Nghe An strives to achieve 687,500 tons of food in spring crop production 2021
(Baonghean.vn) - "Localities and irrigation units must focus human resources, repair and overcome damaged irrigation works to promptly serve spring crop production" - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu directed at the Conference.
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Delegates attending the conference to deploy the 2021 Spring Crop Production Project. Photo: Phu Huong |
With the goal of striving for food output in 2021 of about 1,163,000 tons, of which the 2020 winter crop is estimated to reach 82,450 tons, the summer-autumn crop - the season that always faces many difficulties, thenspring cropIn 2021, we must strive to achieve 687,500 tons of food. Accordingly, the whole province strives to cultivate 90,000 hectares of rice, including 40,000 hectares of hybrid rice, 50,000 hectares of pure rice and 42,000 hectares of quality rice; in addition, there are 13,000 hectares of various vegetables and beans, 11,500 hectares of peanuts...
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Vice Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee Le Dinh Thanh affirmed that Thanh Chuong will continue to strictly follow the crop calendar. Photo: Phu Huong |
It is forecasted that the temperature will be lower than the average of many years, with severe cold concentrated from the second half of December 2020 to February 2021. Therefore, to avoid the cold during rice flowering, the 2021 spring rice crop is arranged to be planted and bloomed from April 20 to May 5.
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Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu requested localities to focus on quickly repairing damaged irrigation works to promptly serve spring crop production. Photo: Phu Huong |
In addition to doing a good job of plant protection and ensuring irrigation for production, localities and related sectors must further strengthen state management, inspection and strict handling of violations in the production and trading of seeds, fertilizers and materials, ensuring that goods circulating on the market are of good quality and reasonable prices to promptly serve the proposed production plan. At the same time, localities, based on state regulations, continue to organize implementation and call on cooperatives and enterprises to cooperate in production with farmers, promoteproduction and product consumption linkage
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Dien Chau farmers sow rice in the spring crop of 2020. Photo: Phu Huong |
“After the heavy rains caused by the circulation of storm No. 9, many irrigation works were severely damaged. The province will have a plan as well as propose the central government to provide funding to support the repair. Localities and irrigation units must focus on human resources, repair and overcome to promptly serve spring crop production” - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu requested.