In 2020, after studying and accumulating knowledge about the black soldier fly breeding model as food in livestock, Mr. Ha invested nearly 300 million VND to renovate the backyard garden to level the ground, build a barn, buy breeding stock, incubator to test more than 100 breeding chickens.
Initially, Mr. Ha invested about 2 million VND to buy black soldier fly eggs from Dong Nai province, now he can produce seed by himself, the number of larvae is enough to supply the family's chickens.
Many union members and young people came to visit the chicken farming model of Mr. Tran Van Ha (third, from the right) - a member of Ba Ly neighborhood, My Duc ward (Ha Tien city).
According to Mr. Ha, black soldier flies are easy to raise, reproduce very quickly, the cost of raising is very low, the farm does not need to take up a lot of space and does not adversely affect the environment. Black soldier flies help to thoroughly treat agricultural waste, while releasing organic matter and nutrient-rich fertilizers.
The food for black soldier flies chosen by Mr. Ha is bean residue taken from tofu production facilities in the city. Ha Tien and friend Cambodia. Instead of spending a lot of money on buying rice, rice, and food, Mr. Ha feeds his chickens with calcium worms (larvae of black soldier flies), sometimes adding algae to supplement fiber.
Calcium worms are a rich source of protein, providing many nutrients for poultry, helping to achieve quality and safe products for human health.
Mr. Ha said: “Calcium worms are a source of nutrient-rich food, increasing resistance, reducing disease in the process of raising chickens. Raising black soldier flies in combination with raising chickens in the garden for high economic efficiency. From the closed farming model, it will contribute to reducing environmental pollution, creating a clean living environment for chickens, from which chickens develop well, bringing high economic efficiency.
| Adult black soldier flies are black, 12-20mm long, have a life cycle of about 45 days, starting from eggs, larvae, pupae and adults as black soldier flies. Adult black soldier flies live about 3-5 days in the shade. Each female lays about 500-800 eggs and then dies. They do not fly out of the rearing area, do not have a suction nozzle, so they do not eat, do not cling to food like other flies, so they do not carry diseases. |
For chicken manure, black soldier flies will be processed to turn this waste into organic fertilizer used to fertilize plants, thereby forming a closed cycle in livestock. Currently, Mr. Ha's model gives a stable income. The price of chicken in the garden is 120.000 VND/kg and is accepted by restaurants and eateries in the city. Ha Tien purchased. Excluding expenses, Mr. Ha earns tens of millions of dong/month.
“I have been in the business of burning chicken for many years, I find Mr. Ha's chicken delicious, low in fat, chewy meat, so it is loved by diners. Chicken made dishes such as burning chicken, cooking hot pot are delicious. When I run out of chickens, I always choose to buy Mr. Ha's chicken," said Mr. Lam Xuan Tay - owner of the chicken restaurant Ty, living in My Duc ward.
Recently, Ha Tien Youth Union and My Duc Ward Youth Union are interested in startup projects among young people. Not only regularly visit, exchange the development status of newly formed start-up projects,
The ward delegation also connected and actively contacted the Transaction Office of the City Bank for Social Policies. Ha Tien to support capital, help union members and youth gain more confidence and motivation to implement startup ideas. Mr. Ha has just received a loan of VND 50 million from the job creation program of the City Bank for Social Policy Transaction Office.
Party member, Secretary of the My Duc Ward Youth Union Ma Van Ngoanh said: "After a period of follow-up, Ha's model, although just implemented, has brought high economic efficiency. Achieving that result is thanks to Mr. Ha who is eager to learn, is not afraid of difficulties and is supported by the ward's Youth Union. From now until the end of 2023, the ward union will organize for its members to visit and learn from Mr. Ha's model, thereby replicating the model to other members in the ward.
Although the journey of starting a business is still difficult, with the will, determination and spirit of not giving up, along with a passion for clean agriculture and organic agriculture, Mr. Tran Van Ha will pursue the project to the end. By the end of 2023, Mr. Ha plans to build more cages and increase the number of chicken flocks to several hundred according to farm size, gradually forming the brand of clean chicken Ha Tien.
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