HN focuses on developing high-tech agriculture

February 27, 2012 8:00 PM GMT+7

VGP - Hà Nội will assist organizations and individuals in developing farming production with policies in building infrastructure, investing in processing plants and applying high technologies and scientific advances in 2012-2016. These policies aim to achieve higher productivity, quality, effectiveness and food safety, according to the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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The project is expected to be carried out within five years with a total investment of VND 8,442 billion, including VND 3,502 billion to be used for agriculture production and VND 4,830 billion for building fundamental infrastructure in 161 communes.

These policies are expected to make breakthroughs in the capital’s agriculture in the future, said Chairman of the Hà Nội’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Thế Thảo.

It will also help increase income for people living in rural areas and narrow the development gap between rural and urban areas in Hà Nội, he added.

The agricultural encouragement policies will create an ecological agriculture for the capital, produce high-quality products, meet demands for food hygiene and protect the environment.

By Thùy Dung