Khanh Hoa Paying Attention to Agriculture Investment
In recent years, the situation of agriculture production in Khanh Hoa has been relatively stable, thanks to the close attention of the province's People Committee. Local management personnel have supported farmers with seeds, techniques, output and especially with technical infrastructure and irrigation systems to help farmers actively control their production and avoid natural risks.
Up to June 2004, Khanh Hoa province has had 60,700 ha of soil for cultivating, of which, 43,500 ha has been used regularly for cultivating. There are several plant species that have had strong growth, such as cassava (3,800 ha), sugar cane (15,430 ha), and peanuts (580 ha).
In the middle of May 2004, local farmers completed harvesting about 17,400 ha of rice form the winter-spring crop, with an average productivity of 54,400 kg per ha. This is the highest level of harvesting productivity so far, 320 kg per ha higher than the previous year. And the total production amount was 94,697 tonnes. Sugar cane farming has also had good results, with an average productivity of 42 tonnes per ha, and at the same time, local farmers have also planted 12,000 more ha for next year’s production. The cultivating area of peanuts has increased to180 ha and cassava to 2,100 ha, both higher than the same term last year.
Khanh Hoa has implemented several steps of the campaign for changing the structure of grown plants and domestic animals. They have also invested in intensive rice cultivation and changed current seeds to better ones for higher proclivity in an area measuring about 15,000 ha. The material zone of sugar cane in Cam Ranh town and Ninh Hoa district has been developed, where irrigation for sugar cane is seriously focused. Fruit trees have been improved; especially ones that help increase the effects of tourism in the region. Long-term industrial trees such as cashew will be invested in more through policies of growing forest, opening forestry gardens and improving species’ quality. Other trees such as coffee and coconut will be stably invested and cultivated. The province will also pay close attention to planting vegetables in urban areas and industrial zones, with safe methods of cultivation.
For salt production in particular, the province will invest its biggest efforts in infrastructure opening more new salt factories and improving the quality of both salt for consumption and industrial salt.
Implementing agricultural and rural infrastructure projects
In 2004, Khanh Hoa has focused on pushing up the implementation of agricultural projects. The province has implemented several irrigation projects, such as repairing Suoi Trau main damp, reinforcing the main damp of Suoi Luong, Lang Nhot and Suoi Hanh lakes, with total expenses of over VND1.7 billion (US$108,280). At the same time, the province invested about VND1 billion (US$63,694) in supporting the local salt producing area. They have also invested in water supplying systems and rural environmental and hygienic projects, with a total capital of some VND13.4 billion (US$0.8 million). They have invested in forestry development. With the capital form the National 5-ha forestry project, in the first 6 months of this year, the province has grown more than 870 ha of protection forest and implement necessary policies and methods for protecting natural forestry areas.
Furthermore, the high quality industrial zones with the total capital of more than VND29.3 billion (US$1.8 million) has also been approved by the local authority.
The local authority has continuously helped in terms of providing estimates on market information for relevant parties to apply in their business. Through many channels of communication, such as conferences encouraging agriculture, information has been frequently and effectively updated.
As a result, the consumer market for sugar cane has been in good health and Khanh Hoa Sugar Company has helped farmers in their cultivation and output. Products ranging from fine art to handicraft and woven rattan and bamboo have also been laid in good exporting markets. Therefore, the province continues to encourage processing factories to invest more to widen production lines and improve quality and model design for their products regularly.
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