Vietnam’s 2017 rice production estimated at 44.1 million tonnes
Vietnam expects to produce 44.1 million tonnes of rice in 2017, according to the Department of Cultivation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Vietnam expects to produce 44.1 million tonnes of rice in 2017, according to the Department of Cultivation. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Vietnam expects to produce 44.1 milliontonnes of rice in 2017, according to the Department of Cultivation under theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Unfavourable weather conditions shrank winter-spring rice yield by 300,000tonnes. However, southern localities are estimated to enjoy a surge in riceproduction of 400,000 tonnes. They have already harvested 1.08 million hectaresof rice, or 56.2 percent.
The Cultivation Department said that rice fields in the north are developingwell while the rice output of the autumn-winter crop in the Mekong Delta regionis forecast to increase by 250,000-300,000 tonnes from the same crop last year.
Diseases on rice coupled with impacts of downpours in the north and floods inthe south cause great concern to the agricultural sector. Thus, the sector needsto draw up measures to ensure safety for rice production.-VNA
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Vietnam expects to produce 44.1 million tonnes of rice in 2017, according to the Department of Cultivation. (Photo: VNA) 
