(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The objective of the agricultural sector of Ben Tre province is that by the end of this year, brackish water shrimp farming area will reach 35,000 hectares, with the output of 48,800 MT.
Of that, the area for intensive and semi-intensive shrimp farming expected to hit 7,000 hectares; the area for extensive black tiger shrimp, rice-shrimp and forest-shrimp farming to reach 28,000 hectares. The total output expected to achieve 48,800 MT, in which, black tiger shrimp volume will be 8,800 MT and whiteleg shrimp with 40,000 MT.
To achieve these goals, the sector sets out the following tasks and key solutions below:
- To strengthen the environmental monitoring; quality inspection and quarantining shrimp seed in Ben Tre province; prevent and control of disease in marine shrimp farming.
- To promote propaganda.
- To continue guiding and supporting farmers to apply VietGAP, GlobalGAP standards... into production and promote the application of advanced technologies in marine shrimp farming.
- To improve the effectiveness of disease prevention and control.
- To continue propagating and mobilizing people to comply aquaculture planning and publicize the plan, which has been approved by the provincial People's Committee; as well as implement recommendations of the crop calendar for marine shrimp farming in 2016.
Compiled by Dieu Thuy