Breeding carp in terraced fields in Vetnam: Bac Ha farmers in Lao Cai sell carp at 100,000 VND/kg

Vang Seo Mua, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Thai Giang Pho Commune, Bac Ha District (Lao Cai), said that the commune is implementing a model of intercropping carp culture. rice in terraced fields for high income. Mr. Hoang Seo Cau's family currently has a total area of 2ha where carp are intercropped with rice. Mr. Cau said that farmers in Thai Giang Pho commune mainly cultivate rice on terraced fields with a single crop, due to their dependence on rainwater. Starting from May of the solar calendar, when it rains, it is time for people to work on land to sow the winter rice crop (also the only rice crop of the year). By mid-June, when the rice plants enter the tillering stage, it is time for people to release carp seed into the rice field. After releasing carp for about 3.5 - 4 months, from the end of September to the beginning of October of the solar calendar, when the rice enters the ripening stage, people withdraw the field water to facilitate the rice harvest and ...