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Overview: 5-yr Agricultural Program

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      Our 5-year Agricultural & Economic Plan:  An Overview

Every successful economic plan starts with a comprehensive and methodical blueprint or an execution plan to build such blueprint at each stage and each level of finishes. Economic plans are not just speech, money but a detail layout and manuals to execute. Modern agriculture plan is even more sophisticated than a business plan as we must deal with variable conditions in nature, machinery, plant varieties and weather or nature's challenges. Agricultural plan is a combination of:

(a)   Meticulous planting development;

(b)   Prudent strategies and well-engineer planning

(c)   Cohesive, effective engine or organization to implement them.

Successful planning in agriculture is much more difficult than building a high rise because we have to account for unpredictable and uncontrollable elements. Our first 5-year plan is designed to established foundations, structures. We expect to achieve a relative self-supporting level for farmers in 3 years; Agricultural Plans will be systemized with support strategies and mechanisms to assist farmers and their families to self-subsist during the interim periods where they may be financially struggling. There are agriculture-related strategies and non-agriculture strategies, which will be discussed throughout this Chapter. To meet our economic objectives and to minimize costs while maximizing efficiency, we must organize agricultural sites in tight and unique cooperative systems unlike typical farm groups in other countries. This is due to our limitations in many different fronts from finance, machinery, infrastructure, skill education, processing facility and logistics. However, VINAREX has sufficient experiences with tropical agriculture in other countries from Central America, China to Hawaii to know how to develop these systems to meet our objectives with limited resources especially with the diligence, endurance and dedications of Vietnamese farmers. However, all of these dedications and effort are meaningless until government policies and practices are supportive of our hard work.

Part I:     HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

A. ORGANIZATION

Executive Body, R & D Support Group and Planning Groups

This is a typical phase for any organization. VINAREX can be more complex as it must incorporate international, intergovernmental and internal core departments.

B. DETAIL, SPECIFIC PLANNING

R&D Scientific, Technical Group to prep specific plans per ea dept

Specific crops and industrial developments are written into a detail plan for future operations or implementation; These to serve as guide and rules training, working. No crop can be planted without a detail plan

C. SITE PLANNING & TESTING

Sites are designed, organized, mapped; Infrastructure plan + Test Plot to finalize crop manuals

Site Planning may involved groups of crops at selected regions suitable for such crop and support bodies.

D. SEED PREPARATION

Seeds are imported/grown/tested; Short-long term seedling plans

While research, planning and prep tasks being done, seed programs are planned, implemented and prepared for future planting.

E.  CROP MANUAL & TRAINING

Crop Manuals are completed

Manuals are specific "blueprint" and instructions, procedures and rules to carry out each crop; each site and ea by products. These are used for training of farmers and workers and mid-management staff

A.  FRUIT GROUP

Focus on exportable crops and other industrial or specialized industries

Focus will be export and industry-oriented crops; Industry focus is on the food processing, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and specialty markets. We will not focus on conventional, existing domestic use crops.

B. ROOT & FIELD CROP GROUP

Similar to the above, focus on exportables & other industrial use

Root groups are important to support the export process but we must carry out in highly advance forms to better compete with China.

C. GREENHOUSE/INDOOR GROUP

Designed for domestic use,  cash flow, export. Mostly modernized hydroponic systems are planned

Greenhouse program is a comprehensive plan important to Vietnam's future food supply and public health. It covers a network of greenhouse from North to South to supply cities; Some will be for export

D. OTHER LONG TERM GROUP

Longer term ornamentals, tree, forestry, pharmaceuticals and related groups

These long term crop groups will be developed over 4 to 7 year span due to their long maturity. Their markets are not limited to decorative use but for our long term industries from pharmaceuticals to wood.

E. CROPS FOR THE FOOD PROCESSING/FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRIES; INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL USE CROPS

Agriculture-supporting and related industrial manufacturing and food processing to be developed

Entwined in all agriculture will be specific support by products to food and non-food industries to be developed

Our agricultural plan is a nation-wide plan on a larger scale with each crop is designed to become AN INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH crop for Vietnam therefore they are planned quite differently than a typical crop being developed by an individual company. To support larger exports we must develop and organize a system and a network for each crop group thereby infrastructural foundations and processing facility can be made possible at lowest cost.

A. COMPLETION OF 60 LONG TERM CROPS

Most of these long term crops are in groups of Ornamental, Foliage, Potted, Field, Forestry and Pharmaceuticals

Long term crops are developed later but will be significant for long term growth the the specific industries we have in mind that we will develop for these crops. These crops will also contribute many factors in regenerating the environment, forestry resources and global warming.

B. INFRASTRUCTURE & PROCESSING FACILITY FOR THESE CROPS

It also takes at least 5-6 years to build the infrastructure and processing facilities to industrialize these crops

Long term crops are with more stable export markets and therefore need more organized planning in processing facilities. They generate larger number of long term businesses and facilitate broader industries compared to short term crops which are primarily for food, consumption.

C. SUPPORT BY-PRODUCTS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES

Support By-Products are micro projects to expand local market while support growers w/ income

While these crops are being planted, we must work on concurrent industrial developments for these crops and also smaller by-products to create cash-flow, jobs and expense coverage for farmers and for other longer term industries

D. DEVELOPING THE INDUSTRIES these crops are intended for

Industries related to these crops are develop during this period: Wood, Pharmacology, gifts, furniture, etc.

Various long term industries we have planned for these specific crops such as WOODS, FURNITURE, PHARMACEUTICALS, TOURIST GIFTS, DRIED GIFTS, etc. These are suitable for the dexterity skills by most Vietnamese men and women.

A. Systematic Insect Control Program for specific crop and locality

This plan is mandatory for each crop with particular emphasis on dangerous insects that may threaten exports

An effective insect and disease control plan is essential to both export and domestic agriculture. Without one, we cannot export and we are confident in our ability to set up a program as such in Vietnam due to the large labor force we can employ to do the work.

B. Special control plans for specific quarantine insects, issues and policies by importing nations

Special control plans for certain insects/diseases must be in place in direct consultation with importing nations' agriculture officials or scientists

Specific control plan w/ specific target insects or diseases on specific crop must be in place within the site as well as the entire locality surrounding the agricultural site. This is important and beneficial for all when insects are always monitored and eradicated anyway.

C. Development of large scale + nationwide insect monitoring system for prevention and Research use

Nationwide plans seems large but costs less in long runs as they prevent the spread of insects and alarm us of new insects.

Nationwide plans are excellent to agriculture as well as for the environment, for public health and for other industries. We will develop also a vector (mosquito) control plan for Vietnam especially in disease-frequent regions due to mosquito.

D. Comprehensive developments of BIOLOGICAL, MECHANICAL. TECHNOLOGICAL CONTROL methods

Biological and other non-chemical control methods are important to us as they are less harmful to plants and humans

Our emphasis and priority will be the use of NON-CHEMICAL methods as discussed thru-out our website. Although the use of chemical insecticide is still a must, we must train people more about the proper applications and education for a safe and smart use of chemicals.

E. EDUCATION AND TRAINING of farmers against the use of illegal chemicals and drugs

We must train Vietnamese people about the dangerous use of reckless bio agents and drugs

We are against the reckless use of bio-chemicals and systemic  pharmaceuticals by the Chinese. These will be dangerous for humans, especially for children and pregnant women. They also incubate and transmutate new pathogens beyond our ability to control or detect.

Unlike domestic crops or small scale exports, nation-wide agricultural plans require a systematic and effective insect and disease control plan for (a) The specific crop (b) The entire geographic areas where such crop is located (c) The monitoring network covering at least 50 miles radius to the crop site and (e) A system of long term insect and disease research and development plan with focus on CRITICAL INSECTS OR DISEASES that can be detrimental to Vietnam's agriculture. We will focus our entomology and pathology programs more on the use of NON-CHEMICAL control, NATURAL AND BIOLOGICAL control with extensive use of modern technology or equipment that least harmful to the environment, to useful species of plants of insects. We are against the reckless use of bio agents, antibiotics and hormone stimulants like the Chinese and will actively educate farmers about the dangers to humans, children and the environment associated with these use.

Part II:   PLANNING DYNAMICS: INNOVATIVE, METHODICAL BUT PRACTICAL