(HBO) - In recent 5 years, many households in Lac Thinh commune (Yen Thuy) have bravely got the loan capital to develop and expand the chicken raising model.

Making full use of local potentials and advantages, according to the statistics, there are more than 30 households in the whole commune developing the model of raising chickens with the total number of over 40,000 chickens. In which, about 10 households have grown in scale, ranging from 2,000-4,000 people per year, concentrating on the villages of Dinh A, Nhon, Co, Pho Sau, Thinh Phu, etc. At present, the chicken raising households choose to develop the varieties of chicken breeds, which has had their own brand names, such as Lac Thuy chicken, Lac Son chicken, Hoa Phat chicken (Dong Anh - Hanoi), etc. the time of raising from the start to output products is from 75 to 180 days depending on varieties . Therefore, some households with stable sources of capital and market can have the output of 3-4 litters per year.

 

 The chicken raising model of Mr. Duong Van Ky in Dinh A village, Lac Thinh commune (Yen Thuy)

 

We visited Mr. Duong Van Ky's family in Dinh A village, one of the typical livestock raising households in the commune. Previously, Mr. Ky family’s economy was mainly based on growing sugarcane, the annual profit was only 30-40 million VND. Recognizing that some of the households in the commune have developed efficient chicken raising models, Mr. Ky used his savings to invent in piloting animal husbandry. In the first year, Mr Ky was able to export to the market 2 litters with 4,000 chickens, each weighing about 2 kg. With the price ranging from 80,000 to 85,000 VND / kg or 100,000 VND / kg at the peak, his family collected nearly 800 million VND. Traders buying his products mainly came from Hanoi, Ninh Binh, etc.

The Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Lac Thinh commune added: "By effectively promoting the economic models, especially the chicken raising model, according to the statistics in 2017, the average income of the commune people reached at 32 million VND. In the coming time, the commune will continue to encourage households to utilize the potential and advantages of localities to develop effectively the chicken raising model. They also expect the departments, boards and organizations to support the variety, capital resources, technology, and cooperate with companies to consume output products at a stable price, thus contributing to improving people's income and improving the quality of living conditions.

 

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