Following the shrimp harvesting team at 4am in the West

Troi van con nha nhem, gan 20 nguoi tren dau deo den pin bat dau cong viec bat tom. Day la thoi diem nguoi dan thu hoach tom de xuong giong lua vu Dong Xuan.

It was still dark, nearly 20 people with flashlights on their heads started to catch shrimp. This is the time when people harvest shrimp to plant the winter-spring rice crop.

Gan 20 nguoi dang thu hoach tom tai mo hinh tom - lua thuan thien o khu vuc ngoai de bao xa Luong Nghia, huyen Long My, tinh Hau Giang.

Nearly 20 people are harvesting shrimp at the shrimp-rice model in the area outside the dike of Luong Nghia commune, Long My district, Hau Giang province.

Cac loai tom duoc nuoi nhu tom the, tom su, tom cang xanh. Sau thoi gian 3-5 thang se duoc thu hoach.

Types of shrimp raised include whiteleg shrimp, giant tiger prawn, and giant freshwater prawn. After 3-5 months, they will be harvested.

Sau khi dua len bai tap ket, rua va phan loai. Tom loai 1 co gia 145.000 dong/kg. Chi phi thap do thuc an cua tom chu yeu tu nhien nen nguoi dan dat loi nhuan trung binh 10-15 trieu dong/ha, gap 2-3 lan so voi trong lua.

After being brought to the collection site, washed and classified, grade 1 shrimp costs 145,000 VND/kg. Because shrimp feed is mainly natural, farmers earn an average profit of 10-15 million VND/ha, 2-3 times higher than rice cultivation.

Viec nuoi tom mot phan giam duoc chi phi trong khau lam dat, phan, thuoc trong vu lua sau.

Shrimp farming partly reduces costs in land preparation, fertilizer, and pesticides in the next rice crop.

Ong Nguyen Van Ngoc - Pho Chu tich UBND xa Luong Nghia (huyen Long My) cho biet, mo hinh tom - lua quang canh thuan thien da mang lai thu nhap tot hon cho ba con nong dan.

Mr. Nguyen Van Ngoc - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Luong Nghia commune (Long My district) said that the extensive shrimp-rice farming model has brought better income to farmers.

Theo Pho Chu tich UBND xa Luong Nghia, toan xa co khoang 170 ho tham gia mo hinh voi dien tich gan 160ha, tang gan 50ha so voi nam truoc. Mo hinh dang giup cho ba con thay doi cuoc song, san xuat theo huong huu co, thich ung hieu qua voi bien doi khi hau. Toi day, dia phuong se tiep tuc van dong ba con nhan rong mo hinh.

According to Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Luong Nghia Commune, the whole commune has about 170 households participating in the model with an area of nearly 160 hectares, an increase of nearly 50 hectares compared to last year. The model is helping people change their lives, produce in an organic direction, and effectively adapt to climate change. In the future, the locality will continue to mobilize people to replicate the model.