Central provinces target 2.5 million tonnes of rice in upcoming crops
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked South Central and Central Highlands provinces to strive to produce at least 2.5 million tonnes of rice in this year’s upcoming crops.
Dak Lak (VNA) – The Ministry ofAဣgriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked South Central and CentralHighlands provinces to strive to produce at least 2.5 million tonnes of rice inthis year’s upcoming crops.
The MARD made the call during a conferenceheld in Buon Ma Thuot city of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak toreview rice production in the 2017-2018 winter-spring crop in the regions andlaunch this year’s production plan. Accordingly, the provinces plan to grow morethan 448,600 ha of rice in this year’s upcoming crops, with half of them beingplanted in the summer-autumn crop. The ministry also instructed the provinces toarrange suitable time for rice growing and apply cultivation techniques toavoid drought and lessen its impacts to rice production. In the 2017-2018 winter-spring crop, theSouth Central and Central Highlands provinces planted more than 320,470 ha ofrice, yielding an estimated output of about 2.03 million tonnes, a rise of60,200 tonnes compared to last year’s crop. The MARD reported that the country’s riceexports in the January – March period totalled 1.36 million tonnes worth 669million USD, representing year-on-year rises of 9.4 percent in volume and 24percent in value. China remained the top importer of Vietnamese rice,accounting for 24.4 percent of total exports Last year, Vietnam earned 2.6 billion USDfrom exporting 5.8 million tonnes of rice.-VNA
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