Vietnam: Paradox of agricultural products to rescue, processing factories lack of raw materials

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Published Jul 8, 2022

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Agricultural products often have to be "rescued" when in season, but many processing factories report a shortage of raw materials, only meeting 60% of their operating capacity. Agricultural products often have to be "rescued" when in season, but many farmers Processing machines reported a shortage of raw materials, only meeting 60% of operating capacity. Agricultural products often had to be "rescued" when in season, but many processing factories reported a shortage of raw materials, only meeting 60% of the demand. operating capacity.

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The above information was shared by Mr. Ngo Quang Tu, representative of the Department of Agricultural Product Processing and Market Development at the 970 connection forum, on 7/7. Mr. Tu said that the situation of rescuing agricultural products happens quite a lot every time it is in the season, but in fact many businesses in this industry are falling into "difficulty husbandry" when raw materials to meet processing needs are still lacking. shortfall (only meet 60% capacity). According to him, the reason is due to the seasonal characteristics of the product, in addition to the small, scattered and heterogeneous cultivation area, leading to a lack of raw materials for production. In addition, the food safety and quality of Vietnamese agricultural products have not been uniformly guaranteed in terms of size, taste, and nutrition. Post-harvest preservation at the enterprise is still poor, lack of minimal equipment (electricity, water, cold storage...) leading to post-harvest losses ...

Source: VNExpress