Food security still is and will be the highest priority strategy to stabilise economic development and sociopolitical security. As rice is the staple for the population, its production must be stabilised at a high level. Increased paddy production is to be achieved through intensified production in the six major plains and expansion of cultivated areas for paddy in mountain valleys with adequate water. Rice production reached 2.2 million tonnes in 2000 compared to 1.4 million tonnes in 1995. This remarkable increase was mainly the result of the rapid development of irrigation systems for dry season rice production since 1997.
Average production of rice per capita has increased from 310 kg in 1995 to 430 kg in 2000. During these five years the annual growth of rice production was 9.2 percent and other foodstuffs such as maize, roots and tuber crop, soybean, vegetables, eggs, poultry and meat products also increased. These annual growth rates exceeded the annual population growth rate of about 2.5 percent. However, production of food and foodstuffs is still insufficient and unevenly distributed. Foodstuff production is not very stable because of frequent natural events, such as calamitous floods and drought, and limited agricultural infrastructure. There is also a wide variation in food production between provinces. The main food producing areas are concentrated in the main plains along the Mekong river and account for 60-70 percent of food output. In the mountains, where over half the population lives, food output in 2002 was only 30-40 percent of total output (FAO, 2002).
Food security still is and will be the highest priority strategy to stabilise economic development and sociopolitical security. As rice is the staple for the population, its production must be stabilised at a high level. Increased paddy production is to be achieved through intensified production in the six major plains and expansion of cultivated areas for paddy in mountain valleys with adequate water. Rice production reached 2.2 million tonnes in 2000 compared to 1.4 million tonnes in 1995. This remarkable increase was mainly the result of the rapid development of irrigation systems for dry season rice production since 1997.Average production of rice per capita has increased from 310 kg in 1995 to 430 kg in 2000. During these five years the annual growth of rice production was 9.2 percent and other foodstuffs such as maize, roots and tuber crop, soybean, vegetables, eggs, poultry and meat products also increased. These annual growth rates exceeded the annual population growth rate of about 2.5 percent. However, production of food and foodstuffs is still insufficient and unevenly distributed. Foodstuff production is not very stable because of frequent natural events, such as calamitous floods and drought, and limited agricultural infrastructure. There is also a wide variation in food production between provinces. The main food producing areas are concentrated in the main plains along the Mekong river and account for 60-70 percent of food output. In the mountains, where over half the population lives, food output in 2002 was only 30-40 percent of total output (FAO, 2002).
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