Hanoi's Deputies to the National Assembly Confer with Scientists on Food Security Strategies

Hanoi City's Delegation of Deputies to the National Assembly organized a meeting with voters, represented by scientists and intellectuals in the agriculture sector of Hanoi, at the Institute for Agriculture Genetics last October 5. The event is one of the Delegation's activities to seek comments and suggestions of  voters on the issues relating to science, technologies and food security before the sixth section of the National Assembly commences in Hanoi.

The deputies were briefed on the status of the country's agricultural sector; population increase; reduction of agricultural land; climate change scenarios; the benefits and the status of biotech crops in the world and their role in contributing to food security. The scientists suggested that the State should have policies to attract more investment for the agricultural sector, especially in the fields of human resource training, biotechnology, post-harvest and processing technologies; vaccines production while creating favorable conditions for the participation of businesses and farmers.

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