Administrative reform in agriculture should focus more on people andenterprises by issuing practical documents facilitating agriculturalproduction and serving the integration process, stated Minister ofAgriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.

Inorder to enhance reform efficiency, leaders of the ministry and itsagencies should acknowledge shortcomings while building legal documentsin the field and raise the sense of responsibility in proposing theomission of unnecessary procedures, he said at a conference on July 24to review five years of administrative reform in the sector and map outorientations for 2016-2020.

From 2016-2020, theministry will continue completing mechanisms and policy systems focusingon management in the value chain from input to processing andmarketing.

The ministry will also review theefficiency of administrative procedure in all areas, especially thoserelated to people and businesses, stated the minister.

He noted that from 2011-2015, the ministry issued and proposed 323documents, including three laws, 21 decrees and 281 circulars, helpingpromote the role and strengths of the sector amid tough economicsituations.

During the conference, participants alsopointed out that many legal documents issued by the ministry remaininefficient and are unfeasible.

According to Head ofthe ministry’s Legal Department Nguyen Thi Kim Anh, together withoverlapping and unsystematic documents, there is a lack of regulationson the circulation, processing and producing of farm produce as well asthe development of a rural economy and management of rural trade.

She also pointed to the slow reforms of the legal document system andthe ineffective supervision of law enforcement in the sector.-VNA