Leverage to escape poverty from project chicken flocks in Vietnam

Cu Le is a purely agricultural commune of Na Ri district, people mainly grow rice, cassava and raise livestock on a small scale, life is still difficult. In 2024, Nong Thi Tam's family in Po Pai village (Cu Le commune) was supported with 100 breeding chickens. After receiving support, the family built a solid barn, and now the chickens are growing well, each weighing more than 1kg. Tam's family is one of 18 households in Po Pai village supported to raise chickens from the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas in 2024. In addition to supporting breeding chickens, the family is also provided with all bran during the raising process. According to Tam's calculation, after 4 months, the chickens will reach a weight of about 2.5kg, with a price of more than 70,000 VND/kg, earning more than 14 million VND. Because they were supported with all the breeds and feed, they earned an average of 3.5 million VND per month. Ms. Tam ...