Nghe An farmers go online to find people to plant rice
Huy Thu•June 2, 2024 11:52
Entering the summer-autumn planting season, due to the high demand for hired workers, rice planters are in high demand. In Thanh Chuong district (Nghe An), although many groups of rice planters are actively working, many households are still scrambling to find workers to plant rice.
These days, many localities in the province are entering the planting season. In the fields, farmers are busy working, pulling out seedlings, planting rice... Places with large planting areas are in need of people to plant. In the photo: The busy planting season in Dong Van commune (Thanh Chuong). Photo: Huy ThuOn this occasion, many women who have finished sowing and transplanting rice take advantage of the opportunity to work as hired laborers to earn extra income. To find workers, the field owners have to go to intersections, roads leading to the fields or market gates... Mr. Nguyen Cong Phuong in Dong Van commune said: "The fields in my commune are mainly planted, not sown. At the same time, many households in the commune are looking for workers to plant rice, so this is quite difficult. I have prepared the fields and seedlings, posted a notice looking for workers to plant rice on the whole community group on Facebook a day in advance, but still have not found workers." Photo: Huy ThuAfter picking up the planters, everyone will go to the fields to plant rice. Some households do not have anyone to pull the seedlings or prepare the seedlings, so the planters have to pull the seedlings, transport them to the fields, and then plant. Most of the people who go to work for hire only want to specialize in planting, and do not want to also pull the seedlings, transport them, etc. because it is too hard. Photo: Huy ThuA woman from Thanh Huong commune (Thanh Chuong) who is working as a hired rice planter in Dong Van commune said: Her hamlet has about 10 people who work as hired rice planters, and if we roughly calculate the whole commune, there are about 100 people. They often go in groups, each group of 3-5 people, planting rice in all localities in the district. They get up at 5am to plant rice. The farther the planting area is, the earlier they have to go. Because they work as "professional" rice planters, working in the sun all day, the rice planters in her hometown buy full heat-resistant clothes. Photo: Huy ThuMs. Nguyen Thi Binh (63 years old) in Thanh Dong commune (Thanh Chuong) shared: Her family has completed sowing 5 sao of rice fields this season, so she and some people in the commune went to Dong Van commune to work as hired laborers to earn extra income. Photo: Huy ThuWhen planting in the fields, the planters will follow the homeowner's request, such as planting thickly or thinly, planting loosely or planting in strips... "No matter who we plant for, we are still happy and enthusiastic, planting with assurance, and after this crop, we will make an appointment for the next crop" - a planter from Thanh Ngoc commune (Thanh Chuong) who is planting in Dong Van commune said. Photo: Huy ThuMs. Van Thi Khuong (60 years old) in Thanh Khai commune (Thanh Chuong) said that in recent years, every planting season, after finishing sowing 6 sao of rice fields at home, she went to plant for households in and outside the commune, even planting to Nam Thai and Nam Thanh communes (Nam Dan). This planting season, she has been gone for 3 days. According to Ms. Khuong, now the planting season is often short of people to plant because most of the young people in the hamlets go to work far away. Photo: Huy ThuAccording to the rice planters in Thanh Khai commune, currently, those who work as hired rice planters in the area usually finish the planting session and then go home to eat, instead of eating the rice of the field owner in the field like before. Many days when the seedlings or fields are lost, even though it is past noon or too late, people still try to finish the planting. Photo: Huy ThuA rice planter in Thanh Huong commune shared: When working as a hired rice planter, women often bring drinking water in case the homeowner cannot prepare it. However, when working as a hired rice planter now, the field owner often provides drinking water, fruit, milk... quite thoughtfully. Photo: Huy ThuThe hardship of rice planters is not only having to endure the sun, rain, wade through deep fields, hunch backs, tired knees, and get covered in mud, but also sometimes stepping on shells, broken glass, and getting injured... Photo: Huy ThuMany rice planters also pick up golden apple snails or spray insecticide for the field owners. After a hard day of planting rice, the planters go home in the hope that the weather will be cooler tomorrow. Each day in the field, each planter earns from 300,000 to 350,000 VND. The income of a planter is not as easy as many other manual labor jobs. Photo: Huy ThuRice planting for hire. Video: Huy Thu
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