Thứ Hai, 18 tháng 8, 2014

Thanh long đổ đầy đường

Một tháng nay, thanh long Bình Thuận rớt giá thê thảm. Hàng dạt trước kia vẫn bán được thì nay người dân chở ra đổ đầy 2 bên quốc lộ.

Thanh long rớt giá, người dân đổ bỏ trên quốc lộ ở Bình Thuận
Thanh long rớt giá, người dân đổ bỏ trên quốc lộ ở Bình Thuận

Thứ Sáu, 8 tháng 8, 2014

Viet Nam to boost use of satellite technology for agriculture

Viet Nam’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Le Quoc Doanh, announced last week plans for Viet Nam to use remote sensing technology in order to boost crop production in the Red River and Mekong River Deltas and to expand the project to include the monitoring of water and forest resources.
"As one of the countries that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, natural disaster forecasting and management play an important role in mitigating losses," Doanh said.

Vegitation Map of Mekong Delta

WB supports irrigated agriculture improvement in Vietnam

The World Bank has agreed to provide Vietnam a 180 million USD credit to implement the Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project (IAIP) in the northern mountainous and central regions.

The project has a total investment of 210 million USD, to which Vietnam contributed a corresponding capital of 30 million USD, according to a financing agreement signed with the financial institution on April 4.

The Vietnam Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) has been appointed to take charge of the credit serving the project.

IAIP will be implemented in the three northern mountainous provinces of Ha Giang, Phu Tho and Hoa Binh and central Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Quang Nam provinces from now to 2020.

It aims to enhance irrigated agricultural productivity and competitiveness, improve the sustainability of agricultural production in adaptation to climate change in the benefiting localities.-VNA