September 11, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Hardly any Vietnamese companies make agriculture machines to sell to farmers, though they well know that the demand for the machines is great. Where are the made-in-Vietnam agriculture machines? Bui Van Chuong from Ben Tre, an upper Mekong Delta province, recently spent a whole day in nearby My Tho City searching the market for [...]
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May 17, 2009
A farmer works on a rice field in Can Tho City. The Mekong Delta produces about 60 percent of the national rice crop and accounts for 99 percent of rice exports. Rice productivity in the Mekong Delta, known as the nationâs granary, will stay low for the next two decades if no effort is made [...]
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May 7, 2009
Some products made by VIKYNO, a leading manufacturer of farming machines in Vietnam (Photo: SGGP).LookAtVietnam – Farmers may be benefiting from a Prime Minister decision to provide interest subsidies on loans to buy locally-manufactured agricultural implements, but some experts are concerned about the supply and quality of the equipment.Dr Le Van Banh, head of the Mekong [...]
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April 9, 2009
Wilted rice in the Mekong Delta is too low to the ground to be cut by combine harvesters. Combine harvesters canât cut drooping Mekong Delta rice plants weighed down by unseasonal rains, pushing farmers to pay exorbitant prices for field workers amid a regional labor shortage. More than 1.5 million hectares of winter-spring wet rice [...]
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March 21, 2009
About 12-14 percent of rice produce is lost in the Mekong Delta due to a shortage of harvesters. LookAtVietnam – About 12-14 percent of rice produce is lost in the Mekong Delta due to a shortage of harvesters. The region has only 1,000 combine harvesters and 3,500 mowers, which harvest 15-20 percent of the four million hectares of [...]
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February 23, 2009
Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) delta province of An Giang will be provided with loans from the province’s budget to buy 114 combine harvesters this year. VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) delta province of An Giang will be provided with loans from the province’s budget to buy 114 combine harvesters [...]
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