The Southern Seed Joint Stock Company on March 17 launched a project to support famers in the southern province of Tra Vinh, especially Khmer people, in rotationally growing seed maize on 1,100 ha of rice farming area.
The project, with the participation of over 2,200 farmers, is being implemented with a total budget of 42 billion VND (1,974,000 USD), of which over 9 billion VND (423,000 USD) is funded by the Vietnam Challenge Fund, which is aided by the UK’s Department for International Development.
The programme is scheduled to run until 2015 in Cau Ngang, Duyen Hai and Tra Cu districts, which usually meet with difficulties in supplying water in the dry season.
Local farmers who participate in the project are given instructions on methods of cultivation, with the aim of ensuring the quality of output products and lowering costs. They are also being financed to buy fertilisers, pesticides and production equipment.
Kim Tran, a farmer in Tra Cu district, said his family has harvested 1.5 ha of yellow seed maize with a productivity of seven tonnes per hectare, making four times the profit than the cultivation of rice.-VNA
The project, with the participation of over 2,200 farmers, is being implemented with a total budget of 42 billion VND (1,974,000 USD), of which over 9 billion VND (423,000 USD) is funded by the Vietnam Challenge Fund, which is aided by the UK’s Department for International Development.
The programme is scheduled to run until 2015 in Cau Ngang, Duyen Hai and Tra Cu districts, which usually meet with difficulties in supplying water in the dry season.
Local farmers who participate in the project are given instructions on methods of cultivation, with the aim of ensuring the quality of output products and lowering costs. They are also being financed to buy fertilisers, pesticides and production equipment.
Kim Tran, a farmer in Tra Cu district, said his family has harvested 1.5 ha of yellow seed maize with a productivity of seven tonnes per hectare, making four times the profit than the cultivation of rice.-VNA
