Farmers in Vinh Loi district, Bac Lieu province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Mekong Delta provinces cultivated 355,400hectares of Fall-Winter rice crops by mid-July, an 8.7 percent drop from thesame period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment.
The largest rice areas were reported in Dong Thap, KienGiang, Hau Giang and Long An provinces and Can Tho City.
Some provinces advised farmers to only grow rice in landssurrounded by good embankments to escape floods; and to ensure a proper periodof time between crops.
Vietnam has cultivated more than 2.12 million hectares ofSummer-Fall rice crops during the period, up 2 percent year on year. Southernprovinces contributed to approximately 90.6 percent of the total area and thosefrom the Mekong Delta accounted for 77.6 percent, down 2.3 percent year onyear.
The contraction was largely due to farmers shifting togrow annual and perennial plants.
The later-grown Summer-Fall rice areas have reached thestages of heading and flowering while the early-grown crops have been harvestedin an area of 663,700 hectares, accounting for 34.5 percent of the total areas,including 654,300 hectares in the Mekong Delta.
The yield was estimated at around 58.7 quintals perhectare.
Northern Vietnam has finished cultivating its winter ricecrop with the early-grown areas in the stage of tillering.-VNA
The largest rice areas were reported in Dong Thap, KienGiang, Hau Giang and Long An provinces and Can Tho City.
Some provinces advised farmers to only grow rice in landssurrounded by good embankments to escape floods; and to ensure a proper periodof time between crops.
Vietnam has cultivated more than 2.12 million hectares ofSummer-Fall rice crops during the period, up 2 percent year on year. Southernprovinces contributed to approximately 90.6 percent of the total area and thosefrom the Mekong Delta accounted for 77.6 percent, down 2.3 percent year onyear.
The contraction was largely due to farmers shifting togrow annual and perennial plants.
The later-grown Summer-Fall rice areas have reached thestages of heading and flowering while the early-grown crops have been harvestedin an area of 663,700 hectares, accounting for 34.5 percent of the total areas,including 654,300 hectares in the Mekong Delta.
The yield was estimated at around 58.7 quintals perhectare.
Northern Vietnam has finished cultivating its winter ricecrop with the early-grown areas in the stage of tillering.-VNA
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