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The industrial shrimp farming area of Quynh Bang commune has 100 hectares, with 80 farming households, divided into 3 farming areas. However, up to now, the area with the most shrimps has only reached 50%, the lowest area has less than 20%. Many shrimp ponds are abandoned, covered with moss and moss, deserted. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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| Many shrimp ponds after treatment had to be left to dry due to lack of water to ensure another seeding. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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| Machinery and equipment for shrimp farming such as pumps, aerators, boats, etc. are rusted and damaged. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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| Currently, the entire Quynh Bang commune has over 20 hectares of shrimp farming affected by disease. Mr. Hoang Van Tinh's household has 4,000m2ponds, including 1 pond of 2,000m2infected, many shrimp died, had to be harvested before reaching the right size, the selling price was only 70,000-80,000 VND/kg. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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Due to continuous losses, difficulties with water resources, diseases, and high prices of shrimp feed, many households have filled their ponds to switch to other types of livestock. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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| Currently, people are looking forward to the "Project on Building a seawater supply system for industrial shrimp farming according to VietGAP standards in Quynh Bang commune, Quynh Luu district" to be completed and put into operation soon to solve the water source difficulties for shrimp farmers. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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| According to data from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quynh Luu district, the total shrimp farming area in the district this spring-summer crop is 465 hectares, currently about 50% has been released, some areas only about 20-30%. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
“The reason why people have drastically reduced the area of shrimp this spring-summer crop is because the price of input materials (seeds, feed, veterinary medicine...) for shrimp has increased, capital is difficult, the weather is complicated, shrimp are infected with diseases; the water source of Mai Giang river is polluted... so people do not dare to plant shrimp for fear of losing money.
Currently, the district has implemented a project to build a water supply system for industrial shrimp farming in Quynh Bang commune; instructing people to raise shrimp in small areas and leave some ponds to store water for treatment; propagating to people to increase the application of new technology and new farming methods to limit water changes; increasing pond treatment time such as drying ponds, cleaning ponds after disease treatment, etc.
Mr. Bui Xuan Truc - Deputy Head of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quynh Luu district
