While harvesting, gathering and threshing rice on the terraced fields in time to prepare the land for the crop, the faces of Mr. Giang A Nu and his wife, Khao Mang village, Khao Mang commune, clearly showed sadness and disappointment because of the flowers. flat rice.
Pointing to the bundles of rice lying on the side of the road, Mr. Nu said: "From morning until now, not even half a bag has been harvested. Most of them are flat seeds, without kernels. Every year in this field, my family harvests about 30 bags. , each bag is 40 kg, equivalent to 1.2 tons. It took a lot of work to care for, prepare the land, and drain water, but now everything is lost because of strange rice varieties.
A Nu said that he heard some people in the village say that although the rice was a bit hard, the rice yield was high, so he went online to buy it and plant it. Even though adequate water and fertilizer levels are still ensured, the rice plants grow and develop normally, but when harvested, the rice heads do not bow, and most of the seeds do not have kernels.
Along with Khao Mang, some households in Lao Chai commune also fell into crop failure when cultivating a rice variety called LC 25. It was noted that in the fields of Co De Sang A village, many rice fields were still green but the flowers were not blooming. Few seeds, high flat rate.
Mr. Giang A Vang - one of the households that "lost their crop" because of the "strange" rice variety said: "Listening to everyone's advice, last spring, I bought 10 kg of LC 25 variety to plant. Even though I had Provide enough water for irrigation and fertilizer, but when harvested, all the seeds are flat."
According to Mr. Vang, this rice variety has eye-catching labels and packaging with images of round, heavy rice grains. However, the reality when harvesting is far different from advertising.
In Xeo Di Ho A village, many households' fields also fall into the situation of "not bowing their heads" when cultivating the LC 25 variety.
"More than 1 hectare of mine is planted with LC 25 rice variety. However, from January until now, the rice plants are still green and continue to branch out, while other rice varieties have been harvested for a long time. From now on, no Dare to buy more floating seeds on the market," said Mr. Sung A Nang.
On July 16, talking to a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Luong Van Thu - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mu Cang Chai district said that after receiving feedback on some 2024 spring rice crop areas of Khao Mang and Lao Chai communes about the situation. In the case of rice blooming "without bowing" and with many flat seeds, the district sent officials to coordinate with communes to directly check the fields.
Inspection and verification results show that the total area of white rice crop in Khao Mang and Lao Chai communes is 3.4 hectares with 11 affected households. These field areas are guaranteed water for irrigation and are not subject to drought. Households do not apply too much inorganic fertilizer. After purchasing rice seeds, they plant and care for them, and the rice plants grow and develop. Normal. At the time of flowering, the rice appears in a state where the grain does not enter and the grain is many flat.
"The main cause of the phenomenon of rice blooming "without bowing" and many flat seeds in Khao Mang and Lao Chai communes is because people buy floating seeds on the market, product information is only taken from social networks, not quality assurance", Head of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mu Cang Chai district informed.
