Vietnam: Low cost and consumption, price pressure and also also increased production costs creates difficulty for aquaculture farmers

Low cost, price pressure, difficulty in consumption, increased production costs ... are the difficulties that the aquaculture farmers (aquaculture) in Thai Binh province are suffering due to the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic. Raising fish in cages on the river has brought about high economic efficiency for many people in the province in recent years, but due to the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic, people face many difficulties, especially the cost. low and difficult to consume. Sticking with cage farming for nearly 10 years, the family of Mr. Nguyen Dinh Chieu in Vu Doai commune (Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province) has never fallen into a "double loss" as today. Mr. Chieu said: My family regularly raises 30 cages of fish with specialties such as rice flakes, carp, red snapper. At a time when the market is stable, I invest in each cage from stocking to harvest, which can reach 17 tons of commercial fish with an average weight of 2 - 5kg / fish. Previously, traders bought all ...