The province set ambitious targets for the next harvestin all sectors, including food production, breeding, and aquaculture at arecent conference to review agricultural production and aquaculture2014 and implement a production plan for Winter-Spring 2014-2015 crop.
Itaims to achieve an output of 479,700 tonnes of food, including 421,200tonnes of rice, and raise the numbers of cattle to 748,000 and poultryto 4.6 million while aquatic production is 6,580 tonnes.
In aneffort to achieve the targets, Quang Ngai set up a seasonal calendar foreach region and encouraged farmers to choose from the main varietieswhile expanding organic vegetable production in accordance with VietGapstandards.
Chairman of the provincial Department of Agricultureand Rural Development, Duong Van To called upon relevant agencies tocarry out their functions and responsibilities, including themaintenance of irrigation works and dyke systems, and management of thequality of crop varieties, fertilizers, pesticides, and veterinarymedicine.-VNA