Promoting the success of the spring rice crop

(Baonghean) - Over the past few days, overcoming the hot weather, farmers in many localities have been busy harvesting spring rice. Despite the hardship, farmers are really excited, because this is the highest yielding rice crop ever.

On May 26, the weather was hot and sunny, with occasional Lao winds blowing through, making the air even hotter. However, in the fields of Hamlet 6, Quynh Hau Commune (Quynh Luu), dozens of families still went to the fields to harvest spring rice. In the area of ​​fallen rice with heavy heads, Ms. Ho Thi Thong's family was waiting for a multi-function harvester to come and harvest the rice. Like many other families, she chose to rent a harvester to shorten the harvest time. Pointing at her family's rice, Ms. Thong excitedly said: "You see, my rice fell over after several gusts of wind because the heads were too heavy with grain. This year, the rice has many heads and firm grains...". The rice variety Ms. Thong planted was the C-uu multi-system, which she and many people called White Bear. The first crop brought to the field yielded about 3.9 quintals/sao.

People in Nghi Truong commune (Nghi Loc) harvest rice. Photo: Phan Nguyen

Mr. Le Duc Cuong - Chairman of Quynh Luu District People's Committee said: "Last spring crop, the whole district planted over 7,600 hectares of rice with a structure of high-yield and high-quality varieties. Currently, people are harvesting on a large scale, with an average yield of 7 tons/ha. Many areas are well-fertilized, with yields reaching 8 to 8.5 tons/ha. In particular, there are new pure Vietnamese varieties such as CXT 30, GS747... planted in the first crop with high yield. The crop is successful, people are excited, we are also happy...". Through inspection and analysis on an area of ​​more than 10 hectares of CXT30 rice variety planted in the first crop in Quynh Hong commune, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development affirmed that this is a rice variety that can be widely deployed, because of its high yield, fragrant and sticky rice quality, short growth and harvest time, only 95 to 115 days for the rice to ripen, very suitable for the summer-autumn crop to help people avoid floods.

In Yen Thanh rice granary, on an area of ​​over 13,000 hectares in the whole district, the average yield reached over 7.3 tons/ha, bringing the rice output in the area to exceed 100 tons compared to the 2013 spring crop. The exciting thing is that the rice fields have had a good harvest after converting small plots into large plots, creating favorable conditions for people when harvesting and preparing for the new crop. Production on large plots helps farmers reduce investment costs and increase economic value per unit area. Although the weather has been hot and humid in recent days, in the fields from lowland to highland areas, Yen Thanh farmers are busy with the successful harvest.

During this period, localities mobilized more labor to the fields, and many mechanical machines were used to support the harvest to shorten the time and free up labor for farmers. Mr. Nguyen Sy Hung - Vice Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee, happily shared: "The successes of this year's spring crop have affirmed the correct policy in converting land and shifting the seed structure. On the one hand, people are confident in investing, bringing mechanization to the fields, boldly introducing new high-yield, high-quality varieties for planting; On the other hand, during the production process, all levels and sectors introduced carefully selected varieties, and at the same time transferred techniques and production processes to farmers. Immediately after the spring rice harvest, many localities that were proactive in water sources immediately began land preparation, ready to sow the summer-autumn crop...".

In Yen Thanh district, the spring crop also received good news when Vinh Hoa Company Limited in Vinh Thanh commune continued to be successful in coordinating with local authorities and people in expanding the area of ​​high-quality AC5 rice and successfully testing purple rice - a type of rice considered a medicinal herb with many nutrients, especially the Omega group, which has the ability to resist cardiovascular disease and cancer. The yield of this rice variety is not inferior to other varieties, reaching about 3.7 quintals/sao and the economic value is 1.6 times higher than other types of rice. This is opening up a new direction of intensive cultivation in the fields.

Happy with the farmers about the success of the spring crop, in recent days, the leaders of the province and the Department of Agriculture and Science and Technology have directly gone to the fields to evaluate the lessons learned to serve production for the following crops. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee is really happy, highly appreciating the efforts of all levels, sectors and especially the people of the localities. According to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the success of the spring crop - the main production crop of the year, has the factors of "heavenly time - favorable location - harmony of people". But the most important thing is that people have been highly aware of applying mechanization in the fields, boldly introducing new varieties into production. This has gradually affirmed the confidence of domestic varieties, gradually reducing the hybrid rice varieties imported from China. In addition, all levels and sectors have stood side by side with the people, well supported scientific and technical measures, timely prevented and controlled pests and diseases, so the rice yield is high, the average yield in the whole province is 6.7 tons/ha.

Up to this point, many localities such as Thanh Chuong, Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen... have basically finished harvesting the spring crop and are preparing for the summer-autumn crop. In the fields, the number of agricultural machines is operating at maximum capacity, serving the people. Statistics show that in the province there are currently 13,550 plows of all kinds, and over 9,400 harvesters of all kinds. All are actively supporting farmers in racing against time, helping to shorten the harvest time, and urgently deploying land preparation for the summer-autumn crop. Many localities aim to finish the summer-autumn crop in the first week of June; and on a large scale, strive to complete it in the first 2 weeks of June.

Mr. Ho Ngoc Sy - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development added: “Promoting the achievements, the agricultural sector continues to coordinate with authorities at all levels and local people to persistently implement solutions to apply scientific and technical advances in varieties, cultivation, harvesting, and post-harvest preservation to increase efficiency and value in the fields. The goal is to form specialized areas in the direction of high-quality goods. Particularly for rice, the sector continues to coordinate with businesses and farmers to strongly shift the quality of rice, meeting market requirements; At the same time, promote coordination in processing, post-harvest preservation and strengthen coordination to solve product output well…”.

From the reality of the spring crop, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong directed the Department of Agriculture to strengthen coordination with departments, branches, enterprises in the province and the Central Government to build appropriate support mechanisms to encourage farmers to apply science and technology to cultivate pure rice varieties with high productivity and quality. This work needs to be reviewed promptly to quickly increase the value and efficiency of agricultural production. Because up to now, in Nghe An, nearly 80% of the population is still attached to agriculture and this is also an area that needs more attention to successfully implement the project "Restructuring Nghe An's agricultural sector towards increasing value and sustainable development in the period of 2013 - 2020 and the following years" approved by the Provincial People's Committee. Developing agriculture and increasing its value is an important foundation for food security, actively contributing to the successful development of new rural criteria... In the immediate future, we need to summarize lessons learned from the success of the spring crop, focus on solutions to regulate water resources, affirm high-yield, high-quality varieties, and good pest control for the 2014 summer-autumn crop...

Nguyen Nguyen