Vietnam: The buffalo capital of the North faced unprecedented difficulties

Published Nov 27, 2022

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The article highlights a significant decline in the buffalo herd in Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam, with a 2% decrease from the previous year, dropping to 90,300 heads. This decrease is primarily due to the low market price of buffaloes, leading to heavy losses for breeders and a lack of incentive to expand. As a result, many farmers have shifted their focus to rearing cows or have ceased buffalo rearing altogether. The low market price is attributed to difficulties in trading through China and low domestic consumption. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tuyen Quang province is advocating for improved care, vaccination, and health protection of livestock, and advises against mass sales to stabilize the household economy.

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According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tuyen Quang province, the total herd of buffaloes in the province is now 90,300 heads, down 2% compared to the same period last year. The reason for this decrease is that recently, the price of commercial buffalo has been low, many breeding households have suffered heavy losses, so they have not invested in further raising. Meanwhile, market demand has not shown signs of improvement. In the large cattle breeding areas of many households in Chiem Hoa district, the total number of buffalo herds has decreased significantly. Because farmers realize that raising buffaloes is very difficult to sell to the market at the moment. Currently, the whole district has 23,310 buffaloes, only reaching 83% of the plan to maintain and increase the herd in 2022. Many communes regularly maintain a total herd of over 1,000 such as Hoa Phu, Tan An, Ha Lang, Hung My, etc. also fell sharply. Mr. Hoang Van Ha's family, Dau Cau village, ...

Source: Agriculture