Urgently improve the agricultural extension system

Photo caption — General Secretary To Lam speaks. Photo: VNA

Speaking at the meeting, General Secretary To Lam stated that the Politburo had made very specific assessments and conclusions regarding common issues at the commune level. According to feedback, one of the most difficult issues at the commune level today is personnel work. The Politburo requested localities to arrange and deploy enough professional staff before October 15, 2025.

Regarding agricultural extension, the General Secretary emphasized that agriculture is a very important issue, especially given attention in accordance with the Central Government's direction, agriculture is a national advantage, a pillar of the economy . Agricultural extension is an important task of the commune-level government. Agricultural extension must be closely linked to the grassroots and the fields. Each commune has two agricultural extension officers. At the provincial level, there will continue to be agricultural extension centers, mainly responsible for guiding, coordinating, urging, and supporting the commune level in implementation.

The General Secretary requested to urgently improve the agricultural extension organization in the area from the provincial to the communal level, eliminate intermediary steps, ensure connectivity, synchronization, unity, regular and effective operation; arrange positions for civil servants with expertise in the agricultural field at the communal level; consolidate, strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the activities of communal-level agricultural extension officers to ensure that agricultural extension activities at the communal level are not interrupted or interrupted.

The General Secretary proposed to consolidate the agricultural extension apparatus according to the two-level local government organization model, selecting a team of civil servants and public employees who meet the requirements of the task, both performing state management and providing agricultural extension services at the commune level.

According to the report of the Ministry of Home Affairs, implementing the 2-level local government model, the situation of arranging grassroots agricultural extension forces and community agricultural extension, up to now each locality has reorganized 1 public service unit under the Department of Agriculture and Environment to carry out agricultural extension tasks.

Accordingly, in addition to the functions and tasks of agricultural extension activities according to Decree 83/2018/ND-CP, localities are currently assigning provincial-level agricultural extension organizations to perform many other tasks in the agricultural sector such as plant protection, veterinary medicine, and agricultural, forestry and fishery product quality management. The total number of agricultural extension officers working at the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center Office is currently 1,763 people.

Implementing the 2-level local government model, provinces and cities across the country have reorganized district-level agricultural extension organizations (Agricultural Service Centers) according to the following plans: 24/34 provinces established regional agricultural extension stations managed by provincial agricultural extension centers; 3/34 provinces established regional agricultural service stations managed by the Department of Agriculture and Environment (Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri); 2/34 provinces established regional agricultural service stations managed by commune People's Committees (Lao Cai, Quang Ngai). After the reorganization, the total number of regional agricultural extension stations nationwide is 324; the total number of agricultural extension officers working at the stations is 4,518.

According to VNA

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