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According to Dan Viet

Summer rice is good season

Following the success of the winter-spring crop, the summer-autumn rice crop in the Mekong Delta provinces is also very complete because the rice wins the season and is priced in the context of threatening saline intrusion.

In Hau Giang, farmers are very excited because the productivity of summer-autumn crop 2020 reaches more than 6 tons / ha, 500-700kg / ha higher than the previous crop; More excitingly, the price of paddy is also high, traders buy fresh rice from farmers at the field with prices from 5,300-6,500 VND / kg. At this price, farmers get a profit of about 30 million VND / ha.

Many farmers in Can Tho city also said that this year’s summer-autumn rice crop is generally good season thanks to less pests and diseases, the average yield of rice is about 6.5-7 tons / ha, after deducting expenses. profit from 20-30 million / ha, the highest in many years.

In Dong Thap, summer-autumn rice yield also reached 7 tons / ha; The price of regular rice is purchased by traders about 5,200 VND / kg, rice is 5,500 VND / kg long, fragrant rice is 5,900 VND / kg or more. According to many farmers, it has been a long time since they enjoyed such a double-winning summer-autumn rice crop.

Mr. Le Thanh Tung – Deputy Director of Department of Crop Production (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) assessed that the summer-autumn crop 2020 in the Mekong Delta has won completely in the context of increasingly fierce saline intrusion. However, the initiative in adjusting seasonal calendar has helped overcome these disadvantages.

It can be seen that the vibrant rice export market due to increased demand has positively affected the summer-autumn rice consumption.

The volume of rice exported in July 2020 is estimated at 400,000 tons with a value of 194 million USD, bringing the total volume and value of rice export in the first 7 months of 2020 to nearly 3.9 million tons and 1.9 billion USD. down 1.4% in volume but up 10.9% in value over the same period in 2019.

In the first 6 months of the year, the Philippines ranked first in Vietnam’s rice export market with 36.9% market share.

Speed ​​up the production of autumn-winter rice

According to the Department of Agricultural Product Processing and Market Development (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the latest updated forecast information in July 2020 of the US Department of Agriculture shows that the world’s rice production in 2020 is estimated at 495.2 million tons, down about 0.3% compared to 2019.

World rice consumption in 2020 is estimated at 490.4 million tons, an increase of about 1.3% compared to 2019. This is the driving force for the provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta to focus on increasing the area of ​​autumn and winter rice to catch the price opportunity. The market is good, weather and water resources are forecasted well.

According to the plan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development directs to increase the area of ​​the autumn-winter crop in the Mekong Delta to more than 800,000 hectares (an increase of about 50,000 hectares compared to the autumn-winter crop 2019).

Currently, the Mekong Delta has entered the rainy season, saline intrusion in estuaries has gradually decreased and is pushed away from the interior fields. According to the hydro-meteorological agency, in 2020, it is unlikely that early floods will appear in the Southern Delta, the time of annual flood peak at the end of September.

These are favorable conditions for the production of the autumn-winter rice crop in 2020. Therefore, many provinces have increased their acreage compared to the original plan.

As of July 15, 2020, the Mekong Delta region has sowed 215,600 ha of autumn-winter rice, equaling 102.2% of the same period in 2019. Currently, the autumn-winter rice is in the stage of seeding, branching to do spawning. growth and good development.

To ensure successful winter-spring production in terms of both area, yield and value, the Department of Crop Production (MARD) recommends that localities focus on producing specialty rice varieties, high quality rice and reducing the cultivation of medium-grade rice varieties; reducing sowing, using transplanters and other technical advances in production to improve productivity, quality, reduce costs, increase profits for farmers …