Is it possible to convert the crop and livestock structure on rice-growing land?

Reply:

Article 182, The 2024 Land Law stipulates on landrice landas follows:

1. Rice-growing land includes land dedicated to rice cultivation and remaining rice-growing land. Land dedicated to rice cultivation is land that grows two or more rice crops.

2. The State has policies to support and invest in building infrastructure, applying modern science and technology to areas planned for high-yield, high-quality rice cultivation; protecting rice-growing land, and limiting the conversion of rice-growing land to non-agricultural purposes.

3. People using rice-growing land are responsible for improving and increasing soil fertility; they may not convert it to other uses without permission from a competent state agency.

4. People who are allocated land or leased land by the State for non-agricultural purposes from land dedicated to rice cultivation must comply with the following regulations:

a) Have a plan to use the topsoil layer according to the provisions of the law on cultivation;

b) Pay an amount of money as prescribed by law for the State to supplement the lost area of ​​land for rice cultivation or increase the efficiency of using rice cultivation land, except for projects using public investment capital or foreign capital for public investment as prescribed by law on public investment and law on construction;

c) Comply with environmental protection regulations; do not affect cultivation of adjacent rice-growing land.

5. People using rice-growing land are allowed to convert the structure of crops and livestock on rice-growing land but do not lose the necessary conditions for re-growing rice according to the provisions of the law on cultivation; are allowed to use part of the land area to build works directly serving agricultural production.