TAILIEUCHUNG - Some achievements on agricultural mechanization in Viet Nam

Vietnam’s success in achieving rapid agricultural growth since the implementation of policy reforms in the late 1980s is now well documented (World Bank 2004). Agri-cultural growth was fueled mainly by growth in rice productivity following the rapid adoption of modern varieties, increased fertilizer use, and increased cropping intensity. | SOME ACHIEVEMENTS ON AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION IN VIETNAM Dr. Nguyen Quoc Viet Organization Vietnam Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Post-harvest Technology VIAEP Address 102 54 Truong Chinh Rd. Dong Da Dist. Hanoi Vietnam. Tel 84 4 8687884 Fax 84 4 8689131 Email quoc5viet5@ I. INTRODUCTION In 2007 the United Nations says more than 850 million people in the world do not have enough food. Experts see a number of reasons for the shortage of food. These include not enough investment in agricultural technology. A loss of farmland to development. Droughts and floods made worse by climate change. And growing competition for water. Population growth also means a greater demand on food supplies. The United Nations predicts a population of more than eight billion by the year 2030. Therefore to relieve the hardship of the hungry people every country should pay attention to sustainable development in agriculture 1 . Vietnam s success in achieving rapid agricultural growth since the implementation of policy reforms in the late 1980s is now well documented World Bank 2004 . Agricultural growth was fueled mainly by growth in rice productivity following the rapid adoption of modern varieties increased fertilizer use and increased cropping intensity. The policy reforms created the right economic incentives for farmers to adopt yieldincreasing technologies. Rice production grew at more than 5 per annum during the early 1990s and Vietnam rapidly achieved the status of a major exporting country 2 3 . Besides rice other agro-products also increase in both quantity and quality as black pepper rubber maize legumes vegetables etc. Nowadays many agro-products are exported at the top ranking of the world like rice coffee black pepper cashew nuts etc. The world community has been giving high assessment on the application of scientific and technical achievements on agricultural production of Vietnam since they have been contributing to free labor force and increase .

• Nông nghiệp
• Achievements on agricultural mechanization
• Agricultural mechanization
• Vietnam’s agricultural economy
• Mechanization to improve yield
• Agro residue upgrading