Vietnam: Intercropping different seafood in shrimp squares, Ca Mau farmers make money

Frozen Common Shrimp & Prawn

Seafood

Vietnam

Published Dec 30, 2021

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In the same area, instead of just looking for income from shrimp, many farmers in Ca Mau province have creatively raised "swirly and mixed" specialties - that is, a combination of many aquatic species including: including shrimp, crab, fish, clam, blood cockle.

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Favored by nature, Ca Mau has a diverse ecosystem of saltwater - fresh water - brackish water. In recent years, not only farming shrimp in the square, Ca Mau farmers also combine many other aquatic species. This is what makes the difference, helping people have more sources of income and spread risks. Since then, the model of raising "fluffy, mixed" species of specialty aquatic species, has become a strong development movement. In the 2000s, old farmer Nguyen Van District (living in Tan Hung Dong commune, Cai Nuoc district, Ca Mau province) as well as tens of thousands of households in other Southern Ca Mau regions switched from rice farming to shrimp farming. According to Mr. District, like many other people in the region, the family's 3 hectares of shrimp land in the beginning brought about high economic efficiency due to abundant nutrients. However, due to long-term cultivation, farmed shrimp often get sick. At one point, shrimp died continuously, causing many households to ...

Source: Danviet