Fish, paddy and papaya

There are only 2 rice harvests per year so to increase your income you can combine different products such as fish, papaya, vegetables… You simply divide your land into different growing areas. Around the field you plant fruit trees or vegetables that you can sell in the market in order to get money to feed the fish. With a pond of 200 m² and 2 m depth you will raise about 3000 small fish and it will take only 1 month.

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Eels

Mekong delta is a low land with many rivers so the poor families don’t have access to much land. It is easier for them to raise eels in front of their houses in small ponds or nets. But why eels? Eels are easy to feed, you just need snails which you can find everywhere in the rice fields. They take only 5 or 6 months to grow. You can also just catch them in canals with an eel-pot. It is a good investment as the selling price is higher than fish. You can sell eels for US$ 7/kg whereas you can sell fish for only US$3/kg.

Catfish Raising Model

Catfish raising model supported by the Anh Duong Community Development and Support Center is the most successful model in the agricultural models. Although the Anh Duong center just replicated this model to 5 households, there are total 534 households loaned by the Anh Duong center are applying this model until now. The catfish has features that could adapt comfortably in Mekong Delta and has high economic values so almost people like to raise the catfish.

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Fish breeding

Male and female cat fish or goby fish are bought in order to produce baby fish. Fish breeding is realized with the help of artificial insemination. Anh Dương helps with techniques and loans for fish breeding. It is a real success as the farmer sells 100 000 small fish in just 5 months. For poor families, the selling price is 1 600 to 1 800 đ/small fish. It is a cheap price as on the market you will find the same fish from 2 000 to 2 200 đ/small fish.

Freshwater fish raising training

The Anh Duong Community Development and Support Center has many training activities for local farmers in doing agricultural models such as rice cultivation, livestock husbandry, aquaculture… People in Phung Hiep and Long My districts are greatly interesting in freshwater fish raising activity because there are many rivers here which would be favorable for raising freshwater fish.

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Snake-head fish

Snake-head fish are raised in nets in the river when the level of water is higher, near the house. The investment will only be to buy nets and small fish as food. It takes 3 to 4 month to raise snake-head fish. At the end you can sell 60% of the production as the death risk is almost 40%. The average sell is about 600 kg at 25 000 đ/kg. The benefit will be around 4,5 million đ.