Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Thanh Hoa (VNA) – The northern region from Thua Thien-Hue provincenorthward reaped a bumper harvest in the 2016-2017 Winter-Spring rice crop forthe 10th consecutive year, heard a conference held in Thanh Hoaprovince on May 24.
Northern localities grew rice on 1,145,000 ha in the crop, down 10,500ha year-on-year, and harvested an estimated 7.12 million tonnes of rice, withan average productivity of 6.22 tonnes per ha.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development attributed the bumper croppartly to favourable weather.
In the upcoming summer crop, northern localities plan to plant rice on 1,308,000ha in the hope of producing around 6.57 million tonnes.
As the crop is vulnerable to storms and floods, the Ministry advisedfarmers to use short-duration rice varieties and localities to prepare extrarice seedlings in case of damage.
Local agricultural sectors are also required to get anti-flood plansready to minimize losses. -VNA
Northern localities grew rice on 1,145,000 ha in the crop, down 10,500ha year-on-year, and harvested an estimated 7.12 million tonnes of rice, withan average productivity of 6.22 tonnes per ha.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development attributed the bumper croppartly to favourable weather.
In the upcoming summer crop, northern localities plan to plant rice on 1,308,000ha in the hope of producing around 6.57 million tonnes.
As the crop is vulnerable to storms and floods, the Ministry advisedfarmers to use short-duration rice varieties and localities to prepare extrarice seedlings in case of damage.
Local agricultural sectors are also required to get anti-flood plansready to minimize losses. -VNA
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