Economy

Nghe An highlands urgently harvest summer-autumn rice

Dinh Tuan • DNUM_BGZAJZCACE 19:46

With the characteristic of late summer and autumn harvest, this is the time of year when the harvest season in the highlands of Tuong Duong begins. Fearing storms, people speed up the harvest while the weather is sunny.

With the motto "green at home is better than old in the fields", taking advantage of the sunny weather, these days farmers in Tuong Duong district are urgently going to the fields to harvest the summer-autumn rice crop. Photo: Dinh Tuan

bna_2(1).jpg — To avoid loss of summer-autumn rice due to erratic rainfall, farmers mobilized maximum manpower and machinery to speed up the harvest. Photo: Dinh Tuan

Ms. Lo Thi Tam, in Quang Phuc village, Tam Dinh commune, said: "Last year, the unusual rains caught us off guard, causing many areas of rice that had not yet been harvested to sprout. Learning from experience, now that the weather is clear, we are urgently harvesting. For large fields, we hire harvesters, and for small fields, we harvest by hand." Photo: Dinh Tuan

In the fields, the summer-autumn rice harvest is taking place very urgently. Photo: Dinh Tuan

bna_5(1).jpg — Although the rice has not fully ripened, only reaching about 75-80%, people still decided to harvest. Ms. Lo Thi Tuyen, in Quang Phuc village, Tam Dinh commune said: "The rice will be fully ripe in about a week, but we are afraid of rain so we have to harvest early. Up to now, my family has almost completed the summer-autumn harvest." Photo: Dinh Tuan

Trên bông lúa vẫn còn nhiều hạt còn xanh. Ảnh: Đình Tuân — The rice still has many green grains, but the motto of the summer-autumn crop is "green at home is better than ripe in the fields", especially at this time, with news that storm No. 4 is likely to make landfall, so people are urgently harvesting to "run the storm". Photo: Dinh Tuan

bna_7(1).jpg — According to many people, although this year's weather has been unusual, significantly affecting the growth and development of rice, overall the summer-autumn crop yield has been quite good. Photo: Dinh Tuan

Gặt được chừng nào người dân vận chuyển về từng đó, để tránh những cơn mưa chiều bất chợt. Ảnh: Đình Tuân — People transport as much as they harvest to avoid sudden afternoon rains. Photo: Dinh Tuan

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