The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is active in applying moderntechnology in agriculture, which helps raise its average productionvalue per hectare of land to 120 million VND (over 5,700 USD), thehighest in the country.
Local farmers show apreference for new plant varieties, which can be seen in statistics thatshow new varieties make up 95 percent of all vegetable and flowervarieties being cultivated in the province, 90 percent of food crops, 46percent of tea varieties.
At the same time, advancedfarming technologies have been used on 35,000ha of land, with 14,850haunder coffee, nearly 12,000ha under vegetables, 2,400ha under flowers,and nearly 2,500ha under high-quality tea.
Lam Dong alsoleads the country in the production of tree sapling using invitrotechnology. The 58 businesses operating in this field in the provinceproduce 28 million saplings per year of various kinds of plants,accounting for three quarters of the national capacity.
Inaddition, Lam Dong is among the few localities in the country beingsuccessful in raising cold-water fish, particularly trout and sturgeon,with an average annual output of 400 tonnes, half of the nationaloutput.-VNA
Local farmers show apreference for new plant varieties, which can be seen in statistics thatshow new varieties make up 95 percent of all vegetable and flowervarieties being cultivated in the province, 90 percent of food crops, 46percent of tea varieties.
At the same time, advancedfarming technologies have been used on 35,000ha of land, with 14,850haunder coffee, nearly 12,000ha under vegetables, 2,400ha under flowers,and nearly 2,500ha under high-quality tea.
Lam Dong alsoleads the country in the production of tree sapling using invitrotechnology. The 58 businesses operating in this field in the provinceproduce 28 million saplings per year of various kinds of plants,accounting for three quarters of the national capacity.
Inaddition, Lam Dong is among the few localities in the country beingsuccessful in raising cold-water fish, particularly trout and sturgeon,with an average annual output of 400 tonnes, half of the nationaloutput.-VNA
