Farmers create artificial rain for frogs to lay eggs

Twenty-one years ago, Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa went to So field in Ca hamlet to establish a small farm, covering an area of less than 2,000m², following a model of planting rice one season and raising fish the next. Although the quality of the fish raised in the rice fields was very good, when sold commercially, they were bought based on weight, with prices equivalent to ordinary fish, making it not very economically effective. Eight years ago, he and some friends went to several provinces to learn the Thai frog farming model, and upon returning, three people adopted it, including Mr. Khoa and Mr. Nguyen Quang Vang and Nguyen Duy Khuong. Initially, they had to buy frog seeds, but later Mr. Khoa learned how to create artificial rain to induce the frogs to lay eggs, eliminating the need to buy seeds anymore. The two mother frog ponds and one father frog pond in Mr. Khoa's farm had a very simple structure, built with bricks about 1m high, each about 10m² wide, and covered with bamboo ...