Làm sao để nâng cao mức sống của người nông dân đồng bằng sông Cửu Long

Abstract

Mekong Delta is a fertile land for the development of rice and fruits that bring highly economic efficiency. However, with the form of small-scale production, lack of technology, orientation, floating plants and lack of market information, the habitants have to cultivate in the hereditary and luck based way. The local people need to change their minds and improve the production processes based on the market needs, then they can get rich on their own land. Vietnam's rice export goes after only Thailand, but the Vietnamese farmers' living standards are not comparable with Thailand's despite their diligence, hardworking and favorable natural conditions. Vietnamese farmers still suffer from "underpriced when having good crops" situation, so their lives are still precarious. Besides imposing the export price floors, the government should have the price supporting policies for the farmers to ensure that agricultural production is profitable. To get this, it is necessary to do research and calculate the cost of production and fix reasonable purchase price to be consistent with the target that the agricultural products can make the profit rate of at least 30 percent which has been unstable in the past years. It is necessary to revitalize and expand the traditional industries in order to cope with the unemployment, create new jobs for the laborers and increase the farmers' income.