Challenges and solutions for vietnam to produce good agro-processed foods - focusing on rice production in the mekong delta

Abstract

Survey results from September 2017 to June 2018 revealed that the processed food in the Mekong Delta was below the consumer's desire level. Some of the causes were the facts that raw materials for processing were not hygienic, and that the quality was low. The main others were cultivation environment pollution, the inferior seeds, cultivation techniques and post-harvest management. The solutions to these challenges are to make surrounding farmland cleaned, to expand the certified seeds’ supply and the advanced new farming technology, to modernize facilities for drying, storage and sort of agro-products, and to improve logistics capacity. These countermeasures will reduce environment pollution and enhance the quality and safety of both agricultural products and the processed foods in Mekong Delta, which will contribute to improve people health. I hope that researches on technology, facilities and professional manpower for agricultural processing as well as on soil and water quality will be done.