Farmers sell research rights to the state

Adding a farmer couple in Quang Nam for more than 7 years of research has successfully bred hybrid rice for high yield and sold it to a state company for 200 million VND. Transfer contract is made on October 10 morning .

The couple ' barefoot ' couple of full names are Mr. Le Quoc Cuong and Ms. Phan Thi Tuyen, members of Cooperative 1 Dien Tho, Dien Ban and Quang Nam. successfully bred and produced high quality rice varieties.

Do not study jaws, academic titles, research institutes. From empty hands with the level of an old farmer, Mr. Cuong and his wife received 3 pairs of hybrids of Viet Dai rice 20 (VD20) to breed like father and Khang Dan 18 (KD18) to be like mother. from the project ' Conservation, application and development of Asian biodiversity ' (referred to as BUCAP program) for initial help

Bare peasants Le Quoc Cuong and Phan Thi Tuyen successfully research hybrid rice varieties and sell copyright to the state.

Right over 3 acres of his farmland, over 7 years, Cuong and his wife started their own ' scientific research ' career and found a new hybrid CT2.

According to the assessment of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Nam, affirming: Over many years of putting into the trial in some fields in Dien Tho commune, CT2 rice has many outstanding advantages compared to other rice varieties. . Not only for high productivity, good quality rice, CT2 also adapt to the characteristics of the Central climate, suitable for the structure of 2 seasons of winter-spring and summer-autumn of Quang Nam.

For many years, the hybrid rice variety CT2 has an average yield of 65 - 70 quintals / ha, has been able to withstand pests and diseases, adapt to many barefoot fields in Quang Nam field and get a scientific council of Quang Nam agriculture Male appraised highly.

To monopolize the production of this superior hybrid rice variety, Quang Nam Agro-Forestry Seed Joint Stock Company has officially acquired the right of CT2 hybrid rice seed over VND 200 million. Immediately after buying the copyright, the company changed its name to QnamI rice variety and put it into production of hybrid rice for the region.