Central provinces receive seeds to restart farming after floods
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has allocated nearly 39 tonnes of maize and vegetable seeds from national reserves to certain central provinces, to help them recover farming after the recent devastating floods.
An aerial view of the recent flooding in Thanh An commune of Cam Lo district, Quang Binh province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - TheMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has allocated nearly 39tonnes of maize and vegetable seeds from national reserves to certain centralprovinces, to help them recover farming after the recent devastating floods.
Farmers in Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh,and Quang Tri provinces will be the primary beneficiaries.
Nguyen Nhu Cuong, Director of MARD’s Departmentof Crop Production, noted that localities in central Vietnam still need tosurvey their entire rice and crop areas so that MARD can propose additionalseed support from the Government.
They should also focus on resuming poultryfarming in order to have products for sale in the Lunar New Year holiday and improvetheir earnings, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien said.
As of November 10, MARD had mobilised assistancetotalling nearly 150 billion VND (6.5 million USD), including crop seeds,livestock breeds, and animal feed and medicine, for provinces hit the worst byrecent flooding.
Figures show that in order to recoveragricultural production, central provinces need 5,600 tonnes of rice seeds, 225tonnes of maize seeds, 44.2 tonnes of vegetable seeds, 560,000 doses of vaccine,and 140,000 litres and 105 tonnes of chemical disinfectants./.
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An aerial view of the recent flooding in Thanh An commune of Cam Lo district, Quang Binh province (Photo: VNA) 
