Taking us to visit the frog and fish farming model in a cage, Mr. Duong Van Veo in Hamlet 6, Ward 7, Soc Trang City (Soc Trang) excitedly told us about the process of overcoming difficulties to escape poverty and "making a living" in the past 4 years. Mr. Veo said that in 2022, he started a business with a frog and catfish farming model in a cage. With a small initial capital, Mr. Veo bought bamboo and nets to make 3 small cages placed on the river and then bought frog and catfish fry to practice raising. From self-taught knowledge on the internet combined with reality, Mr. Veo's fish and frog farming model was effective. By 2023, with the Farmers' Association of Ward 7 creating conditions to access capital from the Farmers' Support Fund, Mr. Veo decided to borrow 45 million VND to expand the farming area, and at the same time he purchased commercial frogs to supply to key customers.
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| From the capital of the Farmer Support Fund, Mr. Duong Van Veo, Hamlet 6, Ward 7, Soc Trang City (Soc Trang) expanded the model of raising fish and frogs in cages. Photo: XUAN NGUYEN |
“I currently have 7 cages, each cage is 8m2 wide. Every two and a half months, I sell a batch of frogs and every 3 months, I sell a batch of fish. The frogs I raise weigh 4, over 1kg, and each fish weighs 1kg, so they sell very well. When I have a fair amount of capital, I go to buy more frogs and commercial catfish in neighboring districts such as Long Phu, My Tu and Nga Nam town. Every 2 days, I buy about 600kg of frogs and 100kg of fish and deliver them to the dealers. In recent years, thanks to the successful economic change, my family's life has been much better than before. At the beginning of this year, I bought a truck to facilitate the purchase and transportation of goods to customers,” Mr. Veo happily shared.
Mr. Tran Quang Thai - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Ward 7, Soc Trang said: "Mr. Duong Van Veo is currently one of the pioneering farmers in the locality who successfully started a business with a model of raising frogs and catfish in cages. In Ward 7, there are currently 11 households that have access to capital from the Farmers' Support Fund, using the capital to raise cows, fish, frogs, snakes, buy and sell coffee beans, and grow rice. With the spirit of hard work and effective use of support capital, many members have developed their economy and stabilized their lives."
According to information from the Farmers' Association of Soc Trang province, the total amount of the Farmers' Support Fund managed by all levels of the association is currently more than 72 billion VND. In 2024, the Farmers' Association at all levels will disburse 197 projects with a total amount of more than 22.3 billion VND, with 720 households accessing capital. Accordingly, in localities such as: The Farmers' Support Fund of My Xuyen district has created conditions for 12 households in Ngoc Dong commune to borrow 30 million VND/household to implement the giant freshwater prawn farming project; The Farmers' Support Fund of My Tu district organized the disbursement of the project "Raising pigs and growing high-yield rice" for 9 farmer households in Dai Ui and Ta Bien hamlets, Phu My commune to borrow a total amount of 110 million VND; The Nga Nam Town Farmers Support Fund has awarded each project "Building a high-quality rice production linkage model" in My Binh and My Phuoc communes 500 million VND... Currently, the projects in the localities are being implemented effectively, creating excitement for members and farmers.
As of May 2025, the Central Farmers' Support Fund has implemented 12 projects, with a total amount of more than 5.9 billion VND, lending to 128 households; the Provincial People's Committee transferred the source to implement 38 projects with a total amount of more than 18.7 billion VND, lending to 434 households. The Standing Committee of the Farmers' Association of Soc Trang province has also directed the Farmers' Association at district and commune levels to advise Party committees at all levels and coordinate with the Commune People's Committee to consider lending to 1,303 households, a total amount of more than 34 billion VND to develop household economic production such as: livestock, rice cultivation, fruit trees. Thereby contributing to increasing the average income for households participating in the fruit tree planting project to 180 million VND/ha/year, and the high-quality rice production project to 60 million VND/ha/year. Through loan projects, the Farmers Support Fund has created stable jobs for 1,865 loan households, and created jobs for over 4,000 idle workers...
Comrade Dang Tan Giang - Vice Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Soc Trang province said that the effective operation of the Farmers' Support Fund has attracted over 2,000 farmer members to participate in the association's work, participating in the establishment of 58 professional farmer association branches and groups; gathering and propagating, mobilizing farmer members to effectively implement the Party's guidelines and resolutions, the State's policies and laws, association activities, the Farmers' movement to compete in production, good business, unite to help each other get rich and sustainably reduce poverty and build new rural areas in the locality. Through the fund, many members and farmers have the conditions to invest in production models, develop family economy. Most of the models have brought high economic efficiency. After disbursement, the borrowers use the capital for the right purpose, pay interest and debt in accordance with regulations.
To improve the effectiveness of the Farmers' Support Fund, the Farmers' Association of Soc Trang province will continue to innovate the content and methods of mobilization to increase capital to meet and exceed the target; promote propaganda about the purpose and significance of the Farmers' Support Fund and capital support services to help farmers develop agriculture in a green - clean - safe direction. At the same time, strengthen supervision and management of loans for the right purposes, replicate effective production models, aiming to support effective production and business models, contributing to replicating and creating sustainable livelihoods for farmers. Thereby affirming the role and position of the Farmers' Association in farmers' movements and the construction of new rural areas.
XUAN NGUYEN
Source: https://baosoctrang.org.vn/kinh-te/202506/tiep-suc-cho-hoi-vien-nong-dan-phat-trien-kinh-te-2763d7f/
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