Leveraging those results, during the 2026-2030 period, the province continues to prioritize resources to deploy agricultural extension programs, aiming to build a green, smart, and sustainable agriculture.

Practical success from scientific farming models

In the 2024 crop season, Lầu A Di from Pu Nhi commune participated in the integrated pest management (IPM) model on 1 ha of rice. Moving away from producing mainly based on experience, he was guided to apply scientific cultivation processes spanning from sowing and fertilizing to pest control. As a result, the volume of sowed seeds decreased by about 30%, saving 20 labor days and limiting the use of plant protection chemicals, while productivity was still maintained. Income from the model increased by around VND 13.5 million per hectare compared to previous production methods.

Lầu A Di stated that he currently continues to apply the knowledge transferred from the model to cultivate two crops of rice per year. Applying the correct techniques helps reduce costs, allows the rice to grow better, and brings higher economic efficiency.

In Mường Ảng commune, the locality organized the project “Strengthening climate change resilience for coffee production” in 2023. Accordingly, the project synchronously deployed technical solutions to improve efficiency and sustainability in coffee production through two demonstration models with a scale of 5 ha for coffee in its business period and old coffee at the end of its production cycle. The models applied multiple solutions such as planting windbreaks, multi-purpose shade trees, increasing the use of organic fertilizer, improving soil, and treating fungal diseases with biological products. For the old coffee area, the project executed top-grafting renovation using high-yielding hybrid coffee varieties TN1 and TN2, and newly planted 0.8 ha of the THA1 variety on areas that were no longer capable of recovery.

Participating in the project, Cà Văn Bi from Hua Nguống village, Mường Ảng commune, renovated 1,500 m² of old coffee by top-grafting with TN1 and TN2 varieties, and newly planted 1,500 m² of the THA1 variety. Concurrently, he was supported with organic fertilizers and biological products to improve the soil and care for the orchard.

Cà Văn Bi shared that the newly planted coffee area reached a survival rate of over 90%, the top-grafting renovation succeeded by more than 85%, and coffee productivity increased by about 10%. From the initial efficiency, he has applied the transferred techniques to step-by-step replant his entire 3 ha of old coffee, raising productivity and product quality.

According to the provincial People’s Committee’s assessment, during the 2021-2025 period, despite being heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, agricultural extension activities in the province still achieved many positive results. The entire province organized 376 training classes, fostering knowledge and skills for nearly 14,900 turns of farmers and agricultural extension officers, reaching 114.29% of the plan. Along with that, many fairs, workshops, agricultural extension forums, and experience-learning study tours inside and outside the province were deployed, contributing to enhancing production capacity for the people.

Notably, the entire province built and replicated 283 agricultural extension models in the fields of cultivation, animal husbandry, aquaculture, and forestry toward organic, VietGAP, and biosafety practices linked to production and product consumption linkages. The models brought efficiency in productivity and quality, contributing to changing people’s mindset and step-by-step shifting from small-scale production to commodity production according to market demands.

Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment Lê Xuân Cảnh stated that agricultural extension models have helped farmers access technical progress while raising awareness about production linkages, product consumption, and household economic development. This serves as an important foundation to promote the restructuring of the agricultural sector toward a modern and sustainable direction.

Strategic allocations and targets for 2026-2030

Promoting the achieved results, during the 2026-2030 period, Điện Biên province determines that agricultural extension work must truly take the farmer as the center, directing all support activities toward the practical needs of producers. The focus is to help farmers switch from an agricultural production mindset to an agricultural economic mindset. Production will be organized along value chains on the foundation of science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation, step-by-step building key agricultural products that are competitive and meet market requirements.

Concretizing this orientation, on May 8, 2026, the provincial People’s Committee issued Decision No.949/QĐ-UBND approving the Agricultural Extension Program for the 2026-2030 period with a total expected budget of over VND 60 billion from the provincial budget and reciprocal capital from participating organizations and individuals. Within this, around VND 46.2 billion is prioritized for training, coaching, technical progress transfer, and the building and replication of effective agricultural extension models.

The entire province is expected to organize 75 coaching and training classes for technology transferors and recipients, boost dissemination and dissemination of effective production models, and build concentrated production models linked to local key crops. In addition to provincial-level resources, communes are required to prioritize allocating at least VND 1.5 billion annually to deploy agricultural extension activities suitable for practical conditions and residents’ needs.

According to the development orientation, agricultural extension models in the coming period will focus on products with competitive advantages such as macadamia, coffee, pineapples, passion fruit, and several other key crops. The macadamia and coffee development models must have a minimum scale of 10 ha, while pineapples and passion fruit must reach at least 56 ha. All models are required to synchronously apply science and technology, ensuring product quality, food safety, environmental protection, and climate change adaptation.

The goal is to raise economic efficiency by at least 10% compared to traditional production methods, reduce input costs, increase product value, and create conditions for practical replication. This will contribute to promoting the restructuring of the agricultural sector toward concentrated, green, smart, and sustainable commodity production, matching the goals set by the 15th Provincial Party Congress Resolution and Resolution No.11 of the provincial Party Executive Committee.

From demonstration models in the fields to concentrated commodity production zones, agricultural extension activities are increasingly affirming their role as an important bridge bringing scientific and technical progress to farmers. During the 2026-2030 period, it is expected that agricultural extension work will continue to bring substantive efficiency, creating a foundation for the transformation of local agriculture toward a green, modern, and sustainable direction.