In the summer-autumn rice crop of 2024, Can Tho City has coordinated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to deploy a pilot model to implement the Sustainable Development Project of 1 million hectares specializing in high-quality rice cultivation and Low emissions associated with green growth in the Mekong Delta until 2030 (1 million hectares project) in Vinh Thanh district, with a scale of about 47 hectares.
Farmers in the area are trained and apply production techniques, use certified seeds, and apply mechanization in rice production from land preparation to sowing, fertilizing, spraying and harvesting.
Mr. Nguyen Cao Khai - Director of Tien Thuan Agricultural Cooperative in Thanh An commune, Vinh Thanh district, said that the cooperative was honored to be chosen as the place to implement the pilot model of the 1 million hectare project. When implementing the model, cooperative members were quite nervous and worried but still accompanied the City to test it to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In July of the same year, this pilot model finished harvesting. On August 28, talking to a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Tran Thai Nghiem - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Can Tho City - informed that the preliminary results of pilot implementation of the Project model showed encouraging signs.
Accordingly, the model helps farmers reduce many input costs, such as: total input costs decrease by 10-15% compared to the control; Reduce the amount of seeds used by 50%; Reduce nitrogen fertilizer by 30%; Reduce irrigation water by about 30-40%;...
In terms of profit, the model model is 1.3-6.2 million VND/ha higher than the control, equivalent to 6.6-31.5%; Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2-6 tons CO2/ha compared to the control. Enterprises commit to purchasing all rice products participating in the Project at prices higher than 300 VND/kg.
"With the advantages and difficulties, the Department draws lessons in continuing to mobilize farmers to remove straw from the fields; mobilize farmers to reduce the amount of sowing seeds. Furthermore, at this time, we There are only rice products that reduce emissions, but there are no rice brands or brands. That's why the market has not yet developed and businesses have not had favorable access.
The Department will proceed to implement the next solutions to gain the consensus of farmers in the production area to implement the same process and accompany businesses in the chain link from production to consumption" - Mr. Nghiem said.
According to the plan to implement the 2024-2025 Winter-Spring crop model, Can Tho City will replicate the model of high-quality rice production with reduced emissions from 50 hectares to 200 hectares and increase further replication on the basis of quality and safety. complete and sustainable.
