The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has set severaltargets for the year, including reaching a growth rate of 7.5-8 percentfor the husbandry industry during the period 2011-15.
Thegoal is to have a total of 4.28 million tonnes of live meat of allkinds and an animal feed output of 12 million tonnes for the industrialhusbandry.
To meet the target, the ministry has proposedexpanding the industrialised animal husbandry; setting up specialisedfarming areas linked to processing industries; and increasing thecultivation of grass, corn and soybean to ensure sufficient volume ofanimal feed and breeding practices.
In addition, theministry has asked local authorities to devise measures to preventepidemics like those caused by blue-ear and foot-and-mouth diseases.
It requires all parties to ensure foodstuff safety and hygiene.
To improve the competitiveness of the husbandry industry, several new programmes will be launched.
However, the Vietnamese Market Analysis and Forecast Joint-StockCompany (AGROMONITOR) forecasts a meat market that will experiencefluctuations this year.
The input material costs will continue to increase due to an imbalance between supply and demand.
Moreover, the electricity price, petrol price, labour cost, foreignexchange and interest rate are expected to increase sharply.
The economic recovery with targets of GDP 7-7.5 percent and GDP per capita of 1,300 USD will raise consumer demand this year.
According to the General Statistics Office, the production value ofVietnam 's husbandry sector reached 35.367 trillion VND (1.7 billionUSD) last year, an increase of 5.4 percent compared to 2009.
With such growth rate, the husbandry sector has become a sector withthe biggest growth rate among the agricultural sector (cultivation,husbandry and services).
For the first 11 months of lastyear, the country's meat import turnover reached 89.8 million USD, adecrease of 4.4 percent and 50.4 percent compared from 2009 and 2008.
Vietnam also earned 35 million USD from exporting meat, a decreaseof 15.1 percent and 35.7 percent over 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Last year, the spread of blue-ear disease and an increase in animalfeed price were the two most significant factors that affected the meatsupply volume and prices./.
Thegoal is to have a total of 4.28 million tonnes of live meat of allkinds and an animal feed output of 12 million tonnes for the industrialhusbandry.
To meet the target, the ministry has proposedexpanding the industrialised animal husbandry; setting up specialisedfarming areas linked to processing industries; and increasing thecultivation of grass, corn and soybean to ensure sufficient volume ofanimal feed and breeding practices.
In addition, theministry has asked local authorities to devise measures to preventepidemics like those caused by blue-ear and foot-and-mouth diseases.
It requires all parties to ensure foodstuff safety and hygiene.
To improve the competitiveness of the husbandry industry, several new programmes will be launched.
However, the Vietnamese Market Analysis and Forecast Joint-StockCompany (AGROMONITOR) forecasts a meat market that will experiencefluctuations this year.
The input material costs will continue to increase due to an imbalance between supply and demand.
Moreover, the electricity price, petrol price, labour cost, foreignexchange and interest rate are expected to increase sharply.
The economic recovery with targets of GDP 7-7.5 percent and GDP per capita of 1,300 USD will raise consumer demand this year.
According to the General Statistics Office, the production value ofVietnam 's husbandry sector reached 35.367 trillion VND (1.7 billionUSD) last year, an increase of 5.4 percent compared to 2009.
With such growth rate, the husbandry sector has become a sector withthe biggest growth rate among the agricultural sector (cultivation,husbandry and services).
For the first 11 months of lastyear, the country's meat import turnover reached 89.8 million USD, adecrease of 4.4 percent and 50.4 percent compared from 2009 and 2008.
Vietnam also earned 35 million USD from exporting meat, a decreaseof 15.1 percent and 35.7 percent over 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Last year, the spread of blue-ear disease and an increase in animalfeed price were the two most significant factors that affected the meatsupply volume and prices./.
