According to Mr. Truong Xuan Ty, deputy director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Quang Nam, agricultural production in the delta districts in this province consists mainly of rice and vegetables. So far, the entire area of ​​summer-autumn rice has been harvested in the area. In addition, farmers in the districts have not yet planted winter vegetables, so if Typhoon Noru arrives, the impact of the storm on agricultural production will be negligible.

Most worrying, however, are the orchards, rubber gardens and raw acacia forests of people and enterprises in midland and mountainous areas such as Hiep Duc, Tien Phuoc, Bac Tra My… No. 4 (Noru) is forecast to be a strong storm with terrible destructive power Damage to these crops will certainly be inevitable.

The local agricultural sector has also instructed people to take action to respond and protect the safety of the orchards before the storm reaches the mainland. Mr. Nguyen Tan Nghiep, head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hiep Duc District, said that the district currently has about 2,400 hectares of rubber plantations and small farmers, more than 60 hectares of all kinds of fruit trees and 19,000 hectares of raw acacia forest.

In recent days, Hiep Duc district leaders have asked local authorities to focus on mobilizing and directing farmers to take action against 890 ha of smallholder rubber (mainly concentrated in Song Tra, Hiep Hoa, Que Luu communities). protect and prune raw acacia branches. Attaching fruit tree trunks to limit breakage from storms. “This has been and is being aggressively implemented by the people of Hiep Duc in hopes of minimizing the damage,” Nghiep said.

In Tien Phuoc district, this is an important fruit and spice tree area of ​​Quang Nam province with about 275 ha of pomelo, 300 ha of candy, more than 458 ha of mangosteen, 81 ha of pepper and many other crops.

Mr. Tram Que Huong, chairman of the Tien Phuoc District People’s Committee, said that based on learnings from Typhoon No. 9 in 2020, the district has ordered communities to spread people to harvest areas that can be harvested. In the tree areas with young fruit, it is acceptable to leave the fruit in order to preserve the tree.

“Specialty crops like durian and mangosteen are not supported by households with the right conditions. But because the area is too large, people are trying to keep the most important and effective gardens to reduce damage,” said Mr. Huong.

Mr. Nguyen Hung Anh, vice chairman of the Tien Phuoc District People’s Committee, added that every village in the Tien Phuoc area has set up a shock group with a minimum number of 10 people to assist people in storm prevention for orchards. When commercial gardeners need help pruning branches and supporting fruit trees, municipal and city authorities flexibly mobilize shock groups to help.

At present, Quang Nam Province also has a relatively large rubber area, which is mainly managed by Quang Nam Rubber One Member Company Limited. When Typhoon No. 9 hit this province in 2020, 900 ha of the unit’s rubber was damaged. So far, storm #4 becomes a big problem when gum is a tree with a brittle body that breaks easily when exposed to strong winds.

Mr. Thai Bao Tri, general manager of Quang Nam Rubber One Member Limited Liability Company, said the unit farms about 5,000 hectares of rubber, of which 3,000 hectares are harvested. To ensure people’s safety, the unit has checked low-lying areas in the near future and plans to actively evacuate workers to a safe place. Do not let workers, workers cross rivers or streams or go to rubber properties to exploit latex if it is not safe…

“We have also directed farms and factories to be on duty to prevent and strengthen workhouses, warehouses, construction sites and structures. The garden in particular cannot be avoided because the area is too large. Now we just hope the storm’s intensity will be reduced to limit the damage to the orchard,” Mr Tri said.