Bao Vinh Communal Farmers Reap a Bumper Harvest, Get Good Prices for Winter-Spring Rice Crop

Sixty-hectare fields in Ruong Lon hamlet in Bao Vinh commune are waiting for a good harvest.

Most farmers cultivating on these fields are Choro ethnic minority ones.

Bao Vinh farmers are eager to harvest their winter-spring rice crop

This year's winter-spring rice cultivation enjoys ideal weather. Thus, most farmers in Ruong Lon hamlet who plant the rice variety AS996 have reaped an average harvest of 7 to 8 tons per hectare.

Raw rice prices this year are also higher than those in previous years, ranging from VND4,500 to 4.800 per kilo.

Rice traders themselves go to the fields to purchase rice.

It is estimated that farmers will be able to gain profits by VND20 to 25 million per hectare.

Mr. Tran Van Gioi, an experienced rice grower, with more than three hectares planted with winter-spring rice, harvests 8 to 9 tons per hectare.

He said: “In order to produce such a high yield, I have to apply scientific and technological advancements to production. This leads to a reduction in input costs. This year’s raw rice prices go up a little bit, so first I get VND4,500 per kilo, and then VND4,800 per kilo. This time, I get an estimated profit of VND75 to 85 million.”

Bringing machinery in rice growing; for example, introducing rice harvesters to harvest rice on farmers’ fields makes rice harvesting process go more quickly, and reduces costs and laborers.

In 2010-2011 winter-spring crop, Bao Vinh has 124 hectares of rice fields in Ruong Lon, Bao Vinh B and Suoi Chon hamlets, said President of Bao Vinh Communal Association of Farmers Hoang Xuan Viet.

Most area is cultivated with rice varieties OM499 and AS996 producing a higher yield than the 2009-2010 winter-spring.

Besides, farmers apply scientific and technological advancements from soil tilling, fertilization, and care to the process of harvesting.

This results in a considerable reduction in investment costs.

Source: Dong Nai Newspaper, Translated by Duy Minh