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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WORKSHOP ON ASSESSMENT OF RICE VARIETIES GOOD QUALITY AND SALTY FOR THE MEKONG DELTA IN THE SUMMER 2020
On June 26th 2020, Workshop on the summer rice crop-2020 by the High Technology Agriculture Research Institute of Mekong DELTA organized with more than 50 officers from the provinces of the Mekong DELTA to attend. The involvement of the leaders, the Department of Agriculture, the scientific Department of the provinces of the Mekong DELTA, scientists and farmers of the local city Can Tho's attend.
Target seminar-assessment and selection of rice varieties for summer 2020 to prepare for the Mekong of Rice breeding Eastern Spring 2020-2021. Rice is a collaborative partnership that cuts across all components of the rice sector and aims to deliver impact for a sustainable future. Rice fosters impact-driven rice research and development to reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, promote gender equity, and enhance ecosystem resilience in rice production systems. Rice facilitates the transition of smallholder rice farmers to modern business entrepreneurship by exploiting opportunities offered by market diversification and the emergence of a stronger consumer demand for quality and nutritious rice products. At the same time, it assists poor farmers to cope with extreme stresses and the effects of rice climate change. Evaluation of rice varieties quality, climate change protection conditions for the Mekong delta Workshop is also an effective platform to update stakeholders on innovation in the field of expertise in new rice breeding research at the Institute of High Technology Agriculture research. In order to help managers, scientists and farmers exchange orientation and replenish good rice varieties for the local.
PROF. Nguyen Thi Lang, director of the Research Institute of HATRI Guide participate visite fields experiment of HATRI.
Figure 1: Paddy field at HATRI's rice Breeding Institute (Photo by Lang Nguyen)
Figure 2: A scientific Workshop in Binh Thuy (photo by Le Hoang Phuong)
Speakers at the Workshop talked very interesting about rice varieties can help farmers increase output and price. In the worskhop of more than 10 delegates representing the provinces such as An Giang, Can Tho, Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Ben Tre, Soc Trang, and other companies and farmers also statements need many good rice varieties to export to the provinces. Director of the Plant Protection Department of Tra Vinh Province (Mr Nguyen Hoang Son said) recommends the HATRI to help the rice varieties of hardwood, salty, good qualities and short days for Tra Vinh. Currently dry salty climate change at Tra Vinh the rice varieties fall 21,000 ha in the winter Spring 2020.
Figure 3: Officials and farmers discussing to select new rice varieties (photo by Le Hoang Phuong)
Discussing the representatives of the provinces also participated in the selection and the results noted with the highest votes are the varieties after Table 1 Rice varieties are votes with 5 varieties of rice 2020
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No
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Name lines
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Crossing
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Traits
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Votes
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1
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HATRI 183
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OM 8902/OM 8108
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sality
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1
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2
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HATRI 159
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OM8108/ IR42
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Sality and acid sulfate soil
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2
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3
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HATRI483
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IR7321/TLG2
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Grain quality
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3
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4
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HATRI 494
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IR6782/OMCS2000
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sality
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4
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5
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HATRI 377
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IR64/ OM 4900
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Sality and good quality
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5
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Conclusion of the same assessment workshop
PROF. Nguyen Thi Lang answered the question of Tra Vinh agricultural and promised to help Tra Vinh to bring the rice seed set for Tra Vinh. Some lines for An Giang and Ben Tre.
Figure 4: Framers visited and votes some lines varieties summer season 2020 (photo by Le Hoang Phuong)
