Vietnam: Field eels and perch are too old to miss; farmers have to click their tongues in the style of living with the epidemic

Published 2021년 9월 27일

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Giong Rieng district is grappling with a significant surge in agricultural productivity, including over 2,700 hectares under aquaculture and a diverse faunal population. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a sharp decline in demand for seafood products, leading to a crisis where farmers are left with[INST] perishable stocks and struggling to sell. Among the affected are families raising commercial frogs and square-headed perch, facing plummeting prices and stagnant sales, as well as eel farmers dealing with large unsold stocks and drastically reduced market prices. The situation has led to challenges in feeding and maintaining their animals, with some farmers facing financial strain despite efforts to cut costs and wait for market recovery.
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According to the Agricultural Extension Station of Giong Rieng district, the whole district now has more than 2,700ha of fish raised in ponds and rice fields, 4,960 fishing rods, 964 tubs of eel and more than 260,000 turtles, crabs, snakes, elephants, frogs... In contrast to pork, which is popular for consumption during the quarantine period, many types of seafood in Giong Rieng are stagnant, prices plummeted and it is difficult to sell. Mr. Nguyen Tan Day's family (living in Dong Tram hamlet, Long Thanh commune) currently has 600kg of commercial frogs to sell but has no place to consume. "Now I need 5kg of food each day, equivalent to 90,000 VND to feed the frogs. During 3 months of raising money to invest in breeding, industrial food is more than 20 million VND", Mr. Day said. Faced with this situation, he asked the Farmers' Association of Long Thanh commune to post information on social networks to consume frogs, hoping that many people will see and come to buy them. According ...
Source: Danviet

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