Vietnam: Raising carp in terraced fields in Lao Cai

Mr. Vang Seo Mua, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Thai Giang Pho commune (Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province) said: In the past, people used to raise farm carp on a small scale, mainly to serve the needs of the family. family. With the characteristics of the highlands, dependent on rain water, farmers only plant one rice crop a year, leaving the rest abandoned. Realizing that local carp varieties are adapted to the field, the Commune Farmers' Union has implemented a model of interspersed rice cultivation with field carp. The association disseminated carp breeding techniques, carp farming techniques and fish care in the field to each household participating in the model. Since then, many households in the village boldly invested in farming carp. Initially, the model of carp farming in terraced fields gives high income, the market price of field carp ranges from 80,000 to 100,000 VND/kg. The model of farming carp in rice fields (cultivating carp in terraced fields) in Thai ...