Proactively converting crops
According to the leader of the Dak Nong Department of Agriculture and Environment, in recent years, climate change has caused many impacts on crops in the province.
Transforming crop structure is considered by the relevant agencies and localities as one of the top solutions to adapt to climate change and drought.
For example, the family of Ms. Tran Thi Binh in Truong Xuan commune, Dak Song district converted 5 hectares of rubber to grow 2 hectares of coffee and 3 hectares of durian in 2024.
According to Ms. Binh, her family's rubber garden over 20 years old is old and has been affected by climate change, so it is becoming less and less effective.
Rubber plants are often attacked by pests such as termites, earthworms, red spiders, yellow spiders, wax reptiles, scabies, etc., reducing productivity and fertilizer quality.
To ensure safety in crop conversion, the family focuses on improving the soil, thoroughly sanitizing the garden and using new plant varieties that have been tested by the authorities, have good resistance to diseases, drought and growth.
To adapt to the drought, Ms. Binh's family dug more ponds to store water and invested in an advanced irrigation system, saving the entire area of 3 hectares of newly planted durian.
According to Ms. Binh, crop conversion has contributed significantly to improving production efficiency and income for families.
conversion target of over 8,557 hectares of crops
According to the leader of the Dak Nong Department of Agriculture and Environment, in recent times, many areas of perennial trees and industrial crops that are not adapted have been converted by people, cooperatives and businesses.
Conversion is carried out not only from one tree to another in accordance with climate change but also through seed conversion and techniques to minimize damage and ensure economic efficiency.
Up to now, people in Dak Nong have converted about 4,100 hectares of crops that are not adapted to the climate and are ineffective to other more suitable crops.
In 2024 alone, people in some areas have converted over 1,600 hectares of 4 main crops: coffee, pepper, rubber, which are not adapted and ineffective.
Newly planted crops such as jackfruit, orange, tangerine, durian, or intercropped pepper, durian, macadamia. Of which, the coffee conversion area is over 532 hectares, mainly in Dak Mil, Dak R'lap, Dak Glong districts.
The pepper conversion area is 274 hectares in Cuut and Dak Song districts. The area of cashew tree conversion is over 368 hectares in Krong No, Dak R'lap, Dak Glong districts, Gia Nghia city.
Dak Nong has over 440 hectares of rubber converted to growing other crops, mainly in Tuy Duc, Dak R'lap, Dak Mil and Krong No districts.
Dak Nong aims to convert over 8,557 hectares of coffee, pepper, and rubber, which are not adapted or have little adaptation, to potential crops, suitable for actual conditions in localities by 2030.
