Kien Giang applies advanced technologies in large-scale shrimp farming
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will promote the application of advanced technologies in shrimp farming on large scale under its master plan on shrimp development until 2025.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will promote the application of advanced technologies in shrimp farming on large scale until 2025. (Photo: VNA)
Kien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang willpromote the application of advanced technologies in shrimp farming on largescale under its master plan on shrimp development until 2025.
Accordingly, the province will shift 5,000 hectares of extensive culture ofshrimp to industrial and semi-industrial shrimp farming by 2020, of which 4,700hectares are in the Long Xuyen Quadruple and 300 hectares in U Minh Thuong.
Automatic water environment monitoring stations will be set up serving both aquacultureand environmental protection in this period.
Thetotal area of brackish water shrimp farming is projected at 127,850 ha in 2020.
Meanwhile, the 2021-2025 period will see the formation of a high-tech shrimpindustry along with the development of shrimp-rice farming model andlarge-scale extensive shrimp cultivation. Total shrimp farming area will beexpanded to 129,450 ha.
Advanced technologies will continue to be applied on a large scale to reducechemicals and antibiotics during the entire shrimp production. Besides, theshrimp industry will be developed into a complete value chain, helping increaseadded value of the local staple.
More than 20,000 hectares of rice cultivation in areas hit by saline intrusionduring dry season in U Minh Thuong and Tu Giac Long Xuyen will be switched toshrimp-rice farming.
The province will invest heavily in technical infrastructure to improvebreeding production.
Kien Giang earned 213 million USD from the export of aquaticproducts in 2018.-VNA
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The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will promote the application of advanced technologies in shrimp farming on large scale until 2025. (Photo: VNA) 
