Ca Mau eyes annual growth of 8 percent in agricultural exports
The southernmost province of Ca Mau is working to achieve an annual growth rate of 8 percent in agricultural exports during 2021 - 2025, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Ca Mau (VNA) – Thesouthernmost province of Ca Mau is working to achieve an annual growth rate of8 percent in agricultural exports during 2021 - 2025, according to itsDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development.
To that end, it is moving totap into local advantages and promote production to improve the competitivenessof farm produce, especially such key products as shrimp, sea crab, organicrice, wood, and banana.
The shrimp industry is thelargest foreign currency earner for the province. From now to 2025, Ca Mau willkeep the shrimp farming area stable, at about 280,000ha, while boostingproductivity, output, as well as quality.
The eco-farming area, mainly integratedmangrove - shrimp aquaculture and rice - shrimp farming, will be expanded to49,000ha. The co-culture of shrimp with other aquatic species will also bedeveloped on about 250,000ha.
The province will boostshrimp export to potential markets, including the EU, Japan, the US, EasternEurope, Middle East, China, and the Republic of Korea, to make use of thesigned free trade agreements so as to earn nearly 5.65 billion USD in revenue fromnow to 2025.
Without as favourableconditions for rice production as other localities in the Mekong Delta, Ca Mauhas still managed to form large-scale and sustainable rice farming areas.
It aims to raise to the organicrice cultivation area to 2,500ha by 2025 and rake in 22 million USD fromselling this produce to Singapore, Europe, the US, Hong Kong (China), and theRepublic of Korea during 2021 - 2025.
Forestry has also been givenpriority, with partnerships in the wood sector’s value chain from afforestationto wood logging, processing, and sale promoted.
Deputy Director of theDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Van Thuc said Ca Mau willwork to have 10,000ha granted the sustainable forest management certificate and100 percent of wood products made from forest trees with legal origin.
It hopes that 90 percent ofthe commercial forest area, equivalent to 54,000ha, will have sustainablemanagement plans, generating 20 million USD in processed wood exports, mostlyto Europe, in five years./.
The Ca Mau Department of Rural & Development said the locality is speeding up the construction of 26km of embankment to prevent the erosion of its western and eastern coasts, with a total investment of about 890 billion VND (38.7 million USD) from the central budget and official development assistance (ODA).
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Harvesting shrimps in Ca Mau (Photo: VNA) 
