DA NANG CALLS FOR HI-TECH FARMS
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| Clean produce: An investor introduces a hi-tech farm at an investment conference in Da Nang |
The central city of Da Nang has called for VND 1.5
trillion (US$66.3 million) investment in five high-tech farms to create a
centre for hi-tech-farming in the central and central highlands region.
The farms, part of the city’s hi-tech farm master plan, will
include livestock farms and a processing zone, mushroom, organic and
safe-vegetable farms, herb gardens, a fishing port and fish trading centre on
144 ha in three communes - Hoa Vang, Ngu Hanh Son and Son Tra.
The city has offered favorable conditions and support for investors, including slashing the land-clearance fee by 50 percent to VND 20
million ($884) per hectare per year for five years. Moreover,
the city will also offer financial support for investors by giving them VND 20
million a hectare each year for five-years. If an investor develops a 5 ha
farm, they will receive financial support of VND 100 million per year.
Vice-chairman of the city’s People’s Committee, Ho Ky Minh, said
the hi-tech farm project would help increase the value chain of the city’s
agriculture and provide unique products to serve tourists. He said
agriculture now contributed about 2 percent (VND 873 billion) of the city’s
production.
Minh said land for farming had narrowed due to rapid urbanization
and expansion of industrial parks during past decades, while infrastructure
investment and human resources for farming were in poor condition.
Director of Vietnam’s Institute of Economic Studies, Tran Dinh
Thien, suggested the city’s agriculture should be restructured to host waves of
mass investment.
He said the city’s farms must create products for tourism as well
as attract local and foreign investors.
Thien said only 4,000 businesses - just 1 percent of total
investment in Vietnam - invested in agriculture in 2017. Most projects were
small-scale and of little value.
Earlier this year, the city planned seven suburban communes to
boost high quality and safe agriculture in Hoa Vang District over a total area
of 540 ha.
It also allocated 130ha for safe vegetable farming and 310 ha for
aquaculture and livestock.
The city has a total of 50 farms, but these provide only 10 per
cent of the demand for vegetables and farm produce.
All supermarkets welcome "made-in Da Nang" products, but
farmers in the city have yet to supply sufficient quality products, including
vegetable, seafood and quarantined poultry.
Only 12 suburban farms in Da Nang have certifications of safety
and quality - or brand names.
The city is helping local farms attain the Vietnam Agriculture
Practice (VietGAP) green-label certificate.
It has one million populations who consume 145,000 tons of seafood
and 140,000 tons of vegetables each year.
Da Nang, in co-operation with Japan International Co-operation
Agency (JICA), has also launched a project to recycle organic waste.
Last year, the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint-Stock Company
(Vinamilk) invested $26.5 million in a dairy farm on 124 ha in Hoa Phong
Commune in Hoa Vang District.
"Source: Vietnamnews.vn"
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