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Vietnam summer-autumn rice crop challenges

Overview

Rice production in Vietnam is facing significant challenges during the summer-autumn harvest due to pest outbreaks, weather volatility, and economic pressures.

In Ca Mau province, an outbreak of brown planthoppers has threatened crops, with some areas recording densities between 5,000 and 7,000 planthoppers per square meter. This infestation has increased production costs by approximately 3.5 to 3.7 million VND per công and risks causing plants to collapse and grains to become empty.

Further complications have emerged regarding market prices and climate conditions. In Ca Mau, farmers have reported plummeting profit margins due to falling rice prices and the rising cost of fertilizers and pesticides. Simultaneously, in Nghe An province, extreme weather—including intense heat followed by heavy rains—has caused widespread grain sterility, affecting approximately 6,000 hectares of rice.

Entities

Cà Mau · Chau Thoi · Quang Tri · Le Thuy · Vinh Loi

Timeline

  1. 3 days ago

    [BUSINESS] 3 sources
    Vietnam rice farmers face losses from low prices and weather

    Vietnamese rice farmers face heavy losses as falling market prices in Ca Mau and weather-induced grain sterility in Nghe An devastate summer-autumn crop yields.

  2. 18 days ago

    [BUSINESS] 2 sources
    Ca Mau faces urgent brown planthopper outbreak in rice crops

    A brown planthopper outbreak in Ca Mau, Vietnam, is threatening summer-autumn rice crops, causing high pest densities and increasing production costs for local farmers.

Sources

baotintuc.vn · cafef.vn · nhandan.vn · tienphong.vn