Nghe An farmers go to the fields to plant spring rice seedlings
(Baonghean.vn) - Taking advantage of favorable weather, people in many places in Nghe An are gathering in the fields to plant rice seedlings, expecting to simultaneously sow spring rice in 20 days.
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Taking advantage of favorable weather, farmers in Quynh Luu district are focusing on going to the fields to prepare the land and make ridges to plant seedlings. In the spring crop of 2019, Quynh Luu district restructured 7,500 hectares of rice area. Photo: Viet Hung |
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Spring seedlings are soaked for 36 - 48 hours, every 12 hours, the water is changed; the amount of seeds used for 1 sao is from 1.8 - 2.0 kg. After 4 days of soaking in water and keeping it covered until the rice sprouts, farmers can then take it to the field to plant the seedlings. From planting to sowing takes about 20 - 25 days. Photo: Viet Hung |
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In Dien Chau district, at this time, people are also urgently going to the fields to prepare the land and create beds for spring rice planting. According to the plan, in the 2019 spring crop, the district strives to plant 9,000 hectares of rice. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| To encourage farmers to produce, in addition to the policies of the Central and the province, the districts continue to build canals within the fields, support rat extermination, protect crops; provide training in rice care techniques and disease prevention. Photo of farmers covering seedlings with plastic to protect them from the cold wind (photo by Viet Hung). |
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| In the spring crop of 2019, the whole province strives to plant 107,000 hectares of food. According to the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, for rice, it is necessary to use officially recognized varieties in the project to arrange the crop so that the rice blooms from April 24 to May 5, so there are 2 fields arranged to be planted before Tet and 1 field planted after Tet. At the same time, proactive measures to prevent and control pests and diseases are taken. Photo: Ngoc Phuong |
