"Flowering rice fields" for many benefits in Vietnam

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Hien - Director of the Sub-Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection of An Giang province, in An Giang, the program "ecological technology" has been applied by the branch from the summer-autumn crop 2010, to the winter-spring crop in 2020. - In 2021, 315 models have been implemented with 3,652 farmers participating on an area of 3,212ha. In the winter-spring crop 2020-2021, An Giang Plantation and Plant Protection Department organized the construction of 11 models in 11 districts, towns and cities (3ha/model) of rice production applying "ecological technology" and organized 11 evaluation and propaganda workshops for farmers to apply and replicate. Organized 11 training courses for 275 rice farmers (25 farmers/class) on basic contents such as: Cultivation techniques, pest control by sowing to avoid planthoppers and technological techniques. ecologically planting flowers on the fields to attract natural enemies to kill planthoppers instead of ...