In the 2007-2008 winter-spring crop, the whole province of Ha Nam seed about 34,000 ha of paddy, of which, primarily goods paddy and high quality paddy. At present, Ha Nam province has guided the branches to control closely the seed rice and to choose the good paddy varieties in order to create the goods paddy having high economy value, meeting the standards of food security. Besides, the provincial agriculture industry also combine with grassroots administration to supervise the farmers to repair the irrigation system, to guide the communes to reserve enough fertilizers and necessary materials; combine with the banks to check and loan with interest for the households to undertake timely crop. In Tra Vinh province, the provincial department of agriculture and rural development planed to seed about 45,000 ha divided by 2 stages: the first stage from 25 November to 5 December; the second stage from 25 December to 5 January 2008; and seeding simultaneously in the direction of avoiding brown backed rice plant hopper.

Also in this 2007-2008 winter-spring crop (the main crop during the year), Vinh Long province planned to seed over 66,000 ha of paddy, of this, the province has seeded over 24,000 ha and expected to finish in the end of lunar November. However, in this winter-spring crop, Vinh Long province must cope with many difficulties on weather and high increased fertilizer prices. At present, Vinh Long province is guiding the districts to lead the farmers to obey the crop timetable, especially to seed in the direction of avoiding brown backed rice plant hopper and use the seed rice that resist the diseases and meet the export standards. The target of the province is to reach 95% of winter-spring paddy area that use high quality paddy varieties, of this, 80% use the confirmed paddy variety.

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Contact with the author of report following address: Tran Lan Phuong, e-mail: tranlanphuong@agro.gov.vn