Nghe An encourages the development of high-quality specialty poultry breeds

Attending the workshop were Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son - Chairman of the Vietnam Poultry Association and representatives of the Department of Animal Husbandry, the Institute of Animal Husbandry - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nghe An Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center, a number of poultry research centers, businesses, and farms nationwide.

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son - Chairman of the Vietnam Poultry Association assessed the results and shortcomings, challenges and orientations for poultry farming development in our country according to market demand. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

In recent years, the Livestock industry in our country has grown quite well and made important contributions to the socio-economic development of the country.

According to the report of the Vietnam Poultry Association, in 2017, the total production value of the livestock industry reached about 210 trillion VND. Of which, the poultry industry ranked second after pig farming, reaching 43 trillion VND.

In the period 2005 - 2017, poultry farming still maintained a fairly high growth rate, averaging 5.0% per year in terms of head, 8 - 10% in terms of meat and egg output; the breed structure and production methods changed in a positive direction; many large-scale farms with modern and advanced technology were formed; poultry products were exported to official markets and some demanding markets.

The model of roosters raised on hills of Mr. Tran Van Vinh's family in hamlet 11, Nghia Hung commune (Nghia Dan). Photo courtesy

Besides the achieved results, in general, poultry farming in our country is still facing many difficulties: Small-scale, scattered farming still accounts for a high proportion, farm farming tends to develop but is still spontaneous and lacks planning; breed quality and breed management still have many shortcomings; product prices are high, while product output is unstable, epidemics occur frequently, food hygiene and safety are not strictly controlled...

Delegates attending the workshop. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

The above-mentioned problems are becoming a big challenge in our country's poultry industry, especially when the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will take effect in early 2019.

Therefore, at the workshop, delegates focused on discussing solutions to develop the poultry industry towards increasing productivity, quality, efficiency, and sustainable competitiveness in the trend of increasingly deep international integration; seizing opportunities and overcoming challenges in the new period.

Accordingly, the solutions proposed by delegates at the workshop focused on the following issues: Planning the poultry breeding system, management solutions; policies, investments; solutions on livestock farming techniques; Biosafety measures in poultry farms; reorganizing production.

According to Mr. Do Van Hoan - Deputy Head of Poultry and Small Livestock Department - Department of Animal Husbandry, it is necessary to plan a poultry breeding system in the area suitable to the specific conditions of the locality. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Do Van Hoan - Deputy Head of the Poultry and Small Livestock Department, Department of Animal Husbandry said: To achieve the poultry farming goal by 2020, it is necessary to focus on the following groups of solutions: Planning a poultry breeding system in the area suitable to the specific conditions of the locality; needing breeding solutions, prioritizing investment directions to produce enough quantity and ensure the quality of breeding animals for immediate and long-term needs; needing veterinary solutions and by all means gradually reducing the cost of animal feed for a unit of product.

Localities focus on solutions on management, investment, production reorganization, etc.

Proposing solutions for sustainable livestock development, Mr. Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nghe An emphasized: After 5 years of restructuring the agricultural sector, restructuring the livestock sector, with the goal of shifting the structure towards increasing the proportion of poultry in the livestock herd, up to now, the total poultry herd of Nghe An has reached nearly 22.5 million; the total output of live poultry meat for slaughter reached over 28.9 thousand tons (ranked 3rd in the country).

Mr. Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed solutions for sustainable livestock development in the province. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Nghe An will review poultry farming areas associated with disease safety and environmental control; Continue to direct breeding facilities to use high-yield, good-quality poultry breeds suitable for consumer tastes in production; Encourage the development of indigenous poultry breeds and high-quality specialty breeds; Instruct people to develop production on a farm and livestock farm scale; link directly with enterprises or through cooperative groups.

According to Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son - Chairman of the Vietnam Poultry Association, the development orientation of poultry farming in our country is based on market demand; focusing on high-quality product lines and local specialty breeds.

Along with that, focus on reorganizing production and chain production models; review the livestock processing models with close supervision, avoid causing damage and risks to livestock farmers and ensure environmental hygiene, at the same time promote other types of production associated with enterprises and cooperatives; need to review and amend new regulations and policies on livestock; Strengthen the dissemination of new technical advances to farmers.

Scientific research units need to connect more closely with enterprises, cooperatives, and households, in the form of a four-house association, to promptly support more effective livestock farming; in the immediate future, to supply a stable, good-quality source of breeds./.