Production of agriculture, forestry and fishery in nine months of 2018
Monday, October 15,2018AsemconnectVietnam - The production of agriculture in nine months of 2018 developed stably and had a good growth rate according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
According to local reports, although the whole country’s winter-spring rice area decreased by 15 thousand ha compared with the last same crop, but with the productivity of 6640 kilograms per ha (kg/ha) (an increase of 410 kg/ha), the yield of the entire crop still reached 20.6 million tons, a rise of 1187.2 thousand tons over the same crop in 2017.
As of mid-September, the cultivated winter rice area gained 1621.6 thousand ha, equaling 98% of the cultivated area in the similar period last year, of which provinces in the North finished the cultivation with the area of 1105.6 thousand ha, equaling 97.5%; provinces in the South reached 516 thousand ha, equaling 98.9%. Up to now, early winter rice in the North was ready for harvest, and nearly 115 thousand ha were harvested. The whole crop’s productivity was estimated at 4900 kg/ha, up 300 kg/ha from the same period last year.
For the summer-autumn crop this year, the whole country cultivated 2052.8 thousand ha, a decline of 13.7 thousand ha compared with the same crop last year. As of September 15, 2018, localities harvested 1806.9 thousand ha of summer-autumn rice, accounting for 88% of the cultivated area and equaling 107.8% of the harvested area in the same period last year. According to local reports, the whole country’s summer-autumn rice productivity this year was estimated at 5440 kg/ha, a rise of 10kg/ha from the same crop in 2017; due to the reduction in the cultivation area, the yield reached nearly 11.2 million tons, a decrease of 47.7 thousand tons.
As of mid-September, the Mekong Delta cultivated 628.7 thousand ha of autumn-winter rice, equaling 89.1% of the cultivated area in the identical period last year.
As of mid-September, the whole country cultivated 1025.7 thousand ha of maize, equaling 96.5% of the cultivated area in the same period last year; 111.7 thousand ha of sweet potato, equaling 99.6%; 181.3 thousand ha of peanut, equaling 98%; 54 thousand ha of soya, equaling 80.2%; 1005.8 thousand ha of vegetables, equaling 104.9%.
The production of several perennial crops in nine months increased compared with the identical period last year: cashew gained 262.3 thousand tons, up 21.6%; pepper achieved 255.6 thousand tons, up 1.2%; rubber reached 782 thousand tons, up 4.2%; bud tea attained 797.1 thousand tons, up 1.2%. The output of fruits reached the fairly good level: litchi reached 372.5 thousand tons, a rise of 60.1% against the same period in 2017; longan achieved 508.1 thousand tons, a rise of 13.5%; orange gained 556.3 thousand tons, up 12.6%; pitaya reached 519.5 thousand tons, an increase of 11.9%.
Buffalo and cattle husbandry generally witnessed stability. As of September, the whole country’s buffalo populationreduced by 1.2% compared with the same period in 2017; cattle population increased by 2%; poultry population put up by 5.5%. Production of live weight of buffalo in nine months reached an estimate of 66.4 thousand tons, a rise of 0.9% (17.7 thousand tons in the third quarter, up 0.6%); production of live weight of cattle recorded 253.2 thousand tons, a rise of 2.6% (67.8 thousand tons in the third quarter, up 2.2%); production of live weight of pig reached 2.7 million tons, a drop of 0.3% (834.2 thousand tons in the third quarter, up 2.8%); production of live weight of poultry gained 817.6 thousand tons, an increase of 5.8% (209.2 thousand tons in the third quarter, up 5%); poultry egg gained 8.4 billion pieces, a growth of 10.8% (2.1 billion pieces in the third quarter, up 9.5%). As September 26, 2018, the whole country had no longer outbreak of foot and mouth disease in pig and blue-ear pig disease; avian influenza still occurred in Cao Bang province.
In the third quarter of 2018, the concentrated planted forest area nationwide was estimated to reach 59.6 thousand ha, a decline of 5.4% compared with the same period last year; wood production achieved 3609 thousand m3, a rise of 11.6%; firewood production gained 5.7 million steres, a decline of 1.2%. Damaged forest area in the third quarter was 318.1 ha, up 29.2% against the same period last year, of which the burnt forest area was 174.6 ha, 3.2 times as high as that in the similar period last year; the destroyed forest area was 143.5 ha, a decrease of 24.9%.
Generally, in nine months, the concentrated planted forest area was estimated to reach 161.2 thousand ha, down 0.6% from the same period last year; the number of separate planted trees gained 59.2 million trees, down 0.2%; firewood production achieved 18.7 million steres, a decline of 1.6%; wood production recorded 9095 thousand m3, a rise of 10.6%. The damaged forest area was 873.1 ha, down 22.2% against the same period last year, of which the burnt forest area was 333.1 ha, a decrease of 18.7%; the destroyed forest area was 540 ha, a decrease of 24.2%.
Total fishing production in nine months of this year was estimated to reach 5501.2 thousand tons, up 5.9% over the same period last year (it gained 1939 thousand tons in the third quarter, up 6.2%), of which fish achieved 3943.4 thousand tons, up 6.1%; shrimp achieved 668.5 thousand tons, up 7.3%; other aquatic products recorded 889.3 thousand tons, up 4.1%.
Production of aquaculture in nine months was estimated at 2922.7 thousand tons, a rise of 6.5% compared with the similar period last year (it was 1129.2 thousand tons in the third quarter, up 6.7%), of which fish reached 2055.8 thousand tons, increasing by 6.4%; shrimp gained 542.1 thousand tons, climbing by 8.4%. The whole country’s shark catfish farming area was estimated at 13.9 thousand ha, a rise of 3% against the identical period last year; output of shark catfish was estimated to reach 942.4 thousand tons, an increase of 9.3%. Estimated production of Asian tiger shrimp in nine months was 200.5 thousand tons, putting up by 4.2% from the same period last year; white leg shrimp gained 308.9 thousand tons, moving up by 10.7%.
Production of fishery caught in nine months achieved an estimate of 2578.5 thousand tons, increasing by 5.2% compared with the similar period last year (it reached 809.8 thousand tons in the third quarter, a rise of 5.5%), of which fish gained 1887.6 thousand tons, up 5.7%; shrimp recorded 126.4 thousand tons, up 2.8%.
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