Mekong Delta’s rice yield rises in winter-spring crop
Localities in the Mekong Delta region recorded high rice output for their winter-spring rice crop in 2016-2017 despite a decrease in cultivation area and the spread of diseases, heard a conference in An Giang province on March 15.
An Giang (VNA) – Localities in theMekong Delta region recorded high rice output fortheir winter-spring rice crop in 2016-2017 despite a decrease in cultivationarea and the spread of diseases, heard a conference in An Giang province onMarch 15.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the regionhas harvested 10,259 million tonnes of rice in the crop, up 188,375 tonnes fromthe same period in 2015-2016.
The region planted more than 1.5 million ha of rice in the crop, down 22,630 haagainst the previous winter-spring crop, with an average yield of 6.7 tonnes ahectare.
The ministry said in the rest of 2017, drastic measures will be put forth todeal with poor weather and the impacts of climate change such as drought and salineintrusion.
The region will plant over 1.6 million ha of rice in the 2017 summer-autumncrop, hoping to reach an estimated output of 9.45 million tonnes, up nearly437,000 tonnes against the 2016 summer-autumn crop.
Meanwhile, the area of the autumn-winter crop is set to decline more than 10,443 hacompared to the same crop of 2016, aiming for a yield of nearly 4.56 milliontonnes, more than 126,000 tonnes higher than the 2016 autumn-winter crop.
Rice varieties resistant to drought and salt water such as OM 6976, OM 2517, OM5629, among others, will be used for the crops.
According to MARD Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh, over 800,000 ha of the2016-2017 winter-spring crop has not yet been harvested, so regional localitiesneed to take measures to achieve maximum output.
He also suggested regional farmers plant high-quality rice varieties.
Agencies under the MARD and localities in the region were asked to payattention to fighting plant-diseases, especially in the context of unfavourableweather at present.-VNA
Localities in the Mekong Delta region have been urged to accelerate agricultural restructuring and shift the crop structure to effectively adapt to climate change.
Despite a larger scale of plantation, winter-spring rice crops grown in the south are estimated to yield just over 11.36 million tonnes of rice, a decrease of 190,000 tonnes compared with last year.
The rice output of the winter-spring rice crop fell significantly due to drought and salination, but with an additional 200,000ha to be planted in the Mekong Delta, there will be enough rice exports.
Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that climate change is posing serious threats to the Mekong Delta, which produces half of Vietnam’s rice output.
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