Nam Nghe An Irrigation Company: Ensuring irrigation water for summer-autumn crop

(Baonghean) - In 2017, the weather was extremely complicated, especially in the summer-autumn crop, with prolonged heat, the agricultural sector faced many difficulties. However, Nam Nghe An Irrigation Company Limited performed well in managing and operating the irrigation system to serve irrigation and drainage for agricultural production.

Water pumping station in Hung Tan commune (Hung Nguyen) operates stably. Photo: VT

For the summer-autumn crop, due to the low water level in the Nam Dan irrigation system, Nam Irrigation Company Limited has always proactively developed a reasonable and scientific irrigation plan. At the same time, it has promoted and advised localities to thoroughly save water resources. Converted some drought-affected areas to other crops. On the other hand, from the beginning of the crop, it has proactively inspected, dredged and maintained canals worth more than 3 billion VND, prepared a backup pump plan, so that when needed, it can promptly handle drought-affected areas and perform rotational irrigation.

Operating the pumping station for irrigation according to the plan of Nam Irrigation Company Limited. Photo: VT

For dams with depleted water sources, the company implemented a solution of using field pumps to pump water from dead-end rivers to irrigate rice, reserving water in the reservoir for the rice-growing stage. Coordinated with local authorities to effectively manage water. By the end of August, rice fields in Nam Dan and Hung Nguyen were basically guaranteed water for irrigation. Areas in Nghi Loc and Vinh city, due to drought, had to switch to late-autumn rice cultivation.

Thanks to scientific direction and management, step by step quantification in management decisions, ensuring irrigation capacity and construction safety, the area of ​​waterlogging and drought has been minimized. Over 20,000 hectares of summer-autumn rice managed by the Company are all irrigated in a closed system. The Company is determined to serve production in a dynamic and creative spirit, "sticking to the fields, sticking to the people" to best serve irrigation for the summer-autumn crop./.

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