Tay Ninh Province. The Inception workshop of the project “Support for development of modern business cooperatives for small farmers” and Consultation Workshop on Policy Framework for Development of Agriculture Cooperatives was held 6 November 2020 inTay Ninh Province.

The workshop was co-organized by FAO Viet Nam and the Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Participants of the workshop are representatives from MARD, provincial and district agriculture department leaders, Farmer Association and Cooperatives as well as some related private sectors at provincial level.

The objective of this workshop are:

Introduce new FAO technical support project for development of modern business cooperatives for small farmers in Tay Ninh province TCP/VIE/3702

Generate recommendations during the discussion on policy and legal framework for the development of cooperatives to assess needs and recommend improvements.

With this project, FAO will build capacity of MARD departments, local authorities and Viet Nam Cooperatives Alliance (VCA)  in facilitating the cooperative establishment and operations through the introduction of a business cooperative model to enhance the competiveness and inclusiveness of agricultural, aquatic and forest value-chains.

The new cooperative movement, gaining momentum from this project, is expected to revive and contribute to the national socio-economic development strategy beyond 2020.