Mekong Delta rice output to reach 25.2 million tonnes
The Mekong Delta region’s unhusked rice output is likely to reach 25.2
million tonnes this year, according to the Cultivation Department under
the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Mekong Delta region’s unhusked rice output is likely to reach 25.2
million tonnes this year, according to the Cultivation Department under
the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The figure represents an increase of 708,000 tonnes compared with the harvest last year and 56 percent of the country’s total output.
The three provinces of Kien Giang, An Giang and Dong Thap together produce 11.7 million tonnes.
That impressive output must be attributed to the fact that provinces in the region increased the area of rice cultivaton to nearly 4.4 million hectares, according to Nguyen Phong Quang, deputy head of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region.
The use of new high-yield and disease-resistant rice varieties also helped increase the output as well as the quality of husked rice, Phong added.
The Mekong Delta is likely to export 5.85 million tonnes of rice in 2014 worth 2.9 billion USD, equal to the last year’s value, according to the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region.
The region shipped abroad 5.6 million tonnes of rice as of December 15, and is going to export an additional 250,000 tonnes in the remaining days of the year.-VNA
The figure represents an increase of 708,000 tonnes compared with the harvest last year and 56 percent of the country’s total output.
The three provinces of Kien Giang, An Giang and Dong Thap together produce 11.7 million tonnes.
That impressive output must be attributed to the fact that provinces in the region increased the area of rice cultivaton to nearly 4.4 million hectares, according to Nguyen Phong Quang, deputy head of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region.
The use of new high-yield and disease-resistant rice varieties also helped increase the output as well as the quality of husked rice, Phong added.
The Mekong Delta is likely to export 5.85 million tonnes of rice in 2014 worth 2.9 billion USD, equal to the last year’s value, according to the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region.
The region shipped abroad 5.6 million tonnes of rice as of December 15, and is going to export an additional 250,000 tonnes in the remaining days of the year.-VNA
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