Nghe An plans to plant nearly 37,800 hectares of winter crops.
(Baonghean.vn) - Building a reasonable production plan to avoid adverse weather impacts; promptly monitoring and handling pests and diseases, especially fall armyworms, to achieve the goal of effectively producing 37,780 hectares of winter crops, are important directions in the Conference on deploying winter crop production in Nghe An in 2019.
On the afternoon of August 12, under the chairmanship of comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development deployed the 2019 winter crop production project. Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended and directed the conference.
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| The comrades chaired the conference. Photo: Phu Huong |
This winter crop, Nghe An strives to plant nearly 37,800 hectares of winter crops with key crops such as corn, peanuts, various vegetables and beans and raise over 2,600 hectares of the third crop. In particular, it will increase the expansion of vegetable areas of all kinds, especially high-value vegetables, production in the direction of IPM, GAP and application of high technology, ensuring product safety and traceability.
As for corn, it is grown for grain, as green feed for cows and to harvest fresh corn.
The weather is forecast to be complex and unpredictable; Fall Armyworm causing serious damage to corn plants are significant challenges for winter crop production. In order to minimize damage to production as well as ensure the spring rice crop next year, the Department of Agriculture has proposed specific solutions regarding timing and techniques.
Based on the time frame and recommended varieties, localities should consider and calculate appropriate planting plans depending on specific situations and flood developments.
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| Green squash plants bring high economic efficiency in Thanh Linh commune, Thanh Chuong district. Photo: Phu Huong |
Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong emphasized: Winter crop production in recent years has become a commodity crop, bringing high economic value to farmers as well as making an important contribution to the province's agricultural production value.
Localities need to proactively develop plans to develop advantageous agricultural products of the region in association with the consumption market to increase the income value per unit area, and direct farmers to produce according to the plan. Because this is a production season with many forecast risks, we should not be subjective and underestimate the difficulties; we need to direct farmers to strictly follow the crop calendar, closely monitor the development of pests and diseases to have timely prevention measures. In particular, this summer-autumn crop, the whole country has 17,000 hectares of corn and Nghe An alone has nearly 1,200 hectares of corn damaged by fall armyworm, severely damaged. Therefore, this is one of the pests and diseases that need special attention on this year's winter corn crop.
Localities also need to have support policies, build effective production models, and linkage models in production and consumption to improve the efficiency of winter crop production.
