Nghe An strives to achieve 687,500 tons of food in the 2021 spring crop production

Phu Huong• November 9, 2020 11:03

(Baonghean.vn) - "Localities and irrigation units must concentrate 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.

This morning, November 9, under the chairmanship of comrades: Nguyen Van De - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of the Provincial Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development organized the implementation of the 2021 Spring Crop Production Project. Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended and directed the conference.

Các đại biểu tham dự hội nghị triển khai Đề án sản xuất vụ xuân 2021. Ảnh: Phú Hương

Delegates attending the conference to deploy the 2021 Spring Crop Production Project. Photo: Phu Huong

With the target 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, 13,000 hectares of various vegetables and beans, 11,500 hectares of peanuts...

Phó Chủ tịch UBND huyện Thanh Chương Lê Đình Thanh đề nghị tỉnh hỗ trợ sửa chữa, khăc sphucj các công trình thủy lợi phục vj sản xuất vụ xuân. Ảnh: Phú Hương

Vice Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee Le Dinh Thanh affirmed that Thanh Chuong will continue to direct strict implementation of 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.

After listening to the delegates' discussion and giving instructions at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu stated: Strictly following the crop calendar is one of the top requirements in spring crop production. Localities must base on their specific situation to arrange a reasonable crop schedule, ensuring safe and effective production. For the flooded summer-autumn areas, seedlings must be planted 5-7 days earlier. Note that the direction to sow seedlings with plastic cover on 100% of the area to prevent cold and rats, and at the same time prevent white-backed planthoppers from entering and transmitting black-striped dwarf disease.

Đồng chí Phó Chủ tịch UBND tỉnh Hoàng Nghĩa Hiếu yêu cầu các địa phương tập trung khắc phục nhanh các công trình thủy lợi hư hỏng để kịp thời phục vụ sản xuất vụ xuân.. Ảnh: Phú Hương

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 links

Nông dân Diễn Châu gieo mạ vụ xuân 2020. Ảnh: Phú Hương

Dien Chau farmers sow rice in the 2020 spring crop. 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 request 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.