Nghe An planted over 38,500 hectares of winter crops

On the morning of August 10, Nghe An held a conference to deploy the 2018 winter crop production project.

Comrades Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development co-chaired the conference.

In the 2018 winter crop, Nghe An focuses on directing to strive to achieve the highest level in terms of area, productivity, and output with the motto of being proactive, promoting all resources for production development in the direction of commodity production, high economic efficiency, increasing production value; contributing significantly to the completion of the 2018 agricultural production plan.

Specifically, the whole province strives to plant 23,000 hectares of corn, with a yield of 103,500 tons; 1,400 hectares of peanuts, with a yield of 2,940 tons, used as seeds for winter crop production; 12,000 hectares of various vegetables and beans, with a yield of 174,000 tons.

To achieve that goal, the agricultural sector has proposed basic solutions such as: Based on the actual conditions of each regionto develop plans for developing advantageous agricultural products linked to consumer markets to increase income value per unit area;Arrange reasonable seed structure and season, actively prevent pests and diseases andperform good irrigation and drainage.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development presented the content of the Winter Crop Production Project. Photo: Phu Huong

Concluding remarks at the conference, comrade Dinh Viet Hong-The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed: Winter crop production plays an extremely important role in implementing the year's production plan.The province has policies and mechanisms to encourage the expansion and development of the winter crop.LocalitiesBased on the project of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, based on the specific conditions of the locality to develop a specific winter crop production project, close to reality; to maximize the available advantages. Assign leaders and professional staff to go to the grassroots to direct the implementation, using the results of directing the 2018 winter crop production as the basis for considering the year-end emulation and reward work.

Vegetables bring high value in winter crop production in Nam Dan district. Photo: Phu Huong

Implement well the management of the supply of agricultural materials such as: plant seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, etc. of organizations and individuals according to state regulations. Must select qualified partners according to state regulations to sign contracts to supply seeds, materials, and fertilizers to ensure quality, must guarantee the quality of seeds for farmers and be included in the province's seed structure;TStrengthen investment promotion, search, and support the expansion of production linkage models for winter crop products to promote production efficiency and increase farmers' income.

Assign relevant sectors such as the Department of Finance and the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to create all favorable conditions to promptly provide support funds according to the support policy of the Provincial People's Committee, helping farmers to borrow enough capital to serve production./.