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Corn is a crop that plays an important role in the strategy of food security, hunger eradication, poverty reduction, and global economic development with an output of more than 1 million tons/year, of which 70% is used as raw material for animal feed; it is very superior because of its nutritional value, productivity, green quality, and ease of digestion.
According to data from the Department of Livestock - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (2020), the total demand for biomass corn for large-scale livestock farming in our country is 27.6 million tons/year, of which livestock enterprises can self-supply about 70%, the remaining 30% is purchased from outside (about 8 million tons). Mr. Phung Duc Tien, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said: "Vietnam will continue to grow biomass corn, focusing on processing 1.5 million tons of agricultural by-products to convert into animal feed, thereby saving foreign currency imported for animal feed, estimated at billions of USD per year".
Biomass corn model in Cu M'ga district, Daklak.
This shows that to ensure the growth of the livestock industry, it is necessary to continue to develop and expand the raw material areas for green feed, in which biomass corn is identified as an important crop. And the construction of a biomass corn cultivation process applying advanced cultivation techniques, with the goal of reducing fertilizer, increasing fertilizer efficiency, increasing corn yield, contributing to reducing product costs, increasing value per unit area and especially increasing profits for corn farmers today is very necessary.
Implementing the signed agreement on "Building and perfecting the process of cultivating biomass corn according to the circular economic model"; Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company and the Corn Research Institute have joined hands to implement a pilot model from the Summer-Autumn crop and the Autumn-Winter crop in 2023. Two biomass corn production models for two consecutive crops were selected, totaling 8 hectares in two ecological regions: Son La (Northwest) and Dak Lak (Central Highlands). The corn variety used is the most popular and superior corn variety currently of the Corn Research Institute, which is the LVN66 hybrid corn. 100% of the fertilizer used is from Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company.
Biomass corn model in Son La province.
In Dak Lak, the Summer-Autumn corn crop model was implemented in Cu M'gar commune, Cu M'gar district, with a planting area of 2 hectares, undertaken by farmer Chau Van Khoi. Mr. Khoi implemented the model with 3 fertilizer formulas: 1 is fertilizing according to traditional practices of farmers to compare with 2 fertilizer formulas of Dau Trau of Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company. Each plot of fertilizing according to 1 formula has an area of 700m2, arranged in a sequential manner.
Mr. Chau Van Khoi was very excited to be chosen as a model. According to him, after 2 months of planting, the corn plants in the model grew much better than the control. The plants were big, strong, and especially very green, and would be harvested after 80 days, and the yield would certainly be much higher than the control.
In Son La, the program is being implemented in Moc Chau district, with harvest expected in early August. According to farmers and district agricultural extension officers, the program’s biomass corn plants are growing one and a half times better than the control. Local farmers are very excited to participate in the program in the coming crops.
Mr. Ngo Van Dong, General Director of Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company, said: “The Corn Institute is an in-depth research institute on corn, and also has a department of animal feed. While pursuing the direction of specialized fertilizer production, Binh Dien wishes to take advantage of the strengths of the specialized institute to develop and perfect a set of fertilizer products for corn in general, and biomass corn in particular; contributing to increasing the volume and quality of domestic animal feed, reducing the import burden for the country.”
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