Farmers in Nghe An province stay in the fields to produce the winter crop.
Thanh Phuc•September 13, 2024 14:54
These days, across the fields in various localities throughout the province, farmers are actively working on their winter crop.
This year, Nghe An province aims to achieve the highest possible production in terms of area, yield, and output according to the plan, with a focus on safe production. Many localities, after harvesting the summer-autumn rice crop, have proceeded with dredging canals and clearing waterways to prepare for the winter crop. (Photo: TP)Farmers in Thanh Chuong are clearing weeds, repairing field boundaries, preparing the soil, and planting winter crops. Photo: TPTo save on production costs, farmers collect straw and agricultural by-products to make bio-fertilizer right in the fields, using the resulting fertilizer for winter crops. (Photo: TP)In many localities, farmers who harvested their summer-autumn crops early have now planted sweet potatoes and sown corn on land previously used for two rice crops. (In the photo: Farmers in Thuong Son commune (Do Luong district) planting sweet potatoes for tubers on land previously used for two rice crops. Photo: TP)Maize has been identified as the main crop, with a total planted area of up to 19,000 hectares throughout the province. Currently, in the winter crop production fields, a large area is planted with biomass maize, with some households cultivating hectares and selling it to livestock farms. (Photo: TP)This winter season, Tuong Son commune (Anh Son district) planted nearly 400 hectares of corn, including 150 hectares on land previously used for two rice crops. Currently, most farmers have finished planting. Besides biomass corn, people also grow glutinous corn for commercial purposes, selling it to markets in the southern provinces. (Photo: TP)In the Thượng Tân Lộc and Trung Phúc Cường areas (Nam Đàn district), people focus on growing pumpkins for fruit and other vegetables as commercial crops. Photo: TPPeople in the coastal areas of Quynh Luu district and Hoang Mai town are also urgently preparing the land and planting high-quality vegetables such as kohlrabi, cauliflower, cabbage, and carrots to serve the year-end market. Photo: TPMany new varieties have been introduced by locals for trial cultivation: Japanese green-skinned, yellow-fleshed squash (chestnut squash), zucchini, kale, chocolate tomatoes... Photo: TPTo enhance economic value, many localities have partnered with businesses to cultivate sweet corn, pumpkins for seeds, and chili peppers for export… In the photo: A model of integrated cultivation and guaranteed purchase of sweet corn in the 2023 winter crop in Dien Thanh commune (Dien Chau). Photo: TP
This winter crop season,tThe entire province aims to plant 34,690 hectares of various winter crops. This includes approximately 8,650 hectares on riverside alluvial land, 4,700 hectares on coastal arable land, 2,295 hectares on rice paddy land, and 19,045 hectares on upland arable land. Corn is the main crop with 19,000 hectares planted, followed by 13,200 hectares of vegetables and beans. Other crops include peanuts (1,000 hectares) and sweet potatoes (1,240 hectares).
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