A farmer works on her garden in Thuong Tin District, Hanoi (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) –Hanoi’s agricultural sector has faced many challenges due to climate change anda reduction in agricultural land.
In Chuong My district’s Nam Phuong Tien commune, about 20 ha of vegetables havebeen planted this season, but prolonged torrential rains and hot weatherrecently severely damaged the vegetables, said Chairman of the commune People’sCommittee Nguyen Chien Thang.
Dang Huu Hung, a local farmer, said he was worried about his pomelo gardenafter the historically hot weather hit the city in June, the time his pomelotrees were about to blossom.
He said he was deeply concerned about his pomelo crop this year.
In Dan Phuong district’s Ha Mo commune, dozens of hectares of flowers were alsoaffected by hot weather and prolonged torrential rains, Ha Noi Moi (NewHanoi) newspaper reported.
Nguyen Dang Tien, a lily grower said he earned hundreds of millions of dongfrom his lily field in previous years. But this year, there was no profit.
Head of the Cultivation Office under the Hanoi Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Nguyen Thi Thoa said besides the weather, the city’s cultivationsector also suffered from a reduction in agricultural land due to rapidurbanisation.
Data from the department found that there 2,550 ha of agricultural land in thecity was lost since this spring crop season due to urbanisation, she added.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, said localagencies should closely watch weather forecasts to issue warnings to localfarmers about the right time to plant.
This would help minimise damages on crops caused by weather, he said.
For example, farmers should be advised to plant their flowers every 5-7 daysinstead of planting them all at the same time. This method will protect themfrom losing all their flowers due to bad weather, he said.
In Chuong My district’s Nam Phuong Tien commune, about 20 ha of vegetables havebeen planted this season, but prolonged torrential rains and hot weatherrecently severely damaged the vegetables, said Chairman of the commune People’sCommittee Nguyen Chien Thang.
Dang Huu Hung, a local farmer, said he was worried about his pomelo gardenafter the historically hot weather hit the city in June, the time his pomelotrees were about to blossom.
He said he was deeply concerned about his pomelo crop this year.
In Dan Phuong district’s Ha Mo commune, dozens of hectares of flowers were alsoaffected by hot weather and prolonged torrential rains, Ha Noi Moi (NewHanoi) newspaper reported.
Nguyen Dang Tien, a lily grower said he earned hundreds of millions of dongfrom his lily field in previous years. But this year, there was no profit.
Head of the Cultivation Office under the Hanoi Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Nguyen Thi Thoa said besides the weather, the city’s cultivationsector also suffered from a reduction in agricultural land due to rapidurbanisation.
Data from the department found that there 2,550 ha of agricultural land in thecity was lost since this spring crop season due to urbanisation, she added.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, said localagencies should closely watch weather forecasts to issue warnings to localfarmers about the right time to plant.
This would help minimise damages on crops caused by weather, he said.
For example, farmers should be advised to plant their flowers every 5-7 daysinstead of planting them all at the same time. This method will protect themfrom losing all their flowers due to bad weather, he said.
Additionally, the local agricultural sector was told to carefully select riceseedlings for higher productivity in the context of urbanisation reducing farmland, he said.
Hanoi should use hi-tech technology to develop its agricultural sector, hesaid.
Agreeing with Cuong, Do Duc Trung, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee ofHoai Duc district said hi-tech agriculture was believed to be the best choiceto help farmers adapt to climate change.
The district applies hi-tech to 55ha of vegetables in Tien Yen commune. It hasalso encouraged local farmers to apply hi-tech in growing Canh orange and Dienpomelo in the future, he said.
Statistics from the agricultural department showed that the city has run 38hi-tech agriculture models. Thanks to the models, famers could earnbetween 400 million VND (17,600 USD) and billions of dong per ha eachharvest season.
Chu Phu My, head of the city’s agriculture and rural development departmentsaid constructing large-scale hi-tech agricultural areas was another solutionto the situation the city administration should consider.-VNA
Hanoi should use hi-tech technology to develop its agricultural sector, hesaid.
Agreeing with Cuong, Do Duc Trung, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee ofHoai Duc district said hi-tech agriculture was believed to be the best choiceto help farmers adapt to climate change.
The district applies hi-tech to 55ha of vegetables in Tien Yen commune. It hasalso encouraged local farmers to apply hi-tech in growing Canh orange and Dienpomelo in the future, he said.
Statistics from the agricultural department showed that the city has run 38hi-tech agriculture models. Thanks to the models, famers could earnbetween 400 million VND (17,600 USD) and billions of dong per ha eachharvest season.
Chu Phu My, head of the city’s agriculture and rural development departmentsaid constructing large-scale hi-tech agricultural areas was another solutionto the situation the city administration should consider.-VNA
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