(HBO) – The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hoa Binh province has recently partnered with the national centre for plant varieties and Thai Binh Seed Corporation to hold a conference on directing use of varieties and management of new pests in rice and citrus fruits in the province.
Delegates of the conference visited
the field demonstrations of some new rice varieties in Khang Dinh village, Yen
Mong commune, Hoa Binh city.
The conference reviewed the current use of rice and citrus
seeds in the province. The province has seen the increasing use of high-quality
conventional and hybrid rice but the percentage of use widely varies between
districts.
High-quality conventional rice has been cultivated across
81-90 percent of rice fields in Cao
Phong, Ky Son and Yen
Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city while hybrid rice accounted for a majority of
the rice areas in Lac Thuy district. The hybrid rice is regarded as suitable to
the province’s diversity in terrain, climate and soil.
There is also a growing trend of cultivating high-yield,
high-quality, and short-growth-duration varieties, making it easier for local
farmers in intensive farming, increasing productivity and land use.
Hoa Binh has developed a wide range of citrus varieties in
order to suit the local farmers’ needs to grow the fruits throughout the year
and reduce price drops due to abundant supplies. Most of the citrus varieties
had been piloted in small farms before grown in large areas, so they developed
well in local soil condition and weather.
Hoa Binh scored the highest points in two out of the eight indicators of the Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index ranking in 2023 that the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on April 17.
A working delegation from Hoa Binh province led by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh is attending a programme to popularise Vietnamese products in the US and Canada on April 20-28.
Anyone found to be encroaching upon the forest, even if it is just one bamboo shoot, will face penalties. This commitment has been unanimously added into the covenant of Bua Cau hamlet, Hung Son commune in Kim Boi district, to protect the forest.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has applied synchronous measures to gear up for the coming summer season when power consumption demand surge may cause a risk of power supply disruption.
Appreciating the abundant potential and strengths of his hometown for tourism development, Ha Cong Hung, Deputy Secretary of the youth union of Mai Chau district’s Mai Hich commune, embarked on producing smoked meat with a desire to introduce his homeland's specialty to domestic and international tourists.