To achieve the target, the ministry will use the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), a plan in which farmers will increase productivity, quality and economic effectiveness, while reducing pesticides and nitrogenous fertilisers.
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Mai Van Trinh, director of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Institute for Agricultural Environment emphasizes SRI among new water- and cost-efficient farming techniques that will allow Viet Nam to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in wet rice production by 15 to 20 per cent by 2020.