Gov’t pledges to back farmers in combating plant diseases
VGP – The PM has just permitted the nationwide application of the aid to farmers in preventing and exterminating rice grassy stunt virus, rice ragged stunt virus and rice black-streaked dwarf virus.
The aid will
be offered until December 31, 2011.
The Government gives farmers nationwide with aid
in killing rice grassy stunt virus, rice ragged stunt virus and
rice black-streaked dwarf virus in 2010-2011
The central
budget will be used to fully cover costs for pesticides. Meanwhile, the
local authorities are responsible for training those who will take part in extinguishing
the epidemics, for supervising the clearance of infected rice areas, and for providing
12kg per month (6 months in maximum) to each member of the farmer households
which suffer damages caused by these epidemics.
In addition, farmers
in southern provinces (from Đà
Rice
grassy stunt virus, rice ragged stunt virus and rice black-streaked dwarf virus appeared in the 10th-month rice crop in 2009 in
Statistics
show that over 30,000 ha of rice fields in 18 Red River Delta, northern mountainous
and northern