Doctor of the group of authors of the world's best rice appointed Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture

TPO - Dr. Tran Tan Phuong - Director of the Agricultural Seed Center (under the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development), one of the three members who created the ST25 rice variety, was appointed Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Soc Trang province.

On May 25, Vice Chairman of Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee Le Van Hieu presented the decision of the Chairman of Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee appointing Dr. Tran Tan Phuong - Director of the Agricultural Seed Center (under the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development), one of the 3 members who created the ST25 rice variety that just won First Prize in the World's Best Rice Contest 2019, to hold the position of Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Soc Trang.

Mr. Tran Tan Phuong (left) was appointed Deputy Director of Soc Trang Department of Agriculture .

At the ceremony, Vice Chairman of Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee Le Van Hieu congratulated Dr. Tran Tan Phuong and hoped that in the coming time, Mr. Phuong and the Board of Directors of Soc Trang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will develop the province's agriculture sector to a new height.

Mr. Le Van Hieu also highly appreciated the efforts and contributions of Dr. Tran Tan Phuong to the growing development of the province's agricultural sector. At the same time, he hoped that in the coming time, Dr. Phuong would continue to promote his own experience to perform well the assigned tasks, further developing the agricultural sector.

As reported, the World 's Best Rice 2019 contest was organized by The Rice Trader within the framework of the 11th World Rice Trade Conference in Manila, Philippines from November 10 to 13, 2019 with the participation of more than 20 international and Vietnamese rice trading enterprises and hundreds of major rice importers and exporters in the world. As a result, ST25 rice of Ho Quang Enterprise (Soc Trang) has successfully surpassed Thai rice, winning the first prize of the World's Best Rice 2019 contest.

ST25 rice variety was researched and bred by a group of engineers Ho Quang Cua, Dr. Tran Tan Phuong and Master Nguyen Thi Thu Huong. This fragrant rice variety was initially researched 10 years ago. In 2014, it was put into testing and in 2016, it began trial planting. This is a short-term rice variety, with better disease resistance than some traditional rice varieties, with a yield of up to 7 tons per hectare. In addition to being a specialty rice variety, ST25 is also considered a rice variety that adapts to climate change in the Mekong Delta. It grows well in saline and alum soil. In particular, ST25 is very suitable for rice-shrimp intercropping areas. ST25 rice has the characteristics of very white rice, white and very natural rice, and is favored by consumers.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/tien-si-nhom-tac-gia-gao-ngon-nhat-the-gioi-duoc-bo-nhiem-pho-gd-so-nong-nghiep-post1243083.tpo