Sustainable escape from poverty through frog farming

Commercial frogs of Mr. Dien's family.

More than ten years ago, the family of Mr. Duong Thanh Dien, residing in Ward 1, Duong Minh Chau town, was a poor household in terms of housing. From the days when the whole family was fishing for a living in the Dau Tieng Lake area, Mr. Dien saw an opportunity in the business of selling tadpoles to fishermen. With his acumen and the experience accumulated from the job, Mr. Dien boldly borrowed capital to build a successful frog farming model, and the family's economy became increasingly stable and prosperous.

The house built by the local government and benefactors for Mr. Dien's family in 2013 is now fully equipped with modern facilities. The family has renovated the house to be more spacious than before and even bought a car for work. In particular, the couple always work hard, creating the best conditions for their three children to study. Two daughters are studying at university, of which the eldest daughter received a full scholarship to study abroad in the Federal Republic of Germany, the youngest son is in 5th grade.

Talking about the hard days before, Ms. Duong Thi Thu Hang - Mr. Dien's wife said: "In the past, the whole family of 5 lived in a temporary hut in the lake area. Life was extremely difficult, income was unstable, raising three children to study was also very difficult. Thanks to the support of the local government and benefactors, the family was able to build a "house of charity" on the land left by their parents. From settling down, they gradually settled down."

Ms. Duong Thi Thu Hang - Mr. Dien's wife, collects tadpoles to sell to customers.

When he was still fishing in the lake, Mr. Dien often had to buy tadpoles from frog breeding facilities to use as bait. Seeing people raising frogs, he researched and learned how to raise them. From buying tadpoles for business, he raised them into adult frogs to sell. Gradually, while working and learning, he boldly borrowed money from the bank to expand his scale.

After nearly ten years of self-study and self-work, Mr. Dien now has a frog farm combined with a rambutan garden of nearly 3 hectares of land and can confidently affirm that raising frogs is not difficult. Sharing his experience in raising frogs, Mr. Dien said: "You just need to feed the frogs just enough, don't need to raise them to grow quickly, because if you push them to grow too quickly, they will die a lot, feed them just enough, grow a little slower but it is safe. In addition, you must pay attention to changing the clean water so it doesn't get too dirty."

After about 9 months of raising, the frogs began to lay their first eggs; after three frogs, Mr. Dien could recoup his capital and start making a net profit from the fourth egg onwards. The income from raising frogs was stable, and the family's economy was increasingly prosperous .

Although he was successful, he did not hide his profession but enthusiastically guided those who were interested and wanted to learn and replicate this model. Currently, the model has been replicated in a number of other frog farms in the district. Recently, after receiving his guidance and technical support, a farmer in Phan commune also succeeded in raising frogs, bringing in high profits.

Phuong Thuy

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