Effective environmentally friendly rice farming model
Attending the summary conference of the Farmers' Association of Bac Giang province, we learned about the Farmers' Group for Propagating and Mobilizing Farmers to Apply Environmentally Friendly Rice Cultivation in Bao Son Commune, Luc Nam District with 60 members voluntarily participating in the group's activities.
This is one of the groups in Bac Giang participating in the project "Propaganda and mobilization of farmers to apply environmentally friendly rice cultivation in Bac Giang province, phase 3".
The project has provided environmentally friendly rice cultivation techniques to farmers; raised awareness among farmers, consumers and stakeholders about the benefits of rice cultivation methods, and promoted environmentally friendly rice products.
Delegates visited an environmentally friendly rice farming model in Ram village, Tu Lan commune, Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province.
Mr. Duong Quang Huy - Team leader said: During the project implementation, we were guided by the Project Management Board and the Association at all levels, and technical staff on 3 technical measures to apply environmentally friendly rice cultivation.
Implementing the group activity regulations, we have maintained group activities for over 10 sessions with more than 600 participants. The Bac Giang Farmers' Association organized 6 technical training courses, including 2 training courses on alternating wet and dry irrigation techniques for more than 150 farmers; organized 2 training courses on post-harvest straw treatment techniques for more than 180 members, propagating the harmful effects of burning straw and agricultural by-products on cultivated land and the environment; organized 2 training courses for more than 160 farmers to be instructed on proper fertilization techniques and limit the use of chemical fertilizers.
By the time of the 2024 Summer-Autumn crop, through propaganda activities and training sessions of the Environmentally Friendly Rice Cultivation Group in Bao Loc 1 village, we have propagated and mobilized 260/290 rice farming households to apply environmentally friendly rice cultivation techniques to local rice production, reaching 89.6%, (an increase of 245 households applying technical measures compared to before the project implementation), of which 123 households have applied all 3 technical measures, 60 households applied 2 measures and 40 households applied 1 measure.
Regarding the area of application of technical measures, the following year is higher than the previous year. In the 2024 crop, the whole village has 53/60 hectares of rice applying environmentally friendly farming techniques, reaching 91.6%, (an increase of 51.5 hectares compared to before the project implementation); of which 1 technical measure is applied to 18 hectares; 2 measures are applied to 5 hectares; all 3 measures are applied to 30 hectares.
Representatives of the sponsor, the Farmers' Association of Bac Giang province, and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Bac Giang province visited the display area of products produced and processed from rice grown using environmentally friendly methods.
In addition, the Farmers' Groups at all levels have also organized propaganda on environmentally friendly rice cultivation techniques in the form of dramatization such as: "Contest to learn technical knowledge on environmentally friendly rice cultivation" through rounds from commune to district and province; actively propagating to raise awareness for farmer members about organic agricultural production; partly supported with materials (rice seeds, microbial fertilizers, microbial preparations for straw treatment) from the budget for people to apply and replicate the J02 quality pure rice cultivation model with a total area of 30 hectares.
Reducing production costs, increasing economic efficiency, Bac Giang farmers are excited
In Tu Lan commune, Viet Yen district, Mr. Nguyen Huu Tho - Chairman of the Commune Farmers' Association excitedly said: From the positive results achieved in the spring crop of 2023, this summer crop of 2024, Tu Lan commune is one of 18 communes in 8 districts to continue implementing the model of "Propaganda and mobilizing farmers to apply environmentally friendly rice cultivation in Vietnam".
The Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Tu Lan commune said: The method of environmentally friendly rice cultivation focuses on new and effective cultivation techniques. Accordingly, households participating in the model strictly implement environmentally friendly rice cultivation techniques such as planting young seedlings with 2-2.5 leaves; sparse planting, less-furrow planting and simultaneously applying 3 techniques: rational use of fertilizer (using 20kg of microbial fertilizer to replace 50% of NPK fertilizer); proper use of straw (100% of households participating in the model use straw treatment products as fertilizer; do not burn straw after harvest); water the rice according to the growth needs of the rice plant (wet and dry alternately).
"As a result of last year's Spring crop, households have finished harvesting, the average yield reached 280 kg of fresh rice/sao, 40 kg/sao higher than KD18 rice, with the contracted selling price with the company being 6,500 VND/kg, the revenue/sao of fresh rice reached 1.7-2.1 million VND" - Mr. Tho said.
The model of using J02 variety in environmentally friendly rice cultivation has helped farmers have a bumper crop and especially, helped farmers in Tu Lan commune gradually change their awareness and behavior in environmentally friendly rice cultivation.
In order for the model to continue to be replicated, the Chairman of the Commune Farmers' Association proposed that the authorities at all levels and the Farmers' Association have more support policies on seeds, fertilizers, and new techniques for households participating in the model and expanding environmentally friendly rice farming models in the province. Do a good job of training, propaganda, and sending technical experts to support farmers to gradually change their behavior and awareness, thereby changing traditional rice farming methods to environmentally friendly rice farming.
According to the summary report of the Farmers' Association of Bac Giang province, from the initial 2.5 hectares, the Project "Propaganda and mobilization of farmers to apply environmentally friendly rice cultivation in Bac Giang province, phase 3" has attracted over 70,000 farmers to switch from traditional rice cultivation to environmentally friendly rice cultivation with a total area of over 7,100 hectares.
Through evaluation, the rice area applying environmentally friendly rice cultivation techniques compared to the traditional rice field area shows stronger root development; healthier rice plants; stronger plants; better resistance to pests and diseases; strong tillering ability; increased proportion of solid grains per panicle and number of effective panicles per clump; helping to increase productivity by 20 - 30%.
Switching to environmentally friendly rice cultivation helps reduce cultivation costs. Specifically: reducing the amount of seeds (from 1.5 - 2kg/sao to 0.7 - 1kg/sao), reducing the amount of chemical fertilizers by 20 - 30%; reducing the use of pesticides by 50%, reducing the amount of water (30%).
In addition to the efficiency gained from cost reduction, the yield of environmentally friendly rice cultivation increased from 7 to 8 quintals/ha, helping to increase economic efficiency by 9 to 10 million VND/ha.
Standing Vice President of the Bac Giang Farmers' Association La Van Doan affirmed that the project has contributed to positive impacts on many aspects: Economy, society, environment. "Bac Giang farmers are very excited, this is the most basic foundation for the Bac Giang Farmers' Association to expand the model" - Mr. Doan said.
In the coming time, the Farmers' Association at all levels of Bac Giang province will continue to coordinate to propagate and mobilize farmers to apply environmentally friendly rice cultivation techniques. Currently, the Farmers' Association is submitting to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for approval the Project "Propaganda and mobilization of farmers to apply environmentally friendly rice cultivation in Bac Giang province", period 2025-2030.
Source: https://danviet.vn/o-bac-giang-trong-lua-than-thien-voi-moi-truong-la-trong-kieu-gi-ma-co-toi-70000-nguoi-tham-gia-20240929171552959.htm
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