Nan foucuses on RIS rice farming

(KPL) Rice plantation with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) techniques was practised on 63.5 ha last dry season, Head of Agriculture and Forestry Sevice of Luang Prabang province, Mr. Thongkhoune Ithapaseuth.

“The harvest of rice plantation with SRI techniques was over 448.3 tonnes of rice and on average, a hectare could produce 7.06 tonnes of paddy rice,” said Mr. Thongkhoune.

Besides to SRI rice plantation, Nan farmers planted rice on over 2,000 ha in 17 villages with an a harvet of 7,166 tonnes of rice and a rice yeilding capacity of 4.5 tonnes per ha.

The local farmers also raise various kinds of animals. The local people raise over 4,000 cows, 3,187 water buffalos, over 2,600 goats, 8,800 pigs, 50 horses, 146,000 poultry and fish on 242 ponds. Nan, Luang Prabang province, is a distric famous for rice plantation. The district has 54 villages with a population of 28,623 people. The majority of its population do crop farming and animal raising.

Source: KPL Lao News Agency
June 23, 2010