August 15, 2018 | 19:30 (GMT+7)
Tra Vinh takes measures to protect shrimps from disease
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has approved a plan to invest VND 2.3 billion (over USD 100,000) to protect intensive and semi-intensive shrimp farms from disease.
The province will take samples of shrimp, water and mud before and during the shrimp season, and then take measures to reduce disease to meet requirements of importing countries.
The plan will contribute to the development of the province’s shrimp farms and expand the shrimp export market.
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Tra Vinh province has approved a plan to protect shrimps from disease |
By 2020, the province expects to have 26,170 hectare of shrimp farming area and shrimp output of 70,600 tons per year.
This season, the province has 20,000ha of tiger prawns and 5,000 ha of white-legged shrimps.
The output of the province has reached 15,600 tons of tiger prawns and 24,000 tons of white-legged shrimps.
In addition, farmers in the province have expanded super-intensive farming using advanced techniques. The province now has 350ha of white-legged shrimp farming under the model, up 2.5 times compared to last year.
Farmer can harvest 40 tons per hectare per crop, seven to eight times higher than in the traditional model.
Source: VNA