Vietnam amongst world’s most food-self-sufficient nations: examine

HANOI -An extent that issues concerning the potential for interruptions in international commerce, a brand new examine printed within the journal Nature Meals has recognized VIệT NAM as one of many few nations with a excessive stage of meals self -sufficiency, able to resisting the primary interruptions to meals imports and exports worldwide.

The analysis, carried out by scientists from the German College of Göttingen and the Scottish College of Edinburgh, used knowledge from the UN Agriculture and Agriculture Group (FAO) to guage the self -sufficiency of 186 nations and territories in seven major meals classes: cereals, greens, fruits, primary merchandise, dairy merchandise, meat and fish.

In accordance with the findings, Guyana, with a inhabitants of round 800,000, is the one one able to totally satisfying the home demand of all meals teams with out relying on imports. China and Việt Nam adopted carefully, every attaining self -sufficiency in six classes.

The robust efficiency of VIệT NAM is attributed to its stable agricultural sector, which maintains constantly excessive yields in key areas corresponding to rice, vegetables and fruit, fishing merchandise, meat and meals with starch. Though many countries proceed to rely largely on meals imports, the sustained nationwide manufacturing capability of the Southeast Asian nation supplies an important benefit to guard nationwide meals safety in periods of world uncertainty.

The examine additionally highlighted a marked distinction in international meals resilience. Of the 186 analyzed, it was found that 154 have been self -sufficient in simply two to 5 meals teams. To the alarming, a number of nations couldn’t meet on the nationwide stage the demand of any of the classes. These included Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Macao (China), Qatar and Yemen, nations the place greater than 50 p.c of meals provides depend upon imports.

Việt Nam is among the many finest meals exporters on this planet whereas sustaining a various and sustainable agricultural system to satisfy home wants. This double power improves the nation’s resilience to future interruptions in world meals commerce.