Ban Giang expands aquaculture area

Mr. Vi Van Nhien's family in Na Bo village has been trying to expand the aquaculture area for many years instead of corn and rice production. In 2010, his family converted the rice field area to dig a pond with a water surface area of ​​about 2,000m2 for raising fish. Realizing that aquaculture is highly economically efficient and fish have few diseases, he boldly converted 5,000m2 of mixed gardens and ineffective rice fields to dig ponds to raise grass carp, bighead carp, and monosex tilapia. Thanks to proper care according to technical processes, the fish grow quickly, have few diseases, and after deducting expenses, the income is from 100 - 120 million VND/year.

In 2019, Mr. Tran Van Din in Giang village boldly borrowed 10 million VND from preferential capital from the Transaction Office of the Social Policy Bank of Tam Duong district to invest in fish farming. At that time, he converted 2,000m2 of one-crop corn and rice fields to aquaculture, mainly fish: grass carp, bighead carp, bighead carp, common carp and monosex tilapia. In addition to investing in fish breeds, he also learned about fish farming experience through training courses, books, newspapers and television. Every year, he releases 100 kg of fish breeds of various types. At the end of the year, he harvested more than 10 tons of fish and sold them to the market, earning a profit of over 40 million VND.

Ban Giang is a commune with potential and advantages in soil and climate, favorable for farmers to develop agricultural economy. The commune has a total natural area of ​​over 3,560 hectares, including 7 villages, 840 households with over 3,700 people. To increase family income, in recent years, people have actively transformed the structure of crops and livestock, developed tea and macadamia areas; intensively cultivated, increased corn and rice crops to increase people's income. Local authorities and Party committees pay attention to encouraging farmers to expand aquaculture areas. People make the most of the natural conditions of abundant water resources from streams flowing through the commune. At the same time, they invest in building a widely distributed aquaculture pond system. Currently, the whole commune has over 81 hectares of aquaculture pond surface, an increase of 40 hectares compared to 2010. Each year, the commune supplies the market with nearly 300 tons of commercial fish of various types, such as: grass carp, bighead carp, common carp, bighead carp, and monosex tilapia.

To help people earn more income from aquaculture, every year, the commune coordinates with the District Social Policy Bank Transaction Office to create conditions for thousands of people to borrow preferential loans to expand the scale of aquaculture. At the same time, coordinate with district experts to open training courses to transfer scientific and technical advances in methods of selecting breeds, care techniques, and disease prevention for aquatic products.

With the above results, in the coming time, Ban Giang commune will continue to coordinate with local banks to implement the assessment and help people access capital, meeting the people's borrowing needs. At the same time, mobilize people to effectively use clean water resources to expand aquaculture areas, in order to solve jobs for local workers. Thereby, contributing to increasing income, improving the material and spiritual life of people to build Ban Giang increasingly rich and beautiful.

Source: https://baolaichau.vn/kinh-te/ban-giang-mo-rong-dien-tich-nuoi-trong-thuy-san-575184