Department of Agriculture and Rural Development inspects South American golden banana growing model in Tan Ky

The working group inspected production models in Dong Van commune, which are the model of producing new rice varieties cultivated according to the SRI improvement method and the work of preventing mosaic disease on cassava. This spring crop, Tan Ky district planted more than 4,500 hectares of rice, currently the crops are growing well, in the stage of heading and flowering.

According to the report of the functional sector, currently in the district, 1,700 ha/2,400 ha of cassava have been infected with mosaic disease, of which the severely infected area accounts for nearly 1,000 ha.

Through the actual inspection, comrade Vo Thi Nhung - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nghe An requested Tan Ky district to direct localities to regularly visit fields, check the situation of pests and diseases and focus on irrigation work for rice to grow and develop well. For cassava areas severely affected by mosaic disease, direct communes to encourage farmers to switch to other crops.

Ms. Vo Thi Nhung - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development inspects production in Tan Ky. Photo: Cam Tu

Next, the delegation visited and inspected the fruit tree planting model according to the project of the Provincial People's Committee, which is the clean banana planting model, structured with South American yellow banana variety on the hilly land in Dong Van commune and the green-skinned grapefruit planting model at An Ngai Agricultural Company Limited, Tan An commune.

Model of growing South American golden bananas in Dong Van. Photo: Trong Hung

Ms. Vo Thi Nhung acknowledged and highly appreciated the leadership role of the Party Committee and government.Tan Ky districtin successfully building models, and at the same time hoping that Tan Ky district will continue to mobilize people to replicate effective production models, focusing on intensive investment, applying scientific and technical advances and production according to the value chain./.