Every year, more than 150,000 tons of by-products need to be "recycled".

SGGPO November 8, 2023 17:07

The draft "Project on Science Development and Application, Technology Transfer, and Promotion of Circular Economy in Agriculture for the 2023-2030 Period" sets the target that by 2030, 60% of crop by-products and 60% of waste from household and farm livestock will be treated; and 80% of rice by-products will be collected and reused.

At the workshop to contribute ideas to the "Project on Science Development and Application, Technology Transfer, Promoting Circular Economy in Agriculture for the 2023-2030 Period", organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on November 8 in Hanoi, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien said that agricultural waste and by-products are currently very large, more than 150,000 tons/year.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien speaks

Accordingly, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development suggested that it is necessary to reduce the amount of waste and increase the rate of reused and recycled by-products. However, to build green agriculture and circular agriculture, it is necessary to promote research, application, technology transfer, technical advances, closed-chain production processes, and advanced agricultural management.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Thai, Chairman of the Vietnam Economic Science Association and Mr. Nguyen Van Trong, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Farm and Enterprise Association, proposed to have more sanctions to deal with the situation of wasting many agricultural by-products, such as burning straw, discharging waste into the environment...

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/moi-nam-co-hon-150000-tan-phu-pham-can-duoc-quay-vong-post713256.html