Rice fires - dry corn by prolonged drought
Recently, prolonged hot weather, no rain so the water is not as active in the mountains of Quang Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district, Nghe An province severely affected. Rice fires - dry maize summer crop season that risk losing white.
Local government leaders here said: The summer season of 2015, determined to be a productive year faced many difficulties, the commune will plan on 267 hectares of cultivated rice, but due to lack of water, the commune Steering 11/11 240 ha cultivated neighbors, remaining high ground 30ha forced conversion to corn materials for dairy production, increasing the total area of more than 80 hectares of maize.
However, after 2 months of sowing sowing, encounter unfavorable weather, no water source maintenance, current rice booting stage hug, dried flowering were thirsty, many choking spear area, dry fire, not for revenue Planning. Maize flowering period flags, spray beard almost wilting. In particular, with Corn service area dairy foregoing, first cousin service are investment units whole seed, fertilizer materials, but without the ability to supply products as planned and people People "hug owe" hundreds of millions are unavoidable
We've recorded some images of burning rice situation - dried corn in mountainous Quang Thanh commune.
His family in the neighborhood Bui Trong Tan Son Grapefruit 4 sao rice paddies The chosen varieties have drought tolerance, yield stability as Khang mutant population to be included in the structure, but due to continuous drought, currently all fields are flowering phase were burning dry. He cut a little test for cattle feed.
Mr. Nguyen The Successor - Tan Son hamlet village chief and agriculture officials and farmers communal swimming among rice paddies and corn foot white dry, chapped. He asserted that if rain is now even corn rice can not be saved.
Complete more than 35 hectares of rice and corn 7 hectares of Tan Son neighbors are dependent on the water reservoirs and dams Cave Rock and Khe ground, but by lying downstream, water under the dam lake water level, no additional precipitation, so over 2 months of sowing paddy, maize than 1 month down, the water only once every nursing, are now drying up thirsty, lost.
Dang Van Tao family use hand mowers dry premature harvest fields Khen right between the legs of cattle feed.
Ms. Phan Thi Ha anchor the sheaf seedless but withered heart.
Complete summer-autumn rice last year in Quang Thanh yield on 4.3 t / ha (equivalent to 2.1 kg / rod) is now striving to harvest 20 kg / rod is also difficult.
Through the actual inspection in the field leg, Phan Duc Tien - PCT CPC Quang Thanh said: Most of the fields in the foot, especially in the downstream, the moisture content is only about 10-15%
