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Ben Tre (VNA) - Saltwater intrusion has affected many fruit growing areas in the Mekong Delta as local farmers struggle to secure irrigation water for their orchards. The Mekong Delta, the country’s largest fruit producer, is facing severe saltwater intrusion in the ongoing dry season, which has exceeded the record set in the 2015- 2016 dry season. In Cho Lach district, which has the largest fruit growing area in Ben Tre province, saltwater is threatening 20,000ha of fruits and 1,300ha of plant seedlings, flowers and ornamental plants, according to the district’s Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development. Bui Thanh Liem, head of the bureau, said farmers have carried out measures like closing sluices and building temporary dams, using huge plastic bags to store irrigation water for fruit trees. They also have been using barges, boats and vehicles to transport irrigation from other places to the district. However, many fruit trees have been damaged because of saltwater … [Read more...] about Saltwater intrusion affects Mekong Delta’s fruit cultivation

In Tiền Giang, which is the delta’s largest fruit growing province, more than 36,000ha of fruits, including 12,000ha of durian in Cái Bè, Cai Lậy and Châu Thành districts and Cai Lậy Town, are facing water shortage, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta fruit cultivation hit by saltwater intrusion

Chau Cong Bang, deputy director of the province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development department, said in the last 10 days the prices of shrimp are falling due to European markets being affected by the pandemic. … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta shrimp prices fall as COVID-19 hits demand

Particularly, white-leg shrimps sized 100 pcs per kilogram declined to VND65,000-VND70,000 per kilogram, down VND20,000-VND25,000 per kilogram compared to the same period last year and lower than the cost prices by VND10,000-VND15,000 per kilogram; giant tiger shrimps sized 40 pcs per kilogram fell to VND130,000-VND140,000 per kilogram, a fairly low price level. Seafood export enterprises in the Mekong Delta explained that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused many shrimp import markets in the world to slump heavily, thereby export orders have also decreased by an average of 30-50 percent in tandem. Besides, many shrimp-farming households in the Mekong Delta are also facing difficulties as unfavorable weather has made shrimps sick and dead a lot. In Tra Vinh Province, more than 165 hectares of giant tiger shrimps with a total number of 58.4 million juvenile shrimps of 446 households and more than 203 hectares of white-leg shrimps with a total number of 145 million juvenile shrimps of 701 … [Read more...] about Prices of shrimps in Mekong Delta provinces decline heavily

The delta, the country’s rice granary, is completing the harvest of the winter-spring rice and traders are buying rice straw bales that weigh 20 – 25 kilogrammes each at a price of VNĐ30,000 (US$1.3), up VNĐ7,000 – 8,000 against the same period last year. … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta rice farmers earn high income from rice straw