Nghe An: Many summer-autumn rice areas have failed crops, prices have dropped sharply

To date, Nghe An has harvested more than 26,000 hectares of summer-autumn rice. Initial assessments show that not only has productivity decreased sharply, with many areas even suffering total losses; but farmers have also suffered heavy losses due to poor quality rice, with traders purchasing it at a price only half that of previous years.

Many areas are lost

Looking forward to a good rice crop, but this summer-autumn crop, although luckier than the households that suffered a complete loss, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Luoc in Mau 2 hamlet, Kim Lien commune, still could not be happy.

“After much care, when the rice was about to bloom, it rained, and after blooming, it continued to rain for 5 days before receding. The rice grains were half-empty, with flowers but no grains. While in previous years the yield was over 300 kg, this year we could only salvage over 100 kg/sao, the yield was half that of previous crops. The price of rice was also only half, traders bought fresh rice for 4,600 VND/kg, a loss in every way,” Mr. Nguyen Xuan Luoc shared.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Luoc said: Fresh rice is purchased by traders at only 4,600 VND/kg. Photo: Phu Huong

Kim Lien commune has 2,237 hectares of rice, but due to the impact of consecutive storms No. 5 and No. 6, up to 1,800 hectares of rice in the area are completely unharvestable.

Mr. Tran Manh Hong - Commune Economic Department said: Currently, people are focusing on harvesting the remaining nearly 500 hectares of rice. However, in this area, although there is no total loss, the rice yield has also decreased from 1/3 to half compared to previous years.

Due to heavy rain and deep flooding, Kim Lien commune has 1,800/2,337 hectares of rice that cannot be harvested at all. Photo: Phu Huong

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The impact of storm No. 5 has not yet passed when heavy rains due to the impact of storm No. 6 occurred. Consecutive natural disasters causing flooding for dozens of days have caused the total loss of 1,800/2,337 hectares of summer-autumn rice in Kim Lien commune.

Mr. Tran Manh Hong - Economic Department of Kim Lien Commune

As one of the key rice areas of the province, but this summer-autumn crop, the rice yield of Quang Chau commune is also at a record low. Heavy rains have caused more than 700/864 hectares of rice in the commune to fall over before the rice has fully ripened. According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Tinh - Commune Economic Department, although there are no official statistics, about 60 hectares of rice are completely unharvestable; the remaining fallen rice areas have a yield of only 80 - 100 kg/sao.

Many areas of summer-autumn rice were damaged by storms and rain. Photo: Phu Huong

Rice purchase price drops sharply

Although the damage was not as severe as in Kim Lien and Quang Chau communes, in many other localities of the province, rice productivity this year also decreased sharply.

Her family has 10 sao of rice in field 37, Thuan Trung commune. This summer-autumn rice crop, Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh only harvested 2 quintals of rice per sao, 1-1.5 quintals lower than previous years. Ms. Minh said that a few days after the rice bloomed, it rained and the rice field was also damaged by leaf rollers.

Harvesting summer-autumn rice in Van Hien commune. Photo: Phu Huong

In the same situation, in almost all communes of Do Luong district (old), rice productivity is lower than previous years.

Mr. Le Anh Son - Head of Do Luong Agricultural Service Station said: There are 2 main factors affecting the reduction of rice yield and quality. That is, the 5th and 6th generations of small leaf rollers at the rice grain formation stage were not properly controlled by some people according to recommendations, causing empty grains in the summer-autumn rice areas of Van Hien and Bach Ha communes... Along with that, both rice fields in the area were heavily affected by storms when entering the flowering period.

Summer-autumn rice of Quang Chau commune sprouts after several days of soaking in water. Photo: Phu Huong

Up to now, Nghe An has harvested more than 26,000 hectares of summer-autumn rice, concentrated in the communes of Yen Thanh, Quan Thanh, Quang Chau, Dien Chau, Van Hien...

According to initial assessment, this year's summer-autumn rice yield is very low compared to previous years, due to the impact of storms No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 causing floods, reducing the yield of many rice areas, especially some areas were completely lost.

Leaders of Quang Chau commune inspect the situation of the summer-autumn rice harvest that has fallen over. Photo: Phu Huong

Not only losing productivity, farmers also suffered heavy losses because poor quality rice was purchased by traders at the field at a price only half that of last year, from 4,600 to 5,200 VND/kg.

Farmers "salvage" summer-autumn rice. Photo: Phu Huong

"This year, due to the impact of the prolonged spring crop production, the summer-autumn rice harvest is delayed. It is expected that the whole province will complete the harvest by the end of September," said Mr. Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of the provincial Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection.

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