Many effective agricultural extension models appear in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of September 22, in Con Cuong, Nghe An Province Agricultural Extension Center held a conference to exchange agricultural extension work in the third quarter of 2017 among 21 districts and towns across the province.

Since the beginning of the year, the agricultural extension system from province to district to commune has overcome all difficulties, completed the planned targets, implemented many effective models bringing high income to farmers, and received support from local authorities and people.

The districts have built 32 models and projects, of which 20 models were built from local budget sources, 6 models from JICA project 2, 3 models from CRSD project, and 3 projects from central sources.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Tuong Vi

Many demonstration models have high income such as: clean vegetable growing model following VietGap in Nam Dan district and Thai Hoa town, Japonica rice growing model in Ky Son, cow raising model combined with elephant grass growing in Quynh Luu district, Polyscias fruticosa growing model in Quynh Luu, breeding chickens and growing corn on sloping land in Tuong Duong... In coastal areas such as Dien Chau, Nghi Loc, there is a coastal resource project for sustainable development, a program from rice land resources according to Decree 35 ND/CP in Tuong Duong and Ky Son districts.

In order for the models to be successful and widely replicated, the District Agricultural Extension Centers have also organized many training courses for grassroots agricultural extension workers and farmers on new techniques in livestock and crop farming, and implemented agricultural extension programs for poor households in the districts to support livestock farming such as buffaloes, cows, pigs and goats.

Experimental model of growing American melon in Con Cuong. Photo: Tuong Vi

During the year, with the support of the Central Agricultural Extension Program, Nghe An province is implementing 3 major projects including: Project to build and develop a model to synchronously apply technical advances in fast-growing large timber plantation in the Northern and Central provinces (implementing new planting of 42 hectares in Tan Ky district and taking care of planted forests in Quy Hop); Project to build a model linking tilapia according to VietGap with product consumption with 9,000 fish in Hoang Mai town, up to this point the survival rate has reached 75% and Project to build a model and transfer the process of safe orange and grapefruit production associated with the market in Con Cuong, Yen Thanh and Anh Son districts.

Agricultural extension stations in districts have also proactively linked with units inside and outside the province to build models for applying scientific and technical advances on new varieties, mainly hybrid rice.

At the conference, the districts discussed and implemented the orientation and tasks for the last months of 2017, continuing to carry out the role of agricultural extension in building new rural areas./.

Tuong Vi