A mountainous commune in Nghe An has more than 800 households raising frogs for meat.
(Baonghean.vn) - Many farming households in Chau Cuong commune, Quy Hop district have taken advantage of their gardens and fish ponds to develop frog farming, bringing in a good income for their families.
For several years now, Ms. Luong Thi Hoa's family in Nhang Tham village, Chau Cuong commune, Quy Hop district has been using their garden and pig barn to raise frogs.
Ms. Hoa said: “I find raising frogs much easier than other animals because they have fewer diseases. Food for frogs is rice bran, corn flour, mixed cereal powder, small fish... Wake up early in the morning to change the water and feed them enough to ensure. The time to raise frogs is quite short and the income is 2 to 3 times higher than other livestock breeds."
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| Frog farming in Chau Cuong - Quy Hop. Photo: Phan Giang |
With technical guidance from the Farmers' Association, Ms. Vi Thi Sam's family in Nhang village, Chau Cuong commune has also taken advantage of the fish pond area to create squares on the water surface to raise frogs.
Ms. Sam shared: “In general, raising frogs is quite easy. Feed them 3 times a day, and when they are about to become meat frogs, feed them only twice a day. As for the output, people come to buy them at home, without having to bring them to the market to sell.
Chau Cuong is a highland commune of Quy Hop district, specializing in agricultural production. Experience from frog-raising households shows that frogs can be raised at high density, with little care, low investment costs, and farmers only need to invest an initial capital of about 2-3 million VND for each release.
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| Frog farming requires little capital and easy investment and is doing well in Quy Hop. Photo: Thanh Hop |
Besides the advantages of capital investment and breeding conditions, currently, commercial frogs in Chau Cuong commune have a stable consumption market and a good selling price, ranging from 80 - 120 thousand VND/kg, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction in the area.
Mr. Vi Van Ty - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Chau Cuong Commune, Quy Hop District said: Every 3-month crop, each household earns an average of about 20 million VND. The whole commune currently has more than 800 households raising frogs, of which the largest household raises up to a thousand. The initial success of the frog raising model of the Farmers' Association of Chau Cuong Commune, Quy Hop District has opened up a new business direction for people, contributing to sustainable poverty reduction as well as new rural construction in the area./.