Mekong Delta province to help farmers with 1.7 million USD for drought, saltwater
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has decided to provide relief worth more than 40 billion VND (1.7 million USD) to more than 28,000 farming households to revive agriculture, which was severely affected by drought and saltwater intrusion in the 2019 – 20 dry season.
More than 23,410ha of rice, vegetables, sugarcane and fruits were damaged.
Households growing rice, vegetables and sugarcane will get 1 million VND per hectare if their crops suffered 30 – 70 percent damage and 2 million VND if the loss was greater.
For fruit orchards, the relief amounts are 2 million VND and 4 million VND.
Pham Minh Truyen, director of the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said drought and saltwater intrusion have increasingly worsened and affected many farming areas.
In the dry season that ended last month, the saltwater intrusion began earlier than normal and affected most farming areas in the province, damaging many crops, especially rice.
VNA
