Thanh Chuong: Ready for a successful winter crop

(Baonghean.vn) -For many years now, Thanh Chuong district has considered winter crop as the main crop. Based on many years of experience, this year the district is determined to develop comprehensively in terms of area, productivity and value of product income.

These days, Mr. Le Van An's family in Hamlet 2, Thanh Van Commune is taking advantage of the time to go to the fields to prepare the land for planting chives. Along with 3 sao that have been planted stably for many years, this season he continues to plant 2 sao on the land that has been newly planned by the commune under the program "Support for crop restructuring" according to Decision No. 87/2014/QD-UBND dated November 17, 2014 of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee on promulgating regulations on a number of policies to support investment in agricultural and rural development.

Shallots, a winter crop that has been in high demand for many years in Thanh Chuong.

Mr. An happily shared: “Every winter crop, I grow 3 sao of shallots, 1 sao of shallots yields from 2.5 to 3 quintals. At current prices, after deducting expenses, 1 sao yields nearly 10 million VND. This year, expanding the area and receiving support of 5 million VND per hectare, I and everyone else are very excited.”

Not only Mr. An but also tens of thousands of households in Thanh Chuong district are very excited about winter crop production, because for many years now, winter crop has become the main crop. The winter crop production process has also formed specialized areas to suit the land, soil, customs and socio-economic efficiency such as: corn and mustard greens in the Lam river bank area; vegetables, potatoes, squash, cucumbers, shallots, scallions in the central area of ​​the district; climbing green beans in the Cho Con area.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Mao - Chairman of Thanh Van Commune People's Committee said: "Thanh Van Commune is a unit with a tradition of growing winter crops, so this year the locality has converted all the land to growing other crops, giving priority to growing chives on fishing nets - because this is a crop that gives very high efficiency in previous winter crops. This conversion has been supported by the province, so the locality and people are very excited". In addition to traditional crops, many new varieties have appeared such as: cauliflower, squash, bitter melon, and corn varieties for livestock. The production value of the winter crop is estimated to reach about 1/4 of the income in the agricultural sector.

Taking advantage of favorable weather, people in Thanh Linh and Thanh Chuong communes have started winter crop production.

This year, Thanh Chuong district soon issued a Resolution and a project to direct comprehensive development in terms of area, productivity and income value of products and goods. Reasonable arrangement, increased investment in intensive cultivation, increased corn area on hilly land, double-rice land; arranged vegetables into concentrated areas, applied safe vegetable cultivation to ensure prestige in the market; promoted livestock farming, planting raw materials such as tea, cassava, oranges, grapefruit, forestry trees... in the direction of both expanding the scale and investing in intensive cultivation to have a large volume of goods. Accordingly, the whole district will strive to grow 5,200 hectares of short-term crops, of which corn is 3,500 hectares, vegetables 800 hectares, cassava 700 hectares...

To achieve these goals, the district has implemented many groups of solutions and issued mechanisms and policies. Accordingly, the district propagates and mobilizes cadres, party members and people to raise awareness of compliance with the crop structure, apply new scientific and technical advances in production and intensive farming. Strengthen the state management role of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, of the People's Committees of communes and towns on seed supply services. Resolutely prevent and strictly handle organizations and individuals providing seed supply services outside the lines, of unknown origin, and seeds outside the district's structural orientation.

Some areas of early winter squash have been planted and are growing well.

In particular, the district has effectively implemented the decisions of the province and district on policies and regimes to support agricultural and rural development; investment policies to develop V2 orange trees, Xa Doai oranges and Dien grapefruit trees in the period of 2016-2020; requested units to supply materials: seeds, fertilizers... At the same time, there are specific mechanisms and policies to support funding for farmers through forms such as: deferred sales or pre-investment to ensure farmers' production.

Comrade Le Dinh Thanh - Vice Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee said: "To create conditions for farmers to produce winter crops effectively, the district pays special attention to seasonal solutions, and to the direction of service sectors to supply quality seeds, fertilizers and materials so that people can feel secure in production... After implementing the project, the district also issued a Decision to establish a Winter Crop Production Steering Committee so that all relevant sectors must participate."

Tran Dinh Ha

Thanh Chuong Radio