NA6 rice variety is added to the main rice variety structure of Nghe An.

NA6 rice in Nghi Loc district has a yield of over 7 tons/ha. Photo: Tran Chau

This year, the Na6 rice variety of Nghe An Agricultural Materials Corporation was planted in many localities and achieved very high yields.

Nam Thuong Commune (Nam Dan) is one of 8 communes selected by Nam Dan Agricultural Extension Station as a point to deploy the construction of a model of linking rice production in the 2018 spring crop with an area of ​​30 hectares, using the pure NA6 rice variety of Nghe An Agricultural Materials Company. Through practical evaluation, it is shown that this is a rice variety with many outstanding advantages, such as: low disease infection level, fast and healthy birth, high intensive cultivation ability, large panicles with many grains; the ratio of milled rice, pure rice, especially the ratio of white rice is much higher than the control varieties; the average yield per hectare is from 73 - 76.8 quintals/ha.

NA 6 rice variety workshop in Yen Thanh district. Photo: Thai Duong

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Phu - Head of the Agriculture Department of Nam Thuong Commune, District: "In the spring crop of 2018, the commune was built a NA6 rice model by the District Agricultural Extension Station with a total area of ​​30 hectares, the rice was seeded from January 18 to 20, up to this point the rice has been in the field for 123 - 130 days. Through the survey, the estimated yield this year will reach 72 - 73 quintals/ha; In the next crop, our commune will introduce more of this variety into this model."

In Dien Chau, Yen Thanh and Quynh Luu districts, spring rice ripens earlier and farmers are harvesting. In Dien Chau district, Mr. Le The Hieu - Head of the district's Agriculture Department said that the VT-NA6 rice variety is expected to have an average yield of 78 - 80 quintals/ha, the highest among the current pure rice varieties in the locality.

Not only in the plain districts, VT-NA6 rice variety has also reached most mountainous districts such as Thanh Chuong, Anh Son, Con Cuong, Nghia Dan, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Que Phong... Everywhere in this spring crop, this rice variety has an average yield of 73 - 75 quintals/ha.

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly held a workshop on the demonstration model of VT-NA6 rice variety in large fields in Dien Chau and at the North Central Institute of Agricultural Sciences.

At this workshop, Associate Professor, Dr. Le Quoc Thanh, Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, assessed: VT-NA6 rice variety is a very promising purebred rice variety, because of its short growing period, high yield of 70 - 80 quintals/ha in the spring crop, 60 - 70 quintals/ha in the summer-autumn and early season; relatively good resistance to pests and diseases; good rice quality (clear white rice, Protein content 7.26%, Amylose content 16.35%, rice grain over 70%), delicious, sticky rice, favored by consumers.

VT-NA6 rice variety is included in the project "Science and technology of Vietnam's national rice products", and can participate in exporting to the international market.

Mr. Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Agriculture and Rural Development affirmed: VT-NA6 rice variety has been tested in many demonstration models in Nghe An in many recent production seasons with very good results. Certainly, VT-NA6 rice variety will be one of the main rice varieties in Nghe An in terms of productivity and quality in the coming production seasons.