Commercial frog farming brings high economic efficiency

With the desire to start a business, Mr. Bui Van Nhan, Chieng Doi hamlet, Lo Son commune (Tan Lac) gave up farming to realize the idea of building an agricultural production model in the direction of a circular economy .

Mr. Bui Van Nhan, Chieng Doi hamlet, Lo Son commune (Tan Lac) with a commercial frog farming model that brings high economic efficiency.

Realizing that commercial frogs are easy to raise, bring high economic value, do not require much labor, and have a stable output market, in 2018, he mobilized his family to convert 12 square meters of rice fields to build a frog breeding area. Mr. Nhan shared: "At first, everything was difficult. Through a friend's introduction, I went to Ba Vi - Hanoi to learn from experience and buy 3,000 frog breeds and food with a capital of about 20 million VND". While working and learning, after accessing capital from the Social Policy Bank, I borrowed an additional 50 million VND to continue expanding investment on an area of nearly 200 square meters of rice fields of my family and increased the number of frogs to 10,700 breeds".

To have a good source of breed, Mr. Nhan often chooses parent frogs from the first litters of the year and of medium size, not choosing frogs that are too big because they hatch slowly or lay very poorly; not choosing frogs that are too thin because they lack nutrients for the eggs, the tadpoles born will be very weak, the weight of about 4 - 5 taels is suitable. On average, each year, frogs lay 3 times, each time from 200 - 300, from hatching, raising for more than 1 month to reach 100 frogs/kg can be separated into tanks to raise commercial frogs, then raising for about 2 more months, frogs reach a weight of 3-5 frogs/kg can be sold. According to Mr. Nhan, the reason he chooses to raise frogs in concrete tanks instead of in ponds is to take advantage of the vacant land area, easy to clean and treat the water source, the loss rate is lower, this closed frog farming model not only helps him increase his income but also proactively source frog breeds on the spot.

After 5 years of implementing the model, each year Mr. Nhan exports about 2 tons of frog meat to the market, after deducting costs, he earns a profit of more than 50 million VND/batch, the selling price of commercial frogs is from 55,000 - 60,000 VND/kg. For him, the most important goal is to raise and produce "clean frogs" for consumers. Therefore, commercial frogs are raised by him in a closed chain, clean standards, during the raising process absolutely no antibiotics are used. If the frogs are sick, only the water source is treated, vitamins, digestive enzymes are added... to ensure completely clean frog meat. From his available experience, Mr. Nhan is always ready to share his experience with people who come to buy frog breeds and is a bridge to consume the product.

In addition to commercial frog farming, Mr. Nhan's family boldly converted 300m2 of rice fields to commercial squash farming. The family's income from the squash farming model reached over 40 million VND/year, with an average selling price of about 9,000 - 15,000 VND/kg. Comrade Dinh Thi Tham, a land officer of Lo Son commune, said: "The commercial frog farming model of Mr. Bui Van Nhan's family is one of the typical models of the commune in implementing the conversion of plant and animal structure on the same area of cultivated land. It can be seen that this is a model that brings high economic value. Lo Son commune People's Committee will replicate good models to improve economic efficiency, contributing to increasing income and developing the local socio-economic situation".

The commercial frog farming and vegetable growing model of Mr. Bui Van Nhan's family has brought economic efficiency and is environmentally friendly. The model has exploited the existing potential of the locality, opening up a development direction that brings high income to farmers.

Quyen Anh (Cultural, Sports and Tourism Center of Tan Lac district)

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