On September 17, Mr. Nguyen Van Phong, Deputy Party Secretary, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee went to inspect the agricultural production in Tien Lu, Phu Cu, An Thi and Kim Dong districts....

On September 17, Mr. Nguyen Van Phong, Deputy Party Secretary, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee went to inspect the agricultural production in Tien Lu, Phu Cu, An Thi and Kim Dong districts....

Mr. Nguyen Van Phong inspected the agricultural production in Phu Cu district 

According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province's summer-autumn rice crop is in the period of strong seeds and ripe tails, some areas are infected with pests and diseases, which are actively and timely prevented and fought against by farmers. If the weather is favorable from now until the end of the season, the yield will be higher than that of the previous season. 

Through listening to reports and inspecting in some fields, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Phong instructed the agriculture and rural development sector and local authorities to advise farmers, if the pests and diseases on rice are not harmful enough to prevent and fight against, it is necessary to stop the use of pesticides to ensure the safety of users and reduce costs for producers. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development collaborated with the research units to introduce rice varieties with many advantages to replace the ones easy to be infected by pests and diseases and of low yield and quality. From 2019, to expand the cultivation area of Hung Yen​ glutinous rice, to minimize the cultivation area of ​​North rice No.7 and not to put it into the seed structure in the summer-autumn season. 

At the Provincial Center for Agricultural Seeds, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Phong asked, besides the assigned tasks, the center must timely and fully inform the plant varieties produced by their own for farmers to know and quickly replicate the early litchi to supply for the production in the province. 

To visit the model of livestock waste treatment and the production of high quality organic fertilizer for agricultural production in Dinh Cao commune (Phu Cu), Chairman of the provincial People's Committee asked the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center to advise the Department Agriculture and Rural Development to make a plan to support and replicate more models and submit to the provincial People's Committee for consideration and approval. 

He highly appreciated the model of citrus tree plantation in Dong Thanh commune (Kim Dong) because it brings about the economic efficiency 20 - 30 times higher than that of rice cultivation and asked the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department of Industry and Trade to evaluate the agricultural production in accordance with the VietGap process, the building of the trademark and brand name of farm produce, the results of the events chain on trade promotion for longan consumption, to make a plan to promote the consumption of citrus trees products this year ...

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