On October 9, speaking at the opening ceremony of Vietstock 2024 and Aquaculture Vietnam 2024, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Phung Duc Tien said that over the past 10 years, the growth rate of the livestock industry has always maintained a rate of 5 - 7%/year, the output of all kinds of meat increased 1.8 times, from 4 million tons to more than 7.9 million tons; eggs increased 3 times, from nearly 6.4 billion to 19.2 billion; fresh milk increased 3.9 times, from 0.3 million tons to 1.2 million tons.
According to the latest data, in the first 9 months of 2024, the livestock industry maintained its growth rate. It is estimated that the total number of pigs nationwide increased by 2.5%; the total number of poultry increased by 2.2%; the total number of cows decreased by 0.4%; the total number of buffaloes decreased by 3.6%; livestock product exports reached 376 million USD, up 3.8%; imports of animal feed and raw materials decreased by 3.7% over the same period last year, making an important contribution to the growth of Vietnam's agricultural sector.
According to Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien, despite achieving positive results, the Vietnamese livestock industry is still facing many difficulties and challenges such as epidemics, climate change, market fluctuations, antibiotic resistance, environment, food safety, especially dependence on raw materials for animal feed production, which directly affects competitiveness in the context of the global economy. These are urgent issues for the industry that need to be solved.
At the opening ceremony, experts also assessed that currently, the Vietnamese livestock industry is continuously facing major challenges, such as increasing epidemics; small-scale production, outdated technology; product quality has not met the increasingly strict standards of the international market; animal feed is still heavily dependent on imported raw materials;...
Furthermore, traditional livestock and aquaculture activities are also contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions in Vietnam. Therefore, the transition to a green livestock model is not only an urgent requirement but also the only way for the industry to develop sustainably.
With the theme of “transforming livestock farming for higher productivity, better nutrition, cleaner green environment & better life”, Vietstock 2024 and Aquaculture Vietnam 2024 not only provide opportunities to display and introduce advanced products and technologies in the livestock sector, but also create favorable conditions for businesses, researchers and experts in the industry to exchange, learn, share experiences, and discuss and solve “hot” topics of the industry through seminars.
Vietstock 2024 and Aquaculture Vietnam 2024 are expected to bring together more than 13,000 experts, leaders, veterinarians, livestock farmers, and farm owners from all over Vietnam and the world, working together towards the goal of promoting sustainable livestock development.
This series of events takes place from October 9, 2024 to October 11, 2024 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.
On the same day, October 9, the Vietstock organizing committee also opened the leading food and beverage ingredients exhibition in Vietnam (Fi Vietnam 2024). Fi Vietnam cooperates with experts and leaders in the food and beverage industry to bring seminars on the latest trends in this field.
Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/doi-moi-nganh-chan-nuoi-thuy-san-de-huong-toi-tuong-lai-ben-vung.html
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