Suoi Hoa commune in Tan Lac district, located next to the Hoa Binh lake bed, boasts favourable conditions to branch out the caged-fish farming model, helping build local caged-fish brand, better residents’ income, and improve local livelihoods.
Bui Thi Thoa, a resident in Suoi Hoa commune, Tan Lac district, has studied and applied advanced technology into her caged-fish farming model.
Stable market in the end of 2023 help secured farmers in Ngoi hamlet a bumper fish crop. Bui Thi Thoa, a local resident who bred various kinds of fish in 30 cages, said her fish was sold at higher prices than in the previous crop.
Last year, Thoa gained some 150 million VND (nearly 6,200 USD) from selling 5-6 tonnes of fish. She said she has spent all of the profit on purchasing fries and investing in a cage system, and attended training classes on technical transfer to prevent diseases, adding the move aims at developing the caged-fish model. Besides, her family has worked with hotels and restaurants to ensure stable market for the fish.
Suoi Hoa commune is now home to nearly three hectares of aquaculture areas with more than 600 fish cages. Currently, local farmers are focusing resources to develop their cage system, while popularising their products on social networks such as Facebook and Zalo to access more consumers. Total aquaculture production in the commune in 2023 was estimated at 55 tonnes.
With a view to supporting and developing the aquaculture sector, local authorities have urged farmers to capitalise on the commune’s potential and advantages to branch out caged fish farming. Along with joining hands with relevant authorities to organise training courses, they have created favourable conditions for local people to get access to consessional loans from the district’s bank for social policies.
However, challenges remain on the horizon for the commune to develop brand for its caged fish, including small-scale production, poor linkage among households engaged in the caged farming model, traditional farming habits, among others.
According to Vice Chairman of the communal People’s Committee Dinh Van Buong, the caged fish farming has shown efficiency, making contributions to sustainable poverty reduction.
However, to turn caged fish farming into an economic spearhead, authorities at all levels should pay further attention to creating favourable conditions for farmers to stabilise production.
They should bring farmers into cooperatives to strengthen linkage and develop value chain for their fish, he said, adding it is necessary to improve product quality, enhance popularisation work, and expand markets for the products.
In Lac Thuy district, communes have been succeeded in promoting their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) products while others are still struggling to position their typical farming products in market. Some communes in the district still fail to have their products met OCOP programme’s requirements, while others have seen their certifications expired.
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