Farmers clean up their fields in preparation for sowing the summer-autumn crop.
The Department of Agriculture of Can Tho City has requested localities to actively encourage farmers to switch to growing cash crops on less productive rice fields. In areas where cash crops cannot be planted, plowing and drying the land is recommended to eliminate remaining pathogens in the fields and reduce the risk of organic poisoning. In areas using rainwater for production, such as My Xuyen, Long Phu, Tran De, and Soc Trang, farmers are urged not to plant rice in the late winter-spring season, only planting when there is sufficient water in inland canals to support production. Localities should guide farmers in applying water-saving irrigation methods, alternating wet and dry irrigation; reinforce dikes during periods of intense heat; and recommend the use of salt-tolerant, short-day rice varieties adapted to drought and salinity conditions.
Local authorities are arranging planting schedules based on the city's planting timeframe, combined with measures such as "planting to avoid pests, simultaneously and concentratedly for each region and field, paying attention to the drought situation at the beginning of the season," directing against prolonged planting and preventing multiple rice varieties from being mixed in the same field. The next planting schedule is from April 29th to May 5th, 2026 and from May 24th to 30th, 2026, to avoid pests and diseases.
According to the plan, for the 2026 summer-autumn rice crop, the entire city will plant 272,066 hectares, with a yield of approximately 1,659,343 tons. To date, the city has planted over 61,660 hectares of summer-autumn rice (over 60,070 hectares in the seedling stage and over 1,590 hectares in the tillering stage), reaching 23% of the plan, with key varieties such as ST25, ST24, RVT, Dai Thom 8, and OM varieties… |