Development of corn in the Mekong River Delta (MRD).

Development of corn in the Mekong River Delta (MRD).
Intercropping or crop farming 1 1 1 substitute shrimp fishing season rice crops in many localities are being implemented in the Mekong Delta. In particular, hybrid maize crops are considered to be promising. Agriculture Vietnam (NNVN) recorded comments of the leaders in developing the agricultural sector in the Mekong Delta hybrid corn.

Mr. Duong Nghia Quoc, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Dong Thap province: Area unstable corn.

Dong Thap has over 3,600 hectares of corn and hybrid corn lines with an output of over 30,000 tons / year. Developed spring-summer season corn acreage crops 2/3 of the province, farmers planted concentrated in the districts of Thanh Binh, Lap Vo, Hong Ngu but mainly glutinous corn. The remaining districts scattered hybrid corn in year 2 + 1 for the corn crop or crop 1 + 1 + 1 for corn soy service. The difficulty now is corn acreage is shrinking because of high investment costs and no place was preserved. Time high, the price of rice farmers switch to corn plantings as rice so unstable area. The province has a policy of encouraging farmers to grow corn and soybeans on upland rice substitute to reduce risk.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh, Director of An Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: Advantages to grow crops corn bap.mg 1793ssk Development in the Mekong River Delta (MRD).

An Giang land very favorable for the development of the maize, especially in watershed border with Cambodia each year for sediment flood great. The development of crops in the border districts is feasible. An Giang specially developed hybrid corn sticky corn stronger compared to other provinces in the Mekong Delta, the area of hybrid corn on 4,500 hectares / year, while corn glutinous 4,338 ha / year, mainly grown in Cho Moi district and Phu Tan.

Current hybrid maize farmers expanded plantings due to high yields, averaging over 10.8 tonnes / ha / crop, higher than in the neighboring province of 1-3 tonnes / ha / crop . Farmers once under maize, fewer dropped into cultivated maize. Growing corn is not afraid to sell unmarketable, higher productivity and grow 3 crops. Only in An Phu district area growing hybrid corn accounts for 30% of agricultural land. Celebration agriculture extension workers to help farmers bring high-yield corn. The difficulty at present, the province each year for nearly 70,000 tons of corn production, no stable output.

Fasting Mr. Mai Anh, director of Kien Giang DARD: Farmers and other businesses still waiting.

Potential development in Kien Giang corn is enormous. Most local as Tan Hiep, Giong Rieng, Chau Thanh, Hon Dat and Rach Gia can put corn planting rice on the ground, with an area of up to hundreds of thousands of hectares. However, the reality for many years the maize area in Kien Giang only about 10,000 hectares and are grown scattered places. Due to scatter to high prices, can not compete with imports, and now it is very difficult to collect sufficient bulk to offtake.

While farmers wait now contracted to purchase new plant invested focused enterprise, in contrast to the large number of new pending deployment. Because of such a vicious circle corn should not develop despite the potential provinces and our country still has to import maize each year millions of tons. Currently the industry has not dared to encourage farmers grow corn knowing the potential and demand is very large plants.

Nguyen Van Dong, director of Hau Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: No Additional tieu.images263247 bap hybrid (1) Development of corn in the Mekong River Delta (MRD).

For years, farmers of Phung Hiep District, Chau Thanh, Chau Thanh A and TX Nga Bay gave corn to rice grown on the ground very efficiently, fairly high yield of about 4.5-5 tonnes / ha. Compared to rice, corn, less risky than by fewer pests, economic efficiency is much higher. However, the province's corn acreage is currently stalled with around 1600-1700 ha / year. The main reason is because there is no business that offtake contracts, the farmers have to strive very vulnerable traders and price pressure.

Le Dung, Director of DARD Ca Mau province has no corn growing areas of focus.

Through the trials of people showed very consistent with corn ground in Ca Mau. However, at present mainly corn farmers scattered over the square raised bed shore shrimp, rice fields are the primary, but no centralized planning. Therefore, no significant area. The main reason is because the market is not stable output, farmers reluctant. Want to develop corn, the state needs to have injections of encouraging, supporting, especially linked to the production unit included new varieties, technical training and finding outlets for their products.

Mr. Phan Nhut Ai, Director of Vinh Long Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: maize appropriate in all three cases.

The province of Vinh Long has 12,000 hectares of land for planting corn year round, heavily concentrated in the districts along Hau and Tien River as Tra, Binh Tan, Binh Minh, Vung Liem and Tam Binh, but mainly developing corn varieties hybrid glutinous corn still not developed much. The province has many policies associated with the production company and foreign same desire to grow hybrid maize for major crops but when piloted to farmers almost ineffective. The province looks forward to planting hybrid corn, take them grow feed for livestock and aquaculture. Currently, the province has nearly 5 processing plants for animal feed. Maize is appropriate in all 3 cases, requiring no technical than some other crops, short growth period. Farmers planting rice crop rotations 1 + 1 + 1 service for corn crops, or 1 2 crop corn crops. Even the development of corn planting fruit trees on the land bank of inefficient, high interest can double the rice production.

Vinh Long is applying the model developed in the spring and summer corn up about 600 ha, while winter-spring rice harvest is finished sowing corn. Oriented development planning glutinous corn-growing region by 2011 will increase by 5,000 hectares, mainly in Binh Tan and Tra for lying pair convenient location Hau River irrigation water and soil are suitable for corn grow.

Mr. Pham Van Quynh - Director DARD Tho: Growing corn at the plant do not buy.

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Mr. Ho Quang Cua, deputy director of Soc Trang DARD: Hard to convince farmers.

After re-establishing Islamic Soc Trang province in 1993, Tai Van commune, My Xuyen District we were farmers who produced maize varieties F1 for Pacific 11, Pacific 60 ... Later in An Thach 3, Cu Lao Dung, PAEC Soc Trang had brought corn model of successful industrialization. At the height of corn farmers here more than 1,000 hectares, maize G49, C919 yield of 6-7 tonnes / ha. But farmers claim that corn planting the poles, harvesting and selling difficult, if reserves susceptible to mold. Corn is a crop with high water demand, high dunes suitable land should remain favorable seasons of spring, summer drought.

In Cu Lao Dung has over 10,000 hectares of trees every year, of which sugarcane crop rotation with some other crops, farmers' options for economic performance comparisons from other crops. We can say the model corn farmers do before. But want to put down the field corn now I think difficult to convince farmers, by calculating in terms of efficacy. According to Hau river lands, Ke Sach effective excel with orchards; Long Phu have orchards, sugar cane; Cu Lao Dung have major sugarcane for many years ..

. Thus the maize to grow mass is difficult, due to the competition with sugarcane, with fruit trees and even rotation with paddy is also difficult. Reason, bringing down corn fields to harvest must be done quickly cleaned up the ground to return the soil to the following crop. 5 tons of corn every part of the body, the tree, the roots have to clean losing 15 tonnes. Farmers calculate labor costs much bored.