Business 'houses' focus on supporting 'farmers' to develop sugarcane growing

According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, as of April 2021, the whole province currently has 19,223.3 hectares of raw sugarcane. Specifically: Tan Ky (3,171 hectares), Nghia Dan (7,160 hectares), Quy Hop (4,961 hectares), Quy Chau (1,158 hectares), Quynh Luu (936 hectares), Anh Son (949 hectares) ..., a decrease of more than 4,000 hectares compared to 2016. However, sugarcane productivity has been improved, from 56 tons/ha in 2016 to an average of 59.4 tons/ha in 2020. The total sugarcane output of the province decreased from 1,348,355.4 tons (2016) to 1,170,620.8 tons (2020).

With the faithful companionship with farmers, the factories have had policies on raw material areas to ensure peace of mind for sugarcane growers. Support and develop raw material areas, new varieties, mechanics, large-scale fields or implement other scientific and technical advances.

At Nghe An Sugarcane Company, there is a policy of non-refundable support of 2 million VND/ha for land reclamation and conversion of forced rice to sugarcane; Loan of 12 million VND/ha to buy disease-free seeds; Loan of 14 million VND and support of 3 million to buy sugarcane seeds from hot water-treated breeding fields in the spring of 2020; Loan of 12.5 million VND/ha and non-refundable support of 2 million VND to build large sugarcane fields; Non-interest loan of 70 million VND/ha to buy small plows to take care of sugarcane, 55 million VND for buying single-row sugarcane planting machines and 85 million VND for buying double-row sugarcane planting machines, etc. The company provides services such as plowing 3 pans and 7 pans, harrowing 4 pans, making rows, planting sugarcane, weeding between rows and spraying pesticides by machine.

Applying technology to raw material area management at Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company. Photo: Thanh Phuc

At Song Lam Sugar Company: Applying the district and provincial policies to encourage farmers to expand the area of ​​planting high-quality, high-yield sugarcane varieties suitable for the locality, specifically: supporting 2,000,000 VND/ha of model sugarcane. Cash support when farmers sign contracts to plant and sell raw sugarcane to the company; Investing 100% in seeds, land preparation, fertilizers and pesticides without interest; Guaranteeing the purchase price of raw sugarcane for the next crop; Supporting 100% of the cost of transporting sugarcane varieties for farmers who register to plant new sugarcane varieties.

Song Con Sugar Company has the following policy: Support for new autumn-winter crop varieties 3,000,000 VND/ha; Support for people growing new SJC varieties 4,500,000 VND/ha.

Converting to a new sugarcane variety in Quy Hop gives a yield of more than 80 tons/ha. Photo: Phan Giang

LIVESong Con Sugar Company, for new planting areas: Support 20 tons of fermented sugarcane sludge/ha, land rent: 3,000,000 VND/ha, planting fee: from 1,000,000 to 7,000,000 VND/ha, depending on the level of each sugarcane area. In addition, the Company provides loans for seeds, fertilizers, provides mechanization services such as land preparation; planting and caring for sugarcane; Support for building roads to raw material areas...
To ensure timely grasp of the situation, the Company arranges for each area with a scale of 150-250 hectares an agricultural officer to regularly stay in the fields to promptly support farmers throughout the production process. Information technology applications are also applied and timely treatment of harvest pests.

Factories in Nghe An province all buy all sugarcane from farmers and encourage farmers to expand their acreage according to the approved raw sugarcane planning of Nghe An province. However, according to this planning, no factory has yet reached the acreage.