Crops are exhausted due to drought.

Tea is the main crop in Phong Lai commune, Thuan Chau district with about 750 hectares and thousands of households participating in tea cultivation. In previous years, tea growers were busy harvesting spring tea at this time, but this year is different, many tea fields are barren and barren because there has been no rain for many months, and at the same time, water sources for tea plants are gradually running out.

Ms. NGUYEN THI BINH - Deputy Director of Binh Thuan Production, Business and General Service Cooperative, Thuan Chau, Son La: This year, it's been completely sunny, from December until now, there hasn't been a single drop of tea, the tea buds that have just sprouted have withered, the places that have sprouted a little have spread their leaves, so it's very difficult, people have no income.

Besides tea, coffee is a crop with a relatively large area in the province with more than 20 thousand hectares. However, the biggest disadvantage is that most of the coffee area is grown on the slopes and hillsides, and irrigation water depends entirely on nature. Prolonged drought has put many coffee areas at risk of crop failure.

Mr. QUANG VAN HONG - Co Sau Village, Chieng Mai Commune, Mai Son District, Son La : Like every year with favorable rain and wind, coffee flowers and fruits are very good, but this year due to prolonged drought, the coffee flowers and fruits are very little, all the fruits have fallen off, and all the fruits have rotted.

In many fruit growing areas in the province, prolonged drought has greatly affected productivity and output. In addition, many areas of land for annual flower and flower planting that were prepared after the Lunar New Year 2024 have not been able to be planted yet.

Mr. LO VAN SAN - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Chieng Sung Commune, Mai Son, Son La: The prolonged drought like this year has caused great damage to the people. For fruit trees that are in the flowering period but without irrigation water, they will not bear fruit. For corn seedlings and sweet corn, we have planted them around this time every year. Some places have not even been able to plow the land because the soil is too hard to plow.

Currently, although some localities in the province have experienced small but insignificant rains, severe heat is forecast to continue to recur, so people should not be negligent or subjective, need to promptly implement measures to respond to adverse weather, effectively protect crops; at the same time, closely monitor weather developments to sow crops every year, minimizing damage caused by drought./.

Performed by: An Hao

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