Vietnam has enjoyed a place among the world’s top rice exporters formany years, but local rice growers’ income has remained at low levels.
Therecent implementation of a pilot model of large-scale rice field in theMekong River Delta is thought to provide an answer to thislong-standing problem.
According to agricultural experts, smallplots and scattered production hinder the application of machinery andtechnology to increase productivity and quality of Vietnam’s rice,keeping the price low.
Therefore, the large-scale field model –which gathered land and featured production cooperation between hundredsof farmer households and businesses – has drawn the participation ofmore than 6,400 households farming a total area of 8,200 ha when it waslaunched in the Mekong River Delta during the past winter-spring andsummer-autumn crops.
The advantage of this model is thatbusinesses help farmer households to sell products and provide them withrice seeds, fertiliser, irrigation service, advanced technologies andmodern farming techniques, reducing production costs and increasingproductivity and product quality. In return, businesses benefit fromlong-term supplies with ensured origin and quality.
For thesummer-autumn crop, Tra Vinh’s first large-scale field in Phu Cancommune, Tieu Can district attracted 302 households with an area of 300ha. Thanks to a 30-percent reduction in production costs, productivityincreased by hundreds of kilograms and farmers’ income was increased by20-30 percent compared with the scattered farming practised earlier.
Ona 1,000 ha field in Vinh Binh commune, Chau Thanh district, An Giangprovince, nearly 500 participating households saw an increase of over150 percent in profits in the winter-spring crop.
To help farmersin post-harvest rice preservation, the An Giang Plant Protection JointStock Company, a pioneer in building large-scale fields in the MekongRiver Delta, has built two more rice drying factories and storagefacilities in Thoai Son district, An Giang province and Tan Hongdistrict, Dong Thap province, in addition to its existing 500tonne-per-day rice drying factory and 35,000 tonne storehouse in ChauThanh district, An Giang province.
Mekong Delta provinces have registered to implement the model of large-scale fields on a total area of 70,000 ha in 2012./.
Therecent implementation of a pilot model of large-scale rice field in theMekong River Delta is thought to provide an answer to thislong-standing problem.
According to agricultural experts, smallplots and scattered production hinder the application of machinery andtechnology to increase productivity and quality of Vietnam’s rice,keeping the price low.
Therefore, the large-scale field model –which gathered land and featured production cooperation between hundredsof farmer households and businesses – has drawn the participation ofmore than 6,400 households farming a total area of 8,200 ha when it waslaunched in the Mekong River Delta during the past winter-spring andsummer-autumn crops.
The advantage of this model is thatbusinesses help farmer households to sell products and provide them withrice seeds, fertiliser, irrigation service, advanced technologies andmodern farming techniques, reducing production costs and increasingproductivity and product quality. In return, businesses benefit fromlong-term supplies with ensured origin and quality.
For thesummer-autumn crop, Tra Vinh’s first large-scale field in Phu Cancommune, Tieu Can district attracted 302 households with an area of 300ha. Thanks to a 30-percent reduction in production costs, productivityincreased by hundreds of kilograms and farmers’ income was increased by20-30 percent compared with the scattered farming practised earlier.
Ona 1,000 ha field in Vinh Binh commune, Chau Thanh district, An Giangprovince, nearly 500 participating households saw an increase of over150 percent in profits in the winter-spring crop.
To help farmersin post-harvest rice preservation, the An Giang Plant Protection JointStock Company, a pioneer in building large-scale fields in the MekongRiver Delta, has built two more rice drying factories and storagefacilities in Thoai Son district, An Giang province and Tan Hongdistrict, Dong Thap province, in addition to its existing 500tonne-per-day rice drying factory and 35,000 tonne storehouse in ChauThanh district, An Giang province.
Mekong Delta provinces have registered to implement the model of large-scale fields on a total area of 70,000 ha in 2012./.
