Livestock breeding will increasingly take place on larger farms in anaim to increase value and sustainability, under a restructuring planproposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Underthe plan, livestock farming would gradually shift from high-populationdensity areas in deltas to low-population density areas in midland andmountainous areas.
The livestock sector will also set up disease-free livestock breeding areas far away from cities and residential areas.
Theaim is to increase the number of pigs raised on farms from 30 percentto 52 percent, chicken from 30 percent to 60 percent and ducks from 20percent to 60 percent.
All milch cows would be raised on farms under an industrialised breeding method.
By 2020, there would be 300,000 milch cows with an annual milk output of 0.9 million tonnes.
TheHong (Red) River Delta and Southeast region will see a reduction in thenumber of breeding pigs while Tay Nguyen ( Central Highlands ),north-central region and the north's midland and mountainous areas wouldsee an increase.
The number of pigs in the Red RiverDelta, for instance, will fall from 25.7 percent of the country's totalpigs in 2013 to 15 percent by 2020.
The plan targets ahigher rate of poultry, cow and buffalo meat as part of the livestocksector relative to the amount of pork.
Pork meat will fall from 74.2 percent of the livestock sector in 2013 to 62 percent by 2020.
Theplan expects exports of about 1 million tonnes of pork, 70,000-100,000tonnes of duck meat, and 1-2 billion salted duck eggs a year by 2020.
The number of ducks raised would rise from 84 million in 2013 to 100 million by 2020.
From2014 to 2015, disease-free livestock breeding models for pigs, chickenor ducks will operate in several provinces, including in Vinh Phuc, ThaiNguyen, Binh Dinh and Tien Giang, Dong Thap and Tay Ninh.
Livestock breeders, including farmers and farm owners, will take training courses on breeding disease-free livestock.
Theministry's Animal Husbandry Department in cooperation with agencies andprovincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development have beenassigned to implement the restructuring plan.-VNA
Underthe plan, livestock farming would gradually shift from high-populationdensity areas in deltas to low-population density areas in midland andmountainous areas.
The livestock sector will also set up disease-free livestock breeding areas far away from cities and residential areas.
Theaim is to increase the number of pigs raised on farms from 30 percentto 52 percent, chicken from 30 percent to 60 percent and ducks from 20percent to 60 percent.
All milch cows would be raised on farms under an industrialised breeding method.
By 2020, there would be 300,000 milch cows with an annual milk output of 0.9 million tonnes.
TheHong (Red) River Delta and Southeast region will see a reduction in thenumber of breeding pigs while Tay Nguyen ( Central Highlands ),north-central region and the north's midland and mountainous areas wouldsee an increase.
The number of pigs in the Red RiverDelta, for instance, will fall from 25.7 percent of the country's totalpigs in 2013 to 15 percent by 2020.
The plan targets ahigher rate of poultry, cow and buffalo meat as part of the livestocksector relative to the amount of pork.
Pork meat will fall from 74.2 percent of the livestock sector in 2013 to 62 percent by 2020.
Theplan expects exports of about 1 million tonnes of pork, 70,000-100,000tonnes of duck meat, and 1-2 billion salted duck eggs a year by 2020.
The number of ducks raised would rise from 84 million in 2013 to 100 million by 2020.
From2014 to 2015, disease-free livestock breeding models for pigs, chickenor ducks will operate in several provinces, including in Vinh Phuc, ThaiNguyen, Binh Dinh and Tien Giang, Dong Thap and Tay Ninh.
Livestock breeders, including farmers and farm owners, will take training courses on breeding disease-free livestock.
Theministry's Animal Husbandry Department in cooperation with agencies andprovincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development have beenassigned to implement the restructuring plan.-VNA
