Nghe An: Thousands of hectares of vegetables lost due to flooding

After 2 days of rain and floods due to the influence of storm No. 6, observations on vegetable fields in the coastal areaQuynh Luu districtshows that, although the water has receded, most of the vegetables have been damaged, but people have not yet gone to the fields to take care of them, only a few households are harvesting green onions to sell to traders. According to farmers, they are currently unable to reproduce because the soil is wet.

Quynh Luu district has 957 hectares of vegetables flooded and damaged after this flood. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Ms. Ho Thi Loan in Quynh Minh commune shared: The spring onion crop is only a few days away from harvest, but the rain causedflooding, damaged. Regretting the loss, the family harvested the remaining parts to save some capital, but because the leaves were crushed and damaged, traders only bought them for 5,000 VND/kg. "The water has receded for a day, but the soil is still wet and there are often floods this season, so we don't know when we can resume production," said Ms. Ho Thi Loan.

During this flood, Quynh Luu district suffered the heaviest damage with 956 hectares of autumn-winter vegetables in the communes of Quynh Yen, Quynh My, Quynh Tan, Ngoc Son, Quynh Tam, Quynh Chau, Quynh Nghia, Quynh Minh, Quynh Luong, Quynh Bang, Quynh Tho, Quynh Thuan, Quynh Van being flooded and damaged by over 70%, followed by about 600 hectares of freshwater aquaculture ponds; 10,000 poultry of farms and households died...

Most of the flooded vegetable fields were lost. Photo: Quang An

According to Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dinh - Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee, for vegetables and freshwater aquaculture areas, it is considered aslost, causing great damage to the people's economy. Currently, the vegetable growing area has receded, but because this month is the rainy season, often flooded, so people are not in a hurry to resume production, waiting about 1 more month to safely plant winter crops.

Although the floodwaters have receded, the soil is still wet and it is the rainy season so people have not resumed production. Photo: Xuan Hoang

DistrictDien ChauThe recent floods also caused damage to agricultural production. According to the district's Department of Agriculture, floods have submerged over 1,255 hectares of vegetables and more than 490 hectares of aquaculture.

Mr. Le The Hieu - Head of the District Agriculture Department said that the district is currently directing localities to review the damaged vegetable areas. For corn, if any area can be harvested to feed cattle, it will be harvested; for areas that cannot be repaired, wait for it to dry up and replant; for flooded aquaculture areas, it is considered a total loss, farmers will repair the embankments, clean ponds, etc. to raise fish again.

Some households harvested green onions to salvage after the flood but the selling price was only 5,000 VND/kg. Photo: Quang An

There are no statistics on damage from localities yet, but with such a large area of ​​lost vegetables, the economic damage to people is certainly not small./.