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'Trading in poisonous and strange plants is against the law'

Published Jul 3, 2020

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Talking to Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Manh, Head of the Department of Industrial and Fruit trees (Department of Crop Production), said that, previously, according to the Old Plant Breeding Ordinance, we managed seedlings in the form of pre-check. This means that all industrial plants and perennial fruit trees before production and business must carry out testing procedures. It must then be recognized by the Council of the Ministry, for all species. The input management of varieties is very tight.

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After this, the Law on Cultivation came into effect, the mode of management of varieties was completely opposite to the old ordinance. The management shift focuses on post-auditing. That is, the input is enlarged and then tightly controlled at the output. This thought is consistent throughout the Law on Horticulture. Accordingly, the current Law on Horticulture stipulates that the agriculture and rural development sector only recognizes and circulates varieties for the three main fruit trees, oranges, grapefruit and bananas. With these 3 species, when having new varieties, it is imperative to go through testing. When the trial is successful and meets the requirements, the Department of Crop Production will issue a decision to circulate the variety. Testing time is minimum 5 years, maximum up to 8 - 10 years. But there are fruit trees such as banana trees, the testing time will be faster, because every year trees produce fruit after planting. The tree with the longest testing time ...
Source: Agriculture
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