The MARD is focusing its investment on research and cross-breeding of high-yield and high-quality varieties.
The Ministry also pledged to assist fruit and vegetable exporters to improve their brand names and supply farmers with better inputs, especially seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and post-harvest technologies.
At the same time, there should be solutions to help farmers and exporters to boost export through more professional marketing, advertisement and trade promotion activities.
By Hải Minh
