Talking about the price of rice recently, the An Giang farmer used one word: "Smooth".

Having been attached to rice cultivation for many years in this land of My Phu Dong, Mr. Truong Thanh Ha has never felt as "satisfied" as in 2023 when rice prices continuously peaked. In addition, thanks to the application of safe farming processes, the use of organic fertilizers and biological pesticides, rice productivity is still guaranteed while production costs are reduced, human health and the environment are guaranteed.

"With stable rice prices at a high level, my family earned 150 million VND from 3 rice crops. A dream number," Mr. Ha said with a smile.

Entering the 2023-2024 winter-spring crop, although rice prices have decreased compared to 2023, they are still quite stable. When asked if he expected rice prices to increase further, Mr. Ha shared that he only needed stable rice prices to ensure farmers' profits, favorable export businesses and consumers do not have to buy rice at high prices.

Nói về giá lúa thời gian qua, ông nông dân An Giang dùng một từ: — In 2023, with 1.7 hectares of rice, Mr. Truong Thanh Ha (left) in My Phu Dong commune (Thoai Son district, An Giang) earned a profit of 150 million VND. Photo: KN

Mr. Ha has also been involved in the association with high-quality rice growing enterprises for more than 10 years. Regarding this relationship, he uses the word "smooth" when talking about the profits and benefits that the association process brings to him and many other farmers.

“My family has 2 hectares of rice fields associated with Loc Troi Group, which produces according to safe processes. For the past 3-4 years, I have switched to using a balanced use of organic fertilizers and biological pesticides, so the living environment has improved, especially my health has not been affected as before,” said Mr. Ha.

Mr. Ha boasted that in the 2023-2024 winter-spring crop, people in the delta were exhausted by the damage caused by white-backed planthoppers. Many farmers had to pay more for pesticides to control planthoppers but still suffered significant damage. In particular, his rice fields and those of many households in the linkage model had much less planthoppers.

“I don’t have to use any more pesticides, and up to now, the rice is still growing well. Although there are still planthoppers in the field, the number is not significant. That is because my field has a lot of red spiders, they help catch a lot of planthoppers. In rice fields that use chemical fertilizers and biological pesticides, many beneficial natural enemies have reappeared,” Mr. Ha boasted.

According to Mr. Ha, the biggest benefit of models linked with businesses that produce according to safe processes is that people no longer have to worry about product output, while production inputs are provided at affordable prices.

According to the update of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of An Giang province, the average price of fresh rice purchased at the field on March 6 was 7,200 - 8,200 VND/kg. Specifically, fresh sticky rice from Long An fluctuated around 7,800 - 8,000 VND/kg, an increase of 400 VND/kg; fresh 3-month sticky rice was 7,900 - 8,200 VND/kg, an increase of 300 VND/kg.

Dai Thom 8 rice fluctuates around 7,800 - 8,000 VND/kg, IR 504 rice is at 7,200 - 7,300 VND/kg; OM 5451 rice is at 7,300 - 7,400 VND/kg; Nang Hoa 9 rice fluctuates at 7,500 - 7,700 VND/kg; OM 18 rice is at 7,600 - 7,800 VND/kg; Nhat rice is at 7,800 - 8,000 VND/kg.

In the export market, Vietnam's export rice price is at 578 USD/ton; 25% broken rice is 555 USD/ton.

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