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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><a name="14527827cf6c7f5d_6" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/TalkVietnam/%7E3/LuELmnpaPIA/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">Economy: Vietnam’s long-term strategy for rice production for export</a></font>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Posted: 03 Apr 2014 04:16 AM PDT</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em>(VOVworld) -</em><em>Agriculture
is considered an important corner-stone of Vietnam’s economy,
especially set against the difficulties caused by the global economic
crisis. Because of this Vietnam is paying special attention to crop
restructuring and the application of science and technology to
agricultural production to increase the values of export items including
rice. </em></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><div style="width:310px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.talkvietnam.com/files/2014/04/application-of-advance-technologies-and-mechanization-should-be-promoted-in-agricultural-production-1469020-01-04-kt-co-gioi-hoa-nong-nghiep.jpg" target="_blank"><img rel="lightbox" src="http://www.talkvietnam.com/files/2014/04/application-of-advance-technologies-and-mechanization-should-be-promoted-in-agricultural-production-1469020-01-04-kt-co-gioi-hoa-nong-nghiep-300x168.jpg" alt="Application of advance technologies and mechanization should be promoted in agricultural production." height="168" width="300"></a></span><b><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Application of advance technologies and mechanization should be promoted in agricultural production.</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font></b></div>
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</span></font></b><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Farmers in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam’s biggest rice granary,
had a bumper harvest from the 2013 – 2014 winter-spring crops. Despite a
good crop with the average yield of up to 10 tons per hectare in many
provinces, rice growers are suffering from annual concerns about low
prices. Since the middle of March, the government has implemented a
program to purchase 1 million tons of rice for stockpile to share the
burden with farmers and help stabilize rice prices. But the collection
can only prevent prices from further dropping instead of keeping it
higher, while Vietnamese rice has to compete intensely with other
regional products. By the end of April, farmers in the region are
expected to complete the harvest of more than 1.6 million hectares of
rice, according to Nguyen Phong Quang, Deputy Head of the Southwest
Standing Steering Committee. Quang said: “<em>Farmers are the most
vulnerable group because they grow a lot and have bumper crops but
prices are declining. This is a major issue in the Mekong River Delta.
We need more careful studies and should be more active in the buying of
rice for stockpile to stabilize prices from the beginning to the end of
the crop.</em>”</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Apart from increasing the value of rice, seeking more outlets, and
ensuring profits for farmers, Vietnam has designed a sustainable
agriculture development strategy. A master plan to restructure the
sector with the focus on boosting crop restructuring, developing large
rice fields, and applying advanced technology in production is
considered the right long-term track.</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><div style="width:310px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.talkvietnam.com/files/2014/04/growing-orchids-in-rice-fields-is-a-way-of-crop-restructuring-has-resulted-in-higher-income-for-farmers-1469020-01-04-kte-chuyen-doi-mo-hinh.jpg" target="_blank"><img rel="lightbox" src="http://www.talkvietnam.com/files/2014/04/growing-orchids-in-rice-fields-is-a-way-of-crop-restructuring-has-resulted-in-higher-income-for-farmers-1469020-01-04-kte-chuyen-doi-mo-hinh-300x180.jpg" alt="Growing orchids in rice fields is a way of crop restructuring has resulted in higher income for farmers." height="180" width="300"></a></span><b><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Growing orchids in rice fields is a way of crop restructuring has resulted in higher income for farmers.</span></font></b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></div>
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</span><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Reality shows that large-scale rice fields, a production model with
the involvement of enterprises, are proving effective in its economic
and social aspects. The implementation of this model has revealed that
the living conditions of farmers participating in the program have
improved remarkably. Nguyen Van Tac from Vinh Binh commune in An Giang
province said:</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">“<em>Many farmers, including me are satisfied with the production
model of large-scale fields because it has increased the value of our
rice. We get more practical benefits by developing brands for exported
rice.</em>”</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><div style="width:310px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.talkvietnam.com/files/2014/04/growing-watermelons-in-rice-fields-is-another-successful-model-of-crop-restructuring-bringing-in-high-productivity-and-earnings-1469020-01-04-kte-chuyen-doi-mo-hinh-trong-dua-hau.jpg" target="_blank"><img rel="lightbox" src="http://www.talkvietnam.com/files/2014/04/growing-watermelons-in-rice-fields-is-another-successful-model-of-crop-restructuring-bringing-in-high-productivity-and-earnings-1469020-01-04-kte-chuyen-doi-mo-hinh-trong-dua-hau-300x193.jpg" alt="Growing watermelons in rice fields is another successful model of crop restructuring bringing in high productivity and earnings." height="193" width="300"></a></span><font size="1"><b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Growing watermelons in rice fields is another successful model of crop restructuring bringing in high productivity and earnings.</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></font></div>
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</span></b></font><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1"><b> </b></font>This link between the state, scientists, enterprises, and farmers
has been tightened. Nguyen Van Cuong, a farmer who is joining the Vinh
Binh large-scale field investment by An Giang Plant Protection Company,
says:</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">“<em>Since we work with the company, we can decide to whom we want to
sell rice. This means like at present, that after harvesting, if the
selling price is at an appropriate level, we can sell our product. But
if not, we can keep it for storage, dry it, and wait until we can sell
it for a good price.</em>”</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Vietnam has become a leading global exporter of rice and a number of
other agricultural products. The sector has acknowledged the
restructuring of crops and animals and the application of
high-technology as the keys to helping it make up a larger part of the
national economic structure.</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.talkvietnam.com/tag/thanh-tung/" target="_blank">Thanh Tung</a></span></p><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>
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