(HBO) – Recently, strong heat waves have hit the northern region with some areas recording temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius. To avoid the hot weather’s negative impacts on health and also to make use of the strong sunlight, which is favourable for rice to ripen and dry grains, farmers across Hoa Binh province are going to paddy fields from 4 - 5am every day to harvest the winter - spring crop.
Farmers in Vinh Dong commune of Kim Boi district quickly harvest the winter - spring rice.
As one of the localities harvesting the winter - spring rice the earliest, Lac Thuy district has seen a busy atmosphere across its fields. Hoang Dinh Chinh, deputy head of the district’s agriculture and rural development division, said Lac Thuy farmers have harvested over 600ha of the winter - spring rice so far, equivalent to 40% of the plan. This year’s winter - spring rice is assessed as a bumper crop. The district is set to have completed harvesting all rice by June 10.
In the winter - spring crop of 2022 and 2023, 62,550ha of annual plants were grown in Hoa Binh province, including 16,475ha of rice, equivalent to 104.8% of the target.
District-level authorities have ordered specialised units to ask farmers to speed up and finish harvesting on schedule and make preparation for the summer - autumn crop. Harvesting has completed on some early grown rice areas and also started on the main-crop ones. Apart from rice, localities are also boosting the harvest of other crops like cassava, peanut, and vegetables while readying the supply of agricultural equipment, fertiliser, and seeds for the summer - autumn crop.
As of mid-May, more than 3,400ha of the winter - spring rice had been harvested in the province. Some localities have been harvesting early. Among them, Lac Thuy district has completed the work on over 67% of its rice farming area, Luong Son district nearly 50%, and Hoa Binh city over 40%.
In the winter - spring crop of 2022 and 2023, Hoa Binh province has large cultivation areas of many high-yield plants. Due to the complex situation of plant diseases and high input costs, since the crop’s beginning, localities have carried out concrete measures to obtain comprehensive results as requested by the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
In addition, agricultural authorities have ordered localities to instruct farmers in implementing anti-drought and -disease measures for fruit, medicinal and perennial plants and other crops. They have also asked farmers to properly clean the fields on which harvesting already completed and make use of good weather conditions to prepare land for the summer - autumn crop./.
With the motto of "polite, dedicated, professional, and lawful,” over the years, Phu Cuong commune in Tan Lac district has gradually improved the quality of processing administrative procedures, winning high satisfaction from local people and businesses.
Stretching over 300 meters, valued at hundreds of million dong and built to the new-style rural standards, a concrete road in De hamlet, Bac Phong commune, Cao Phong district, was completed by the end of 2023 thanks to the collective contributions of armed forces at provincial and district levels coupled with the active participation of military units stationed throughout the district.
Over the years, the People’s Committee of Lac Thuy district has issued many plans and programmes to speed up the administrative reform, aiming to better serve local people and businesses.
Kim Boi district is drafting 23 planning projects which are expected to help boost the local socio-economic development, attract investors, and mobilise resources for development, said Vice chairman of the district People’s Committee Tran Tuan Son.
They include the one on Bo urban area development until 2045, 20 zoning, and 12 on rural residential areas in communes.
This year, Hoa Binh province strives to have eight communes recognised as meeting new-style rural area standards and five communes satisfying exemplary new-style rural area standards. Since the beginning of the year, the provincial People's Committee has drastically directed the implementation of the national target programme on new-style rural area building to fulfil the set target.
Cao Phong district achieved positive socio-economic development results last year as drastic comprehensive measures were implemented with high determination of its whole political system, said the Secretary of the district Party Committee Ha Van Di.
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