Safe rice production towards international market

In the context of climate change causing a decline in global rice production, the constantly heating rice market is a strong driving force for us to connect the entire supply value chain from production to distribution and consumption, to increase rice export turnover.

In fact, over the past many years, our country's agricultural sector has focused on building and proposing a number of specific policies such as the Project on restructuring the agricultural sector towards increasing added value and sustainable development; Project on restructuring the Vietnamese rice industry to 2025 and 2030, the project on sustainable development of 1 million hectares of high-quality specialized rice...

Thereby aiming to increase the quality and value of Vietnamese rice in the international market; and thereby produce safe rice for the international market.

In article 1 of the series "Taking advantage of the golden opportunity for rice export", the VOV reporter team will analyze the advantages and changes in production methods that the people of the "rice granary" have recognized and gradually raised the value and brand of the Vietnamese rice industry in the world market.

Having just finished harvesting the Summer-Autumn rice crop, members of Binh Thanh Cooperative, Lap Vo District, Dong Thap Province urgently planted the 2023 Autumn-Winter rice crop.

The cooperative's rice production area this crop is more than 900 hectares, focusing mainly on fragrant and specialty rice varieties such as OM 18 and OM 380 to serve domestic demand as well as export.

The Mekong Delta is a major contributor to the country's rice exports.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Doi, Director of Binh Thanh Cooperative, in recent years, Vietnam's rice brand has always been affirmed in the world market.

To achieve the above results, people in the Mekong Delta have focused on cultivating rice in a bio-safe manner, using high-quality, specialty varieties to serve domestic and export needs.

In addition, businesses and people have cooperated to develop raw material areas, which has gradually affirmed the brand of the rice industry.

Mr. Nguyen Van Doi also said that currently the cooperative is focusing on taking care of the Autumn-Winter rice crop with the mindset of high rice prices and opportunities to further affirm the prestige and position of the Vietnamese rice industry when some countries have been restricting and banning rice exports in recent times.

According to Mr. Doi: "This Fall-Winter, OM 18 accounts for about 70%, the rest is OM 380. I also shared with some farmers that I hope the price of rice will be higher than the Summer-Fall crop, so people are also trying to take meticulous care to achieve the highest efficiency."

Rice prices in the Mekong Delta are bustling as they increase every day.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tung, a resident of Co Do district, Can Tho city, said that his family's autumn-winter rice crop is 50 days old and many traders have placed deposits at a price of 6,500 - 7,000 VND/kg but have not sold it yet. According to his assessment, rice prices are still increasing and export signals are improving.

"This year, rice prices are acceptable. Market prices are increasing steadily at this level, so people are very excited," Mr. Tung shared.

This year's Autumn-Winter rice crop, Can Tho planted more than 62,000 hectares of rice, currently about 50% of the rice area is in the earing and flowering stages.

Mr. Tran Thai Nghiem, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Can Tho city, said that to increase the value of the local rice industry, the locality has promoted the connection between people, businesses, scientists and the state in the industry chain.

This has increased the value of the rice industry, stabilized prices and, most importantly, affirmed the Vietnamese rice brand.

Mr. Nghiem also added: "Identify planning for rice production areas with favorable conditions to focus on investing resources in developing infrastructure, improving technical conditions, and promoting the linkage chain.

Implement solutions to ensure food safety and hygiene for rice, associated with gradually making the production process transparent with production logs, tracing the origin and the key issue is the connection between farmers, cooperatives and businesses to create increasingly close links.

This year's Summer-Autumn rice crop, people are excited about the good harvest and good price.

An Giang is a large rice producing area in the country, this year the local output is estimated at about 4 million rice. The rice export industry is favorable so people have a profit of 1,100 to more than 2,000/kg.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Huan, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of An Giang province, said that the locality has exported more than 340,000 tons of rice with a value of more than 180 million USD, an increase in both value and output compared to the same period. In recent years, the locality has promoted the connection of rice consumption between people and businesses, which has helped businesses have a source of raw materials and people feel secure in production, thereby increasing the value of the rice industry.

"Regarding the rice consumption situation of enterprises signing contracts with farmers, in the Summer-Autumn crop, we organized 14 enterprises to sign contracts to ensure product consumption on 64% of the area, and for the Fall-Winter crop, there were 13 enterprises and in the Fall-Winter crop, almost all the seeding areas of An Giang province, enterprises signed contracts for about 95%" - Mr. Huan said.

The Mekong Delta produces three rice crops per year.

Currently, the rice market in the Mekong Delta region is bustling as the price of rice and paddy is continuously increasing. The Summer-Autumn crop in this region is still being harvested by people and the selling price of rice at the field is adjusted up by traders every day. Meanwhile, Vietnam's rice exports are continuously increasing, some types of rice have reached the threshold of 690 USD/ton, this is a good sign for Vietnam's rice industry.

Currently, localities in the Mekong Delta have planned concentrated production areas associated with reorganizing production towards safety and sustainability, and especially the connection between people and businesses has contributed to increasing the value of the rice industry, ensuring food security as well as export, clearly affirming the role and position of the Vietnamese rice industry in recent times.

In part two of the series “Taking advantage of golden opportunities for rice export”, we will analyze in depth the story of the connection between rice exporters and people to build a sustainable rice industry chain together, affirming the reputation of the Vietnamese rice industry in the international arena.

According to Thanh Tung - Pham Hai/VOV

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