Vietnam – Embankment raises rice production levels
Farmers in Ben Tre Province’s My Trung Village built an embankment to regulate water in their waterlogged rice fields.
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Farmers in Ben Tre Province’s My Trung Village built an embankment to regulate water in their waterlogged rice fields.
Experts say Vietnam’s drive to become one of the world’s leading rice exporters is pushing farmers in the fertile delta region to the brink, with mounting costs to the environment.
Vietnam along with Bangladesh and Colombia recently partnered with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to introduce the large-scale application of AWD, also known as controlled irrigation in which farmers periodically drain rice paddies rather than keeping them perpetually flooded.
It’s mid-season here in Soc Trang Province, Vietnam. The fields are full, and under an easy monsoon wind, the crop rolls like massive emerald sheets.
Prices of Vietnamese rice for export hit three-year high record in July, ranging between 420- 465 U.S. dollars per ton (the highest is for 5-percent-broken rice) , reported the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) on its website on Thursday.
Vietnam unfortunately sold much of its rice before the global rice market began recovering, with export prices increasing by $10 per ton.
Rice prices have suddenly increased in the Mekong Delta over the last few days and profited traders but farmers.
A State-owned company in the southernmost province of Ca Mau will purchase 100,000 tonnes of rice from farmers at market or above-market rates this year, in a bid to help them earn more income and counter market manipulation.