These days, taking advantage of the rainy weather, in Trung village field, Tra Son commune, Tra Bong district, farmers go to fields to support each other to overcome sedimentation and flood damage. Last month's rain and flood followed the rock and buried dozens of terraced fields. Everyone lift up the rock and the other group cleared the soil and sand to fill the field ...
Mrs. Pham Thi Mai, Tra Son commune, Tra Bong district, said that many families have to rotate their labor to clear the fields, everyone hopes it will stop raining so that they can plant seeds to keep up the seasonal schedule.
Quang Ngai framers together overcoming alluvial and flood damge
In Tra Bong district, the last storm has affected more than 700 hectares of agricultural land, of which more than 15 hectares were alluvial and flood-damaged. In the Winter-Spring crop 2020-2021, Tra Bong district sows nearly 960 hectares of rice. The local agricultural sector and its units focus on supporting farmers in improving their fields, sowing seeds in time with the seasonal schedule.
Mr. Do Dinh Phuong, Vice Chairman of People's Committee of Tra Bong district, Quang Ngai province said: "The district implements solutions to support and restore production for people. to support plant varieties and domestic animals so that people can restore their agricultural and forestry production ".
In the Winter-Spring crop 2020-2021, Quang Ngai province sows about 38,000 hectares of rice, tens of thousands of hectares of cassava, corn, vegetables of all kinds ... After heavy floods, a large amount of seeds and agricultural materials in the population has damaged. Local authorities and the agricultural sector have implemented many solutions to stabilize prices, prevent the situation of price increases, scarcity of trees, seed ... before the new production crop. The localities urgently repair and repair the damaged irrigation works; ensure seed structure; Encourage farmers to switch to upland crops on paddy fields that are filled, unable to cultivate or lack water
Rain and flood affected strongly to agricultural production in Quang Ngai.
Mr. Pham Ba, Director of Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection of Quang Ngai Province said: "To ensure the production season, it is suggested that from now on, farmers need to implement some measures well. techniques such as soil preparation to destroy germs of pests and diseases When entering the production crop, increase the fertilization of manure and phosphate fertilizer to help plants grow well from the beginning, limit the impact of weather factors, combined with the army to kill rats, minimizing the damage in winter-spring production ".
To ensure the seasonal schedule, the People's Committee of Quang Ngai province requested the Department of Crop Production, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to support plant varieties from the national reserve to help farmers restore production after storms and floods. .
The Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Ngai province has just decided to allocate natural disaster recovery support goods supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, including 80,000 chicks, 22 tons of animal food, 160,000 doses of vaccine ... At the same time, it is required that localities organize the reception and early allocation so that the breeding households soon restore production.
During his business trip in Quang Ngai province, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development requested the locality to focus on supporting farmers to overcome difficulties and restore production early.
"We put all of our energies into human and material resources to speed up recovery, including groups of short-term, long-term and medium-term measures. Increase production of crop groups. and short-term livestock to restructure agriculture, restructure the rural economy in the direction of adapting to climate change, even in extreme weather conditions "- Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong emphasized.