Nghe An aims to plant 37,635 hectares of crops in the 2020 winter crop.

On the afternoon of August 10, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference to deploy the Project on organizing winter crop production in 2020. Mr. Nguyen Van De - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mr. Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of the Provincial Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection chaired the conference.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Phu Huong

Prioritize safe production and goods

This winter crop, Nghe An strives to plant over 37,635 hectares of various winter crops, including 21,500 hectares of corn, 1,500 hectares of peanuts, 12,500 hectares of vegetables and beans of all kinds...
Unlike many years, this year, some areas of rice and summer-autumn crop land cannot be produced due to drought, which will be favorable for expanding the area as well as planting winter crops early.

Mr. Nguyen Van Lap - Chairman of Nghe An Agricultural Science and Technology Association said: The most important factor in directing winter crop production is the issue of production organization. Photo: Phu Huong

However, according to the assessment of the North Central Hydrometeorological Center, the weather in the winter crop is still very complicated and unpredictable, while the irrigation system in some places has not met the requirements for drainage, thus affecting the planting season as well as the fear of waiting for the flood to end before proceeding with winter crop production.

Delegates focused on discussing and discussing solutions and directions, with the goal of achieving the highest winter crop production in terms of area, productivity, and output, with the motto of safe production, goods, and high economic efficiency.

Mr. Nguyen Van Duong - Vice Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee suggested that the province should have support policies for summer-autumn rice crop land - the season that cannot be planted due to drought. Photo: Phu Huong

The general spirit that is highly unified is: Based on the plan and specific conditions of each locality, to build a plan to develop advantageous agricultural products associated with the consumption market to increase income value; production in the direction of corn for grain, green forage for cows and harvesting fresh corn; vegetable plants produced according to VietGAP standards and applying high technology to ensure product safety and traceability of product origin and peanut plants for seed production for the spring crop, in which, especially promoting the expansion of vegetable acreage of all kinds, especially high-value vegetable plants.

Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Van De requested localities to develop specific production plans depending on actual conditions. Photo: Phu Huong

Good drainage, minimizing damage caused by floods

In his concluding remarks at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Van De - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development stated: In order to produce the winter crop effectively, agricultural units and localities need to have solutions to promote the application of scientific and technological advances, safe production processes according to VietGAP and organic standards as well as quickly multiply effective models, maintain and develop areas according to VietGAP standards, and at the same time have solutions to promote production linkages and product consumption.

Pumpkin fields bring high economic efficiency in the winter crop in Thanh Linh commune (Thanh Chuong). Photo: Phu Huong

The Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development emphasized: With the characteristic of being frequently affected by floods in the winter crop, in addition to solutions on pest control and crop timing, localities and the Irrigation sector must calculate and have a planting plan close to the actual situation to both minimize damage caused by floods and ensure high productivity and not affect the 2021 spring crop planting plan.

Pay special attention to irrigation, drainage, and flood control, and develop proactive drainage plans to prevent local flooding for crops, with particular attention paid to peanuts, vegetables, and some corn and vegetable growing areas on double-rice land during the rainy and stormy season.