Raising tilapia according to VietGap associated with product consumption

(Baonghean.vn)- In 2016, the Quynh Luu District Agricultural Extension Station organized the construction of a model linking tilapia farming according to VietGap with product consumption.

Quynh Luu district has nearly 1,200 hectares of freshwater ponds and lakes, which is potential for developing freshwater aquaculture for large and concentrated commodity output.

In 2016, with the support of the National Agricultural Extension Center and Nghe An Provincial Agricultural Extension Center, the Quynh Luu District Agricultural Extension Station organized the construction of a model of tilapia farming linkage according to VietGap associated with product consumption at two households, Mr. Le Thanh Dieu and Ms. Ho Thi Hang Nga in Hamlet 9, Quynh Van Commune.

Delegates visited the model of linking tilapia farming according to VietGap with product consumption at 2 farming households in Quynh Van and Quynh Luu communes.

On a 0.5 hectare pond, each household raised 15,000 new Duong Nghiep tilapia of the F1 hybrid generation originating from the Philippines with a very high male ratio, which can reach 100%; the stocking density was 3 fish/m2. After 5 months of trial farming, the tilapia yield reached 12.4 tons/ha; after deducting costs, each household earned a profit of over 60 million VND.

Duong Nghiep tilapia grows relatively fast, 1.4-1.6 times faster than monosex tilapia varieties; productivity reaches 12.4 tons/ha.

On the afternoon of October 18, in Quynh Van commune, Quynh Luu Agricultural Extension Station organized a field workshop on the model of linking tilapia farming according to VietGap with product consumption. According to the assessment, compared to the monosex tilapia varieties currently being raised, Duong Nghiep tilapia grows relatively fast, 1.4-1.6 times faster. Under the same conditions and time, GIFT striped tilapia reaches a weight of 300-350g/fish, Duong Nghiep reaches 500-700g/fish.

Currently, Duong Nghiep tilapia is the main farming species in the world and is chosen as the number 1 species for clean tilapia farming for export in the northern provinces of our country./.

Viet Hung