Bac Ninh applies high technology to create breakthroughs in agricultural production

Using drones to spray pesticides in Mo Dao commune, Que Vo district.

In 1997, Bac Ninh province was re-established, at this time, agriculture sector accounted for 46% of the total gross regional domestic product; the total value reached VND 700 billion VND per year (fixed price in 1994), ranked 8th out of 10 provinces and cities in the Red River Delta.

During the past time, Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee issued many resolutions, schemes and plans on restructuring the agricultural economy, supporting high-tech agricultural production; investing in agricultural and rural infrastructure and so on.

Up to now, many scientific and technical advances in seed production, production processes according to VietGAP standards, technology of net houses, greenhouses, tillage, automatic irrigation... have brought about high economic efficiency. 1,105 high-yield and high-quality rice production areas, each with a scale of 3 hectares or more; 24 integrated fruit tree production areas with a scale of 2 hectares or more were built. 72 farming facilities for high-technology have been formed and developed with a total area of more than 161 hectares, 25among them met VietGAP standards…

The field of animal husbandry for high-technology has also been promoted; the husbandry method has been shifted in the direction of reducing household husbandry, increasing livestock rearing, and forming large-scale concentrated breeding areas. The province has now 72 cattle and poultry farms applying high-technology.

On the other hand, there are 165 integrated aquaculture zones (each with an area of 10ha or more) in the districts of Luong Tai, Gia Binh, Que Vo..., with a total area of about 3,288 ha. The river cage fish farming model continued to develop with more than 2,400 cages, with an average yield of 4-6 tons/cage. Fishery output in 2021 reached nearly 40,000 tons, or 9.5 times higher than when the province was re-established.

The province’s agricultural production value increased rapidly, from VND 3,392 billion in 1997 to VND 8,247.8 billion in 2021; the value of cultivated land increased from 17.2 million VND/ha (in 1997) to 107.8 million VND/ha (in 2021).