On the morning of May 28 in Vinh city, the Department of Agriculture and Environment organized a workshop on "Alternate wetting and drying - A solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in sustainable rice cultivation in Nghe An".
Attending the workshop were representatives of the Institute of Strategy - Policy and Environment ( Ministry of Agriculture and Environment ); Department of Agriculture and Environment of Nghe An province, North Central Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology; Center for Organic Agriculture (Vietnam Academy of Agriculture), Green Carbon Japan Vietnam Co., Ltd.
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 50%
Starting to be implemented in Nghe An from the 2024 Spring crop, with a total area of over 5,713 hectares; by this year's Spring crop, in addition to the initial 5 localities of Nam Dan, Nghi Loc, Hung Nguyen, Dien Chau and Do Luong, 2 more localities have participated in the Project "Alternate Wet and Dry Irrigation - Solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in sustainable rice cultivation" namely Thanh Chuong and Quynh Luu, with a total area increased to 20,029 hectares.
According to the general assessment, the project has achieved remarkable initial results: Helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional flooded rice cultivation by over 50% in both crops, contributing significantly to environmental protection and being an opportunity to help farmers increase their income significantly from selling carbon credits.
While saving the number of irrigations and the amount of water, the average rice yield will increase slightly, reduce pests and diseases, and especially, from the project's activities, a brand of rice with reduced emissions will be built, creating advantages in export and selling price, developing the brand; from there, farmers' income will increase not only from selling carbon credits, increasing productivity but also from increasing rice prices. This farming method also helps change people's farming practices, contributing to creating diverse field ecology, protecting and improving the quality of rice production resources.
Expanding the area of alternating flooding and drying irrigation on rice plants
The results of the project implementation through production seasons show that Nghe An is fully qualified to apply the alternating flooding and drying irrigation technology.
“The success of implementing the project on a large scale has proven the superiority of the alternating flooding and drying irrigation technique, which is the basis and premise to continue expanding the area of water-saving irrigation, reducing emissions on a larger area, towards green farming, environmentally friendly, serving sustainable development, bringing value to producers and localities”, affirmed Dr. Vu Duy Hoang - Deputy Director of the Center for Organic Agriculture - Vietnam Academy of Agriculture.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Dinh Tho - Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Agriculture and Environment assessed that this is the right and potential direction, in line with the policies and orientations of the province and the country.
Participating in this project brings great benefits to producers, irrigation management companies and localities, in the short term in terms of increasing productivity, reducing pests and diseases, saving irrigation costs and irrigation water, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In the coming time, when the carbon credit market is formed and bilateral agreement mechanisms are signed, Nghe An has prepared early and can take the lead in participating in these carbon credit market mechanisms.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Dinh Tho - Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Agriculture and Environment - Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
At the workshop, Mr. Phan Tien Thanh - representative of Green Carbon Japan Vietnam Co., Ltd. - the project implementation unit in Nghe An, added: In addition to the activities of implementing the construction and sale of carbon credits, the company has also signed a contract with TH Rice Company to purchase rice produced in a way that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, contributing significantly to creating a stable consumption market and increasing production value for farmers. At the same time, it will build a rice brand and manage it according to international standards to ensure pesticide residues, thereby exporting to international markets. With such potential, it is hoped to promote an increase of about 10% in farmers' income.
Delegates attending the workshop also raised difficulties and made recommendations for further expansion of the project in Nghe An in the future, such as: Strengthening propaganda and training activities so that local officials and farmers understand this farming method and its benefits; synchronous investment in irrigation systems, water level measurement systems, parameter reporting, etc.
In the plan, Nghe An will continue to coordinate with relevant parties to expand the area of alternating flooding and drying irrigation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in sustainable rice cultivation in the area.
Source: https://baonghean.vn/nghe-an-san-xuat-hon-20-000-ha-lua-theo-phuong-phap-giam-phat-thai-khi-nha-kinh-10298401.html
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