Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspects the progress of spring rice harvest

On the afternoon of May 14, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, together with leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development inspected the spring crop production results and directed the summer-autumn crop production in 3 districts: Dien Chau, Yen Thanh and Do Luong.

Checking rice productivity, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu highly appreciated the results of spring crop production in the districts. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In Dien Chau district, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu and the working delegation inspected the ST25 rice variety, a new rice variety planted in Hamlet 3, Dien Lien Commune on an area of ​​12 sao. Preliminary assessment showed that the yield of the new rice variety can reach 2.5 - 2.7 quintals/sao. Although the yield is not high, the economic profit for farmers will be high, because this rice variety is sold on the market at 25,000 VND/kg.

Through this, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu directed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to specifically evaluate the rice variety so that it can be widely replicated in the next crop.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu inspects the new rice variety planted in Dien Lien commune, Dien Chau district. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Inspecting at the Do Thanh Rice Experimental Station (Yen Thanh), Vice Chairman of the People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu requested the unit to annually advise the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on new rice varieties that both ensure productivity and improve quality for mass cultivation.

Evaluation shows that, in general, this spring crop, rice varieties planted in Nghe An have achieved high yields. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In Do Luong district, up to this point, farmers have only harvested a small area of ​​spring rice, while the rice has basically ripened. Therefore, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu requested authorities at all levels to advise people to urgently go to the fields to harvest rice, avoiding rainy weather that will be unfavorable for the harvesting process and post-harvest rice preservation.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee highly appreciated some high-quality rice varieties planted in Do Luong area with high productivity such as AC5, TBR225...

Do Luong farmers bring machinery into the fields. Photo: Xuan Hoang

This spring crop, Do Luong district planted 8,500 hectares, with an average yield of 64 quintals/hectare. Up to now, farmers have harvested about 40%. Dien Chau district planted 9,200 hectares this spring crop, and has so far harvested over 40%, and is expected to finish harvesting on May 18.

Also in the afternoon, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the working delegation inspected the North Wall Canal section in Hau Thanh Commune (Yen Thanh). After the inspection, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee agreed to design additional culverts to drain water during the rainy season.

By May 13, Nghe An had harvested nearly half of the spring rice crop, equivalent to about 45,000 hectares. Localities that had harvested large areas were Yen Thanh, Tan Ky, Nghia Dan... Some districts had high yields such as Quynh Luu with 73.5 quintals/ha, Dien Chau and Yen Thanh with 72 quintals/ha, and even some communes in Yen Thanh district had rice yields of over 80 quintals/ha.