Vietnam: Farmers will be pressed on rice prices

Published 2021년 7월 22일

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The Mekong Delta region in Vietnam is facing challenges in selling its summer-autumn rice crop, which has yielded 8.6 million tons, due to the impact of COVID-19 and government directives. The region is also struggling with falling prices and difficulties in selling below production costs. An Giang province, in particular, has a surplus of 150,000 tons of sticky rice due to decreased demand from Chinese traders. The province is seeking solutions to purchase rice from farmers urgently to prevent quality issues and maintain prices. The region is also dealing with issues in human resources and transportation of agricultural products. The prices of many agricultural products have significantly dropped due to the COVID-19 epidemic and the peak harvest season, further exacerbating the challenges faced by farmers.

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The summer-autumn rice crop in the Mekong Delta has sown 1,515 million ha, yielding 56.7 quintals/ha, yielding 8.6 million tons. Harvesting the summer-autumn crop when 19 southern provinces/cities implemented the distance according to directive 16, making rice and sticky rice output difficult. For farmers and local authorities in the Mekong Delta, the biggest problem now in this area is how to sell rice and sticky rice while farmers are harvesting when the rainy season is coming to reduce it to the lowest level. damage to people. Distance, rainstorm "and pressure on the output of the summer-autumn crop vụ Mr. Nguyen Van Thuc, a farmer in Tan Thanh B commune, Tan Hong district, Dong Thap province, said that this summer-autumn crop, his family planted nearly 5 hectares of sticky rice, knowing that Dong Thap will apply the distance according to directive 16 above. The whole province, worried that when the whole province implemented the distance, there were no traders to buy, so he ...

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