Concentrated production of goods
Mr. Nguyen Van Thang in Vu Xa village, Ngo Quyen commune (Thanh Mien) is one of many "big landowners" in the district. Previously, many households in the commune abandoned their fields. Looking at the rice fields that used to be "rice fields and honey fields" now withered, Mr. Thang could not help but feel sad. He collected fields, rented land from many households, and renovated the fields to become large fields. Currently, he has 20 hectares of fields in two communes, Pham Kha and Ngo Quyen, specializing in producing fragrant sticky rice.
Mr. Thang shared: “Large-scale production will overcome many disadvantages compared to previous agricultural production. Since accumulating fields for large-scale production, my family has reduced input costs by applying mechanization in sowing, tilling, fertilizing, spraying pesticides, and harvesting. Compared to traditional rice cultivation, economic efficiency has increased by 10-15%.”
Thanh Mien is a leading locality in Hai Duong in land accumulation and large-scale production. Currently, the whole district has 114 farming households, individuals, and enterprises accumulating land with an area of over 857 hectares, an increase of more than 66 hectares compared to the winter-spring crop of 2022-2023. The district has 57 concentrated rice production areas with an area of 5 hectares/area or more. Due to the large scale, in addition to applying synchronous mechanization to production, farmers in these areas also pay attention to improving product quality, minimizing the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. The economic efficiency of the synchronous mechanization application model is about 20% higher than that of mass production.
Also having the advantage in developing high-quality rice, Binh Giang district has concentrated production areas, forming large model fields in many localities in the district. The locality has formed 2 concentrated, large-scale, inter-commune rice production areas, which are the Bac Thom No. 7 rice production area, which is planted in most communes and accounts for over 65% of the total rice area each crop. This is the main rice variety of the district, with delicious rice quality and stable output. The second is the production area of glutinous rice 415, Hung Yen glutinous rice... with high yield and stable selling price.
According to Mr. Vu Van Luyen, Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Giang district, the two commodity rice areas 415 and Bac Thom No. 7 will convert their areas to each other for production in accordance with market demand for easy consumption and to bring the highest profits to farmers. When Bac Thom has a good price, the next crop will expand the Bac Thom area and vice versa. Bac Thom No. 7 rice will be used for domestic consumption, sticky rice will be used for the processing industry and for informal export to China. Fresh rice is purchased, milled, and processed locally by cooperatives and traders, then transported for consumption elsewhere, which is very convenient.
Growing clean rice
Thai Duong Commune (Binh Giang) is one of the leading localities in producing high-quality rice. The whole commune has about 400 hectares of rice, mainly glutinous rice 415. Attached to rice, in addition to productivity, farmers are also interested in growing clean rice.
Mr. Nguyen Van Sang, Director of Thai Duong Commune Agricultural Service Cooperative, said that in the past, some localities had cooperated with enterprises to produce rice in an organic manner. In the following crops, farmers were interested in producing clean rice. Instead of using pesticides indiscriminately as before, farmers only sprayed pesticides when notified by the cooperative. The pesticides and fertilizers used were all biological pesticides or microbial fertilizers. The area for planting rice seedlings in trays was expanded exponentially with each crop, which also helped farmers reduce the number of times they sprayed pesticides. Farmers' awareness changed, so their fields were no longer under the pressure of pollution as before.
Concentrated organic production zones that meet export standards are one of the goals that Binh Giang district is aiming for. Currently, the district has built 15 organic rice production models in 8 communes.
These models not only ensure productivity but also outstanding rice quality. The selling price of paddy is always higher by 300 - 500 VND/kg. In addition, the district has implemented the IPM and ICM pest management programs (plant quarantine to have timely measures to surround and destroy by biological and biotechnological measures...) on 1,000 ha/crop, applied the improved SRI rice intensive system (ecological rice cultivation method, bringing high efficiency and productivity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions) on 2,000 ha/crop, applied the organic rice production program by producing organic compost from straw, applying organic microbial fertilizer products.
The shift from traditional farming to organic farming and the synchronous application of mechanization in production not only improves economic efficiency but also changes production awareness to meet the goal of green growth in agricultural development.
Hai Duong currently has over 110,000 hectares of rice, of which about 73% is high-quality rice. The average annual output is about 700,000 tons, mainly serving consumption in the province (about 500,000 tons), the rest is provided for national reserves, consumption in neighboring provinces and cities and for export. In particular, Thanh Mien and Binh Giang districts have many advantages to build large-scale high-quality rice areas towards export goals.
Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/vung-lua-chat-luong-cao-voi-quy-mo-lon-cua-hai-duong-o-dau-388677.html
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