Explore the swamp, become a millionaire

(Baonghean) - After a period of experimenting with raising poultry, in 2003, Mr. Tran Van Quang (52 years old) in hamlet 1, Quynh Dien commune, Quynh Luu district received a wild lagoon area and built a farm economic model.

With the commune’s approval to rebid nearly 1 hectare of pond, he hired workers and invested in digging the pond and building embankments. Thanks to his perseverance and hard work, working while investing in expanding each pond bank, it took him more than 3 years to renovate and have a farm of 1,000 ducks, laying nearly 800 eggs a day, and 2 ponds that yield tons of carp, silver carp, tilapia, etc. every year.

Checking and classifying eggs before putting them in the incubator at Mr. Tran Van Quang's family, hamlet 1, Quynh Dien commune (Quynh Luu).

From his previous experience in consuming duck eggs, Mr. Quang realized that the demand for consuming balut eggs was increasing while few people were currently making them. He went to many places to learn. Wherever there was a good model that suited his family's conditions, he and his father would go there.

In 2004, his family bought the first incubator worth nearly 3 million VND. After a while of production, realizing that the incubator's capacity was too small and could not meet demand, in 2008, Mr. Quang invested over 60 million VND to buy 2 more incubators with larger capacity. With a capacity of 2,500 eggs/day, the family not only incubates duck eggs but also provides poultry incubation services for people.

The good news spread far and wide, whenever they needed breeding stock, people would bring eggs to the hatchery for incubation. Through the production of duck eggs and the breeding service, Mr. Quang's family not only consumed eggs for their own use but also supplied 30% of the eggs in the area and provided breeding stock to most of the households raising livestock in the commune.

After more than 10 years of building the model, Mr. Quang's family became millionaires with the most prosperous economy in the commune. In addition to creating a stable income of 7-8 million VND/month for 5-7 workers in the family, Mr. Quang also has 3 incubators worth nearly 200 million VND, a duck and fish farm worth over 300 million VND.

From Mr. Quang's first model in hamlet 1, up to now, Quynh Dien commune has 15 large-scale duck farms in hamlets 2 and 5; Quynh Dien has become the commune with the largest movement of raising egg-laying ducks and producing balut eggs and breeding poultry in Quynh Luu district.

With nearly 15 years of model building, Mr. Quang has a lot of experience in caring for and supervising laying ducks.

Mr. Ho Trung Kien - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Quynh Dien commune said: Coming from a poor background, but thanks to perseverance and hard work, Mr. Quang has succeeded and become a good farmer in the commune for many years. His children also follow their father's example in doing business, all 4 of his children have their own families, houses, stable jobs and participate in the family farm production chain...

In 2013, he was honored as a typical good farmer of Quynh Luu district. In addition to being good at business, he is also a person who knows how to take care of his family and is responsible for his neighbors. From Mr. Quang's model, up to now, 14 hectares of marshland in Vinh Loc, Nhi Khang... have been renovated by the people to make a model of raising poultry and fish - rice, the income value per unit area has increased 2 - 3 times compared to before.

Nguyen Hai