Hue: Rain accompanied by strong winds, thousands of hectares of winter-spring rice ready to harvest fell

06/05/2022 07:03 GMT+7

After the rainy and windy days from the end of March until now, thousands of hectares (ha) of winter-spring rice crop 2021 – 2022 about to be harvested in Thua Thien – Hue has been broken down, the agriculture industry and local people are urgently Implement measures to limit damage.

Many people’s winter-spring rice fields were broken due to rain and strong winds.

Reported by PV in the fields of people in Huong So ward and An Dong ward (Hue City) shows that, besides the harvested rice fields, many areas of rice in the ripening stage were broken and flooded with water. . Similarly, in Thanh Lam field (Huong Thuy town) the field has been drained, but the rice that is about to be harvested falls to the ground and makes it difficult to harvest.

Standing on the edge of his field, Mr. Nguyen Van Quoc (residing in An Dong ward, Hue city) lamented: “If it wasn’t broken, it would take about a week to rent a machine to reap, but now we just have to wait for the sun to reap and reap to reap the rewards. I don’t know what to do with that seed or that seed, but if I wait too long, I’m afraid that the rice will germinate, the more damage it will do”.

The rice that was in the ripening stage in An Dong ward (Hue city) was broken.

“The broken rice field not only affects the yield but also increases the cost of harvesting compared to the unbroken rice field. When the sun is up and the field is dry, we will quickly rent a machine to reap immediately to avoid heavy damage,” said Ms. Truong Thi Be (residing in Thuy Phuong ward, Huong Thuy town).

In Phu Vang district (Thua Thien – Hue), according to a report by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, heavy rain accompanied by strong winds in the past few days has damaged more than 1,905ha of winter-spring rice, which is in the full ripening stage. fall, collapse and flood. Localities with large areas of fall and damage such as Vinh Ha commune 540 ha, Phu Gia commune 350 ha, Phu Luong commune 340 ha, Phu Da town 157.5 ha, Phu My 260 ha, and Phu Ho 130 ha … so there is a high possibility of loss of productivity.

Going to the actual inspection in the fields with fallen rice, the leaders of Quang Dien district (Thua Thien – Hue) asked localities to maximize the capacity of pumping stations and use concentrated mobile pumps to meet the needs of the local community. waterlogging, quick drainage in flooded and falling rice areas.

Many rice fields collapsed to the ground and made it difficult to harvest.

According to the initial statistics of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Thua Thien – Hue province has about 7,813ha of winter-spring rice crop from 2021 to 2022, of which Phu Vang district has 1,905 ha, Phong Dien district 1,500 ha, Quang Dien district 830 ha, and Phu Vang district with 1,905 ha. Phu Loc 350 ha, Huong Tra town 783 ha, Huong Thuy town 1,350 ha and Hue city 1,200 ha.

According to Mr. Le Van Anh – Director of the Sub-Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thua Thien – Hue), said that in the face of the situation that the winter-spring rice crop 2021-2022 was broken due to rain and wind, the authorities had in the locality has mobilized maximum human and material resources to quickly drain the flooded rice area, not to let the rice field be soaked in water for many days in order to limit the sprouting of rice and disease-causing fungi such as rice Inflammation of cotton necks, shriveled seeds, dry streaks arise, causing severe damage affecting rice yield and quality.

Also according to Mr. Le Van Anh, the area of ​​rice in the ripening to red-tailed stage with the ratio of ripe seeds to cotton > 85% should be harvested early with the motto “greener at home than in old fields” to limit damage. . As for the area of ​​rice in the green stage, after draining the water in the field, it is necessary to build the rice by gathering 3-5 rice roots together with nylon fibers to create favorable conditions for the rice to firm and ripen.

Along with that, the Sub-Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thua Thien – Hue) has also directed units to maximize the capacity of harvesters to speed up the harvest of ripe rice when The weather is sunny and we use large plows to plow the land right after harvesting to sow the summer-autumn crop 2022 in time – Mr. Le Van Anh added.

Some pictures of Infonet reporters recorded in rice fields in many districts and towns in Thua Thien Hue after the recent heavy rain and strong wind:

The rice fields of the people of An Dong ward (Hue City) fell, greatly affecting the yield.

The rice that was in the ripening stage in An Dong ward (Hue city) was broken.

The fields of people in Huong So Ward (Hue City) were affected by rain and strong winds.

Rice fell in the field of Thanh Lam (Huong Thuy town).

Rice in the ripening stage is affected by wind and rain in Huong Thuy town

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