Vietnam: Ben's gourd duck is in danger of disappearing in the homeland

2 times to restore but failed. Mr. Nguyen Quang Hao, director of the Agricultural Service Center of Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province told me: “Last time, a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development heard about Ben gourd duck, We asked the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to order 10 animals, but we searched the whole district and only found 5. Recently, people only raise super ducks, white-winged gourd ducks (foreign varieties), and Ben's gourd ducks, although the meat is very delicious, but they are raised for a long time, with high prices, difficult to remove feathers, and not economically viable, so they have abandoned them. almost all…” Mr. Nguyen Van Khien, Chairman of the new Cao Duong commune (comprising of 3 old communes including Cao Duong, Hop Chau, Tan Thanh) said, when Cao Duong commune was still in Kim Boi district, there was a chapter in 2013. The restoration program for Ben gourd ducks was unsuccessful, because although ...