On the morning of July 7th, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MARD) held a conference to review the first six months of the year and set work tasks for the last six months of 2023.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien attended and chaired the conference.
Vice Minister Phung Duc Tien assessed that scientific, technological and environmental research plays an important role in the development of the agricultural sector. However, there are still many existing problems and problems that need to be solved in this field in the past in order to achieve better efficiency in the future.
Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien urged people doing agricultural science research to be substantive, not grapple with, test and accept, but transfer and apply in practice. Ahh: Kien Trung.
The deputy minister urged the heads of departments of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment to speak openly about shortcomings and difficulties; Solutions for science, technology and the environment must be substantial, effective and applicable in practice.
“A change in the way of thinking and acting is required, from the state management from the department to the implementation of scientific research projects of the institutes and affiliated units.”
There must be real science and real results. The research topic must be applicable to ensure the effectiveness of government investment. Whatever you do, you must be motivated to make an effort,” said Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien.
Conference on the preliminary review of the first 6 months of the year and implementation of the tasks for the last 6 months of 2023 of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, morning 7.7. Picture: Kien Trung.
According to the deputy minister, the content of the work is largely in the areas of scientific and technological research in the fishing, animal husbandry and agriculture industries, according to the report. He demands that research projects are practical and practical and not to be accepted and left there.
“The technology market is now very fast, continuous, continuous. If scientific research is not applied, accepted, researched and then brought to market, but cannot be brought to market, the research results are still a long way off. Great, immense.”
I must look after myself, take responsibility for myself, manufacture products and goods, and have self-respect in scientific research and field management. “If you keep struggling with basic research without practical application, it’s not substantial,” noted Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien.
There are many opinions in the acceptance committee, but the applicability is not high. The recipe for the food needs to be rationed… Check everything for it to be implemented. This is the indicator for evaluating the quality and results of the research.
Scientific research must be ordered
associate Prof. Dr. Dao The Anh, deputy director of Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), shared: Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences has 19 affiliated units, the funding source for each unit is over 21 billion per year. with 552 research assignments on “contract” with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment and local authorities, with the budget for international cooperation accounting for 18% of the total funding.
associate Prof. Dr. Dao The Anh, deputy director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, speaks at the conference. Picture: Kien Trung.
Currently, VAAS focuses on the research of food crop varieties (11 varieties are mainly food crops and crops such as biomass corn, soybean, yam, galangal…; 6 edible crop varieties). Fruit).
Due to the fact that the fruit and vegetable industry has developed very strongly in recent years, it has become a very potential area, so the demand for these varieties is very high. The research direction of VAAS focuses on varieties with high economic efficiency.
Food crops, VAAS researched plant rice varieties; The construction of 10 high-quality orchards (including 12 hectares of green-skinned grapefruit, passion fruit, longan, jackfruit, durian, avocado wax, rambutan…) are export promotion products. In addition, the VAAS also focuses on the task of preserving traditional and native fruit trees.
Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien. Picture: Kien Trung.
The institute is also completing the application for a license to test biological products for crops, with a focus on the application of microorganisms.
In order to solve the difficult problem of funding scientific research, the institute carries out international cooperation with foreign partners, such as with Korean partners in researching potato varieties; Restoring the nationwide mulberry industry… to replace the Chinese silkworm… This is the solution employed by VAAS to eradicate it.
According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dao The Anh is a problem that occurs at VAAS, the phenomenon of “brain drain”, especially in the field of highly qualified staff who have received doctoral training from abroad. Due to the practical difficulties of not retaining experts and being lured and invited by private organizations and companies, there has been a shift and brain drain. This creates difficulties in training the next generation of cadres and researchers.
An issue that Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dao The Anh reported to the head of the ministry, the issue of copyright in scientific research is for research projects on plant varieties applied in practice.
Currently, the Mekong Delta Rice Institute applies copyright to a range of high-quality rice varieties produced by the institute to connect three parties: researchers, farmers and traders. The price is a few hundred dongs/kg of commercial rice. However, the provisions of the Intellectual Property Law, property rights, intellectual property protection rights, etc., if not carefully examined, will bring disadvantages to research institutes and scientists, and cause problems for the units and individuals involved in the research.
Change direction from fast growing trees to tall trees
dr Doan Van Thu (Vietnam Academy of Forestry Sciences Deputy Director) said that in carrying out the research tasks, the institute was coordinated and assisted by the Department of Science, Technology and Environment in managing and implementing the assigned tasks.
Doan Van Thu, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Academy of Forestry Science. Picture: Kien Trung.
“The problem is improving the quality of research and applying it to production. There are many benefits, but one big existence. Forest tree varieties are researched and created in the country, very few imported varieties. The institute is a central research and transfer unit.
The recognized varieties are mainly fast-growing trees such as acacia, eucalyptus… There are inadequacies in the exploitation strategy. The next action is to change the structure of forest trees from fast-growing to longer-term trees and switch to planting trees for large timber to promote value-added forests. However, the number of recognized native tree species is very small (three cultivars), while among fast-growing trees there are more than 100 recognized cultivars,” said Dr. Doan Van Thu.
Some results of agricultural science research in the first 6 months of 2023
The cultivation area has implemented 50 projects, built 207 models and cultivated 4,029 hectares of crops of all kinds. The project manager coordinates with the Community Agricultural Extension Teams, especially in the raw material areas, in order to actively implement the content and technical requirements in accordance with the approved project description.
The livestock – veterinary medicine division has implemented 30 projects and built 44 scale models of 93,585 farm animals of all kinds, 140 tons of silage and 1,250 bee colonies. In the first six months of the year, the lead organization coordinated with the implementation units and local authorities to implement the project and ensure the approved content and plan.
The fishery expansion area carried out 32 projects, built 76 models with a size of 8,892 m3 cages; 450 m2 tanks, 202.5 ha ponds, 300 LED lights, 72 fishing vessels (4 storage tunnels, 72 electronic diaries) and 60 tons of raw fish for fish sauce production.
The forest sector has implemented 22 projects in the northern mountain region, the central region and the central highland, and built 51 models covering 470 hectares of large timber trees and non-timber forest products with a total budget of VND 25.475 billion.
In the field of mechanization, rural industry and salt industry, we have set up a model of a service organization for the use of husk plating and transplanting machines in rice production on over 35 hectares with 20 participating households and 1 service team.
Science, Technology and Environment carried out 349 ministerial-level S&T and environment tasks, focusing on high-value crop varieties, livestock and aquatic products, and processing and preservation technology to reduce post-harvest losses. , Development of high-tech agriculture, organic farming, conservation and restoration of genetic resources, to promote the development of local special crop varieties and animals; Environmental protection for agricultural production…