Thuan Thanh district plans hi-tech agricultural production areas
(BNP) - For recent years, Thuan Thanh district has focused on reviewing and planning the concentrated agricultural production areas to implement high technology, actively supporting enterprises, cooperatives, and households on capital, science, and technology, building linkages in production,...in order to improve production efficiency, thereby shifting the agricultural structure of the locality.
Model of melon planting applying the high technology of DELCO Investment and Construction JSC, in Nguyet Duc commune
In the production of crops, the district has encouraged farmers to apply scientific and technological advances in land preparation, irrigation, tending and seed production, especially mass planting a variety of seeds, which have high quality and suitability with local soil conditions. So far, there have been 02 models of high-tech net houses to plant melon and hydroponics with the total area of 13,000 m2; 05 households investing 5,000 m2 of shelter to grow safe vegetables; 02 establishments investing in growing organic vegetables with an area of 20,000 m2. Moreover, the district has formed high-quality rice producing areas according to VietGAP standards with the total area of 50 hectares; cucumber planting model in An Binh commune on an area of 20 hectares.
Regarding the husbandry, many households have applied high-tech husbandry. The district has 23 closed breeding farms, 1 organic farm adopting the cooling system and temperature control, using automatic feeder systems. Animal waste treatment technology with biogas tanks and microbiological products cover a total breeding area of over 74,000 m2, breeding regularly about 34,000 pigs and 87,000 chickens.
Cage-fish farms on the river maintain the development. There are 05 cage-fish farms the Duong River with a total of 262 cages in 3 coastal communes including Mao Dien, Dai Dong Thanh, and Dinh To. Its average productivity is between 5 and 6 tons/cage/year. In particular, Truong Manh Aquaculture Cooperative and one household in Mao Dien commune meet the standards of safe fishery production in 2017.
High-tech agricultural products have met the demand of people inside and outside the district. In the period of 2015 - 2017, the value of agricultural production in the district reached VND 4,106 billion; the average growth rate of the agricultural sector was 0.8%. The proportion of animal husbandry and services in the agricultural economic structure accounts for 62.35%.
To reach the goal which is forming from 6 to 8 concentrated agricultural production areas with the size of over 50 ha/area and over 50 areas with 5 ha/area applying higher technology in 2020, Thuan Thanh focuses on reviewing and planning commodity agricultural production areas, applying high technology. At the same time, the district intensifies the propagation to enterprises and households of preferential policies of the province and districts on investment in hi-tech agricultural production; offers support mechanisms for infrastructure construction, agricultural land accumulation, agricultural product branding...to improve the quality and efficiency of production, increase income for farmers and promote socio-economic development of the district.