This summer-autumn crop, Mrs. Kan's family, in A Ngo commune, A Luoi district, grows 3 sao of wet rice. However, the water source of rivers and streams is dry, Ms. Kan Pat and many farmers in A Luoi district have many difficulties in sowing the summer-autumn crop due to prolonged drought. Due to the shortage of water, the people here have to wait for many days to take turns to get water into the fields to be able to cultivate.
Many rivers and streams in the mountainous district of A Luoi, Thua Thien Hue province have dried up
“I have been waiting for water since yesterday and the day before. The machine is still in there and can't plow because there is no water. The soil is too dry, even a little water can't plow, so I have to turn off the engine, "Ms. Kan Pat said.
In the mountainous district of A Luoi, this year's summer-autumn crop planted about 1,000 hectares of wet rice. Compared to the plan and the seasonal schedule, the progress is about 5 days behind. The reason for the delay is that most people have to work the land manually and do not have the initiative to source water.
A Ngo, Son Thuy, Quang Nham, Lam Dot and Trung Son communes suffered from severe drought. Currently, in A Luoi district, there are 86 irrigation works scattered in communes and towns, mostly temporary and semi-permanent works. Many construction projects that have been built for a long time are now degraded and damaged.
Focus on pumping against drought for the summer-autumn crop
Mr. Van Lap, Head of Agriculture and Rural Development Department of A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province, said that the local heavily dry fields mobilized people to convert suitable crops.
“We ask all the remedial works to speed up the progress to have water to serve the people. On the other hand, the district also cooperates with the province's irrigation works management company to make the most of the pump, and the mobile oil pumping station to take advantage of the drought pump," said Mr. Lap.
This summer-autumn crop, Thua Thien Hue province plans to plant over 26,000 hectares of rice. However, the prolonged drought has caused the water level of irrigation and hydropower reservoirs to decrease gradually. If there is no additional rain, it is forecast that more than 1,000 hectares of rice are at risk of water shortage, especially in the mountainous districts of Nam Dong and A Luoi.
Many fields are dry due to lack of water for irrigation
Currently, some localities in hilly areas and coastal sandy areas have abandoned tens of hectares of summer-autumn rice because they are not active in irrigation water. Thua Thien Hue province has directed localities to proactively develop detailed drought response plans and arrange funding for dredging canals, canals, lake beds, and main canal routes leading water from rivers and streams into the system. Inland canals to combat drought.
According to Mr. Do Van Dinh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thua Thien Hue Irrigation Management and Exploitation Company, the unit is increasing the installation of 20 field pumping stations to supplement water sources for farmers. .
“With the weather changing like last time, it is forecasted that the possibility of water shortage for summer-autumn rice production is about 1,000 hectares. Specifically, at present, in some areas such as hilly hills and coastal sandy areas, people also control water sources to consider not sowing or restructure crops to reduce damage in the long run," Dinh said. know./.