Nghe An farmers quickly harvest summer-autumn rice to 'run the storm'
Before storm No. 3 (super typhoon Yagi), Hung Nguyen district focused on quickly harvesting summer-autumn rice that was 70% or more ripe. Authorities worked overnight to help people store rice in a safe place.
Harvest summer-autumn rice quickly to "run the storm"
On September 6 alone, people in Thuong Khe hamlet, Hung Tay commune, Hung Nguyen district harvested more than 12 hectares of summer-autumn rice. Mr. Tran Hung Hai - hamlet chief of Thuong Khe hamlet said: The hamlet's rice area is nearly 60 hectares, of which nearly 13 hectares are used to build large fields, link production and purchase products of TBR97 rice varieties and fragrant sticky rice, with a yield of up to 3.3-3.5 quintals/sao. Taking advantage of the sunshine, before the forecast of storm No. 3, in the past few days, people have focused on harvesting rice areas that are 70% or more ripe.
The entire Hung Tay commune has 403 hectares of rice, before the storm, more than 100 hectares were harvested, the rest were still green. Mr. Cao Minh Luc - Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee said: Yesterday (September 5), the commune and hamlets mobilized 10 harvesters to operate, immediately after finishing threshing, taking advantage of the sunshine, people took the rice out to dry. But at 11pm, a storm occurred in the area, so the commune mobilized security forces and militia to help people transport rice from the drying yard to store at home.
“Last night, we helped people until 2am before stopping, but there were still about 10 tons of rice that had been purchased by the enterprise. However, due to storms and power outages, the dryer could not work, so from 4:30am, the forces continued to transport it back to dry, using fans at the school and the commune People's Committee to avoid damage.”
Mr. Cao Minh Luc - Vice Chairman of Hung Tay Commune People's Committee
Clearing the flow ensures quick drainage
Mobilizing all resources to focus on harvesting summer-autumn rice, by September 6, Hung Nguyen district had harvested 3,400 hectares of rice, of which, just a few days before the storm, more than 2,000 hectares were harvested.
Currently, the whole district still has nearly 900 hectares of green rice. In the past few days, communes and irrigation units have focused on dredging and draining water in the fields. The barrage system in the area has also opened all sluice gates 2 days ago to reduce buffer water in the fields, avoiding flooding that causes damage to production; instructing people to spread nets and build embankments to protect more than 500 hectares of aquaculture.
At the same time, the locality also conducted a review of weak and blocked points, mobilized machinery to clear the flow to help drain water quickly; mainly on Le Xuan Dao canal, Hoang Can canal and some T16 and T18 canals that were blocked due to the construction of the North-South expressway. Along with that, they checked landslide points on riverbanks and mountains to come up with evacuation plans in case of flooding or landslides.
Currently, most communes and routes have met and deployed urgent tasks to prevent and combat storms, and organized 24/7 on-duty staff to promptly handle any situations that may arise.
“The most worrying thing now is that the key communes in the deep and low-lying areas of the outer regions such as Hung Trung, Hung Tay, Hung Yen Bac, Hung Yen Nam and the communes in the inner regions such as Hung Tay, Hung Thong, Hung Nghia and Hung Loi still have many areas of rice and aquaculture that have not been harvested,” said Mr. Hoang Duc An.
