Thanh Hoa's agricultural sector has just overcome a "stormy" year, achieving a growth rate of 4.17%, contributing significantly to the province's total gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth rate of 12.16% in 2024.
Looking back at the 2024 crop production, when the main crops were preparing for peak harvest, in September, consecutive storms No. 3 and No. 4 hit. Although the storm did not make landfall in Thanh Hoa province, heavy rains caused by prolonged post-storm circulation damaged nearly 3,322 hectares of rice, nearly 5,977 hectares of various vegetables and annual crops... According to Mr. Vu Quang Trung, Head of the provincial Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection: "To promptly overcome the impacts caused by storms and floods and protect the 2024 crop production from adverse weather conditions, the agricultural sector has actively coordinated with localities to mobilize maximum human resources and machinery to thoroughly harvest the area of rice that is 80% or more ripe and other crops that are ready to be harvested. With timely solutions, the winter-spring rice crop still achieved an average yield of 56 quintals/ha".
In 2024, the crop sector will overcome difficulties, and localities will pay attention to developing and maintaining more than 80,000 hectares of production linkage models associated with product consumption. The whole province will maintain and develop intensive crop areas and concentrated production areas that bring high efficiency and value, such as: 150,000 hectares of high-yield, high-quality rice; 20,000 hectares of intensive corn; 12,000 hectares of intensive sugarcane; 14,000 hectares of safe vegetables; 420 hectares of high-tech ornamental flowers and plants; 14,500 hectares of concentrated fruit trees; 18,500 hectares of animal feed plants... Plant protection work is regularly closely monitored for weather and pest developments; forecasts, forecasts and pest control services are timely, effective and safe. Thanks to that, the value of products obtained per hectare of cultivated land in 2024 is estimated at 125 million VND, an increase of 5 million VND/ha compared to 2023.
In livestock farming, the province maintains a herd of 156,000 buffaloes, 258,000 cows, 1.35 million pigs, and 27.2 million poultry. Disease prevention and control work has been carried out resolutely by the agricultural sector and localities, with timely guidance and good control, so no dangerous epidemics have occurred in livestock and poultry. The province has 3 more modern livestock projects that have been completed and put into operation with a scale of 2.4 million sows and 138,000 pigs/year: the high-quality pig farm of Asean International Investment Joint Stock Company; the industrial livestock farm of Lam Son Nhu Xuan Joint Stock Company; the closed high-tech pig farm and plant variety production of G8 Company.
Attracting businesses, organizations and individuals with potential to invest in agricultural production creates the premise for "Transforming from agricultural production to agricultural economy" that the province and the agricultural sector are focusing on implementing. In 2024 alone, 155 new businesses were established in the agricultural sector. The province currently has 1,484 businesses, 2 cooperative unions and 783 cooperatives in operation, 1,058 farms, 1,286 agricultural cooperatives and millions of dynamic production entities in the province who are continuing to make efforts to develop production and business.
According to statistics from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2024, the total added value of the agricultural, forestry and fishery sector reached VND 19,787.1 billion, an increase of 4.17% over the same period. Total food output reached 1.56 million tons, equal to 101.9% of the plan. The whole province has converted 1,578.2 hectares of low-economic-efficiency rice land to grow crops with higher economic efficiency. Localities in the province have accumulated and concentrated land for large-scale agricultural production, applying high technology on 6,569 hectares, equal to 106.2% of the plan. Livestock has developed steadily, with the output of fresh meat of all kinds increasing by 6.7% over the same period; poultry eggs increasing by 8.2%; fresh milk increasing by 16.2%.
Forestry continued to develop in a sustainable direction, the whole province estimated to have planted 12,400 hectares of concentrated forests, equal to 124.5% of the plan; exploited wood output reached 990,500m3; forest coverage rate was estimated at 53.86%, exceeding the plan. The fisheries sector continued to develop synchronously and comprehensively, the total output of exploitation and aquaculture reached 219,702 tons, equal to 103.1% of the plan, up 1.9% over the same period. The fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing was carried out regularly. According to Mr. Cao Van Cuong, Provincial Party Committee member, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: "2025 is the last year of the 2020-2025 term, which is of special importance to successfully complete the goals and tasks set out in the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress. The unstable economic situation, world, natural disasters, storms, floods, climate change are still constant risks... causing many difficulties for the economy in general and the agricultural sector in particular. Anticipating these difficulties, the agricultural sector continues to restructure towards improving productivity, quality, efficiency, competitiveness and sustainable development; applying high and smart technology and implementing land consolidation to form specialized areas for large-scale, highly efficient agricultural production along the value chain from production, processing to product consumption. At the same time, developing agricultural production associated with developing trade, services, tourism and proactively responding to climate change "Step by step improve the material and spiritual life of rural people".
Article and photos: Le Hoi
Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/nong-nghiep-nbsp-tang-truong-an-tuong-235357.htm
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