The Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework (SPMF) is a program with an overall, comprehensive and long-term impact scale to facilitate the transition to systems.
In July 2023, Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the Plant Protection Department and the Asian Croplife Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in implementing the Drug Management Framework program. sustainable plant protection in the period of 2023-2028.
The Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework (SPMF) is a program with an overall, comprehensive and long-term impact scale to facilitate the transition to systems. sustainable food system. According to MoU, Croplife will maximize the industry’s efforts, strengthen cooperation with many partners in Vietnam to promote the implementation of a framework for the use and management of sustainable plant protection solutions in parallel with the accelerate the application of scientific innovation in agriculture. This program will further demonstrate Croplife’s commitment to supporting the Government and MARD in their transition to more sustainable food and environmental systems that protect human health, the environment, and improve health. high quality agricultural products.
Following the successes and achievements of the cooperation contents in the period of 2019 – 2023, the Parties agreed to implement the cooperation project in the next 5 years with a comprehensive, extensive and long-term approach. To support the sustainable and responsible application of pesticides in Vietnam, promote the systematic transition of the management and use of pesticide solutions towards the “Sustainable Pesticides Management Framework” firm is marked by the signing ceremony.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Trung, Managing Director of Croplife Asia – Mr. Tan Siang Hee and senior leaders of the Board of Directors and Executive Board of Croplife Asia and Croplife Vietnam witnessed the MoU signing ceremony.
As part of the signing ceremony, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Trung expressed his appreciation for Croplife Vietnam’s recent contributions to Vietnam. As the co-leader of the agrochemical group of the Office of Sustainable Agricultural Development Partnership (PSAV) in Vietnam, he worked towards strengthening and sharing with Vietnamese people about the effective use of pesticide products, plant varieties have contributed to promoting a sustainable agricultural system, in line with the goal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to improve the efficiency of management of the safe, transparent and sustainable food system of the Vietnam.s
Within the framework of public-private partnership through PSAV, Deputy Minister Hoang Trung suggested that the Asian CropLife Association continue to accompany, support and have more activities to promote and implement long-term strategies, aims to support farmers to access scientific solutions in agricultural farming to promote growth, improve crop productivity, and create high-quality agricultural products while minimizing negative impacts on the environment.
“I suggest that Croplife Association actively call for businesses to participate in the quartet to effectively implement PSAV activities. This is a model highly appreciated by the World Economic Forum, so the participation of the private sector needs to be implemented more actively”, the Deputy Minister emphasized.