Agricultural staff in Hong Dan District check fields where rice and shrimp are cultivated in a rotation model that has brought high profits to farmers (Photo: VNA)
Bac Lieu (VNA) - Farmers in theMekong Delta province of Bac Lieu have had bumper harvests of paddy rice andshrimp with higher profits and yields than in previous years.
Farmers who take part in the rice/shrimprotation model on the same field have also seen fewer outbreaks of disease.
Luong Ngoc Lan, head of the province’sDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the 2016-17rice/shrimp rotation crop covered more than 31,000 ha, an increase of more than10,000 ha compared to the last crop.
The harvest, which ends in mid-February, is expectedto bring profits of 50 million VND (2,202 USD) per ha, he added.
The rice/shrimp rotation model uses no chemicalsor fertilisers for paddy rice, while shrimp are not fed, which saves costs.
Lan said that safe and clean shrimp and ricewould sell easily as they are favoured by customers
Mai Van Thiet of the province’s Hong Dan district,who has expanded his field to two hectares, said that he had received trainingin modern cultivation techniques, including shrimp breeding and selection ofseeds for paddy rice.
Irrigation systems have also been built in thefields.
Last year, the result was a good harvest, leadingto profit of more than 250 million VND (11,013 USD) from two crops of shrimpand one for paddy rice, Thiet said.
Tang Van Dinh of the province’s Phuoc Long district, who had a bumper harvest of shrimp, operates a farm that covers more than onehectare, generating profit of more than 20 million VND (879 USD).
Pham Thanh Hai, chairman of Phuoc Long district People’sCommittee, said his district had more than 9,000 hectares for rotatingrice-shrimp, an increase of more than 2,000 ha compared to the last crop.
Shrimp production was nearly 0.2 tonne per haand nearly five tonnes per ha for paddy rice, he said.
He expects profit of more than 50 million VNDper hectare for shrimp and paddy rice, double compared to rice monoculture inthe past.
By 2020, the province aims to expand rice-shrimpfarming to 40,000 ha, mostly in Hong Dan and Phuoc Long districts and Gia Rai town.-VNA
Farmers who take part in the rice/shrimprotation model on the same field have also seen fewer outbreaks of disease.
Luong Ngoc Lan, head of the province’sDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the 2016-17rice/shrimp rotation crop covered more than 31,000 ha, an increase of more than10,000 ha compared to the last crop.
The harvest, which ends in mid-February, is expectedto bring profits of 50 million VND (2,202 USD) per ha, he added.
The rice/shrimp rotation model uses no chemicalsor fertilisers for paddy rice, while shrimp are not fed, which saves costs.
Lan said that safe and clean shrimp and ricewould sell easily as they are favoured by customers
Mai Van Thiet of the province’s Hong Dan district,who has expanded his field to two hectares, said that he had received trainingin modern cultivation techniques, including shrimp breeding and selection ofseeds for paddy rice.
Irrigation systems have also been built in thefields.
Last year, the result was a good harvest, leadingto profit of more than 250 million VND (11,013 USD) from two crops of shrimpand one for paddy rice, Thiet said.
Tang Van Dinh of the province’s Phuoc Long district, who had a bumper harvest of shrimp, operates a farm that covers more than onehectare, generating profit of more than 20 million VND (879 USD).
Pham Thanh Hai, chairman of Phuoc Long district People’sCommittee, said his district had more than 9,000 hectares for rotatingrice-shrimp, an increase of more than 2,000 ha compared to the last crop.
Shrimp production was nearly 0.2 tonne per haand nearly five tonnes per ha for paddy rice, he said.
He expects profit of more than 50 million VNDper hectare for shrimp and paddy rice, double compared to rice monoculture inthe past.
By 2020, the province aims to expand rice-shrimpfarming to 40,000 ha, mostly in Hong Dan and Phuoc Long districts and Gia Rai town.-VNA
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