(HBO) – Hoa Binh is stepping up the development of circular economy in a bid to tackle restrictions in the local animal husbandry sector.



T&T 159 livestock joint stock company is Hoa Binh’s pioneer enterprise in developing the circular economy model in livestock.

Vuong Dac Hung, deputy director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, stressed in recent year, the local restructuring of the livestock industry has followed the development of its quantity, quality assurance, and disease prevention and control, especially regarding bio-secure livestock. The industry has applied the circular economy model through the construction of biogas tunnels, the use of biological buffers, and closed livestock production. These activities have brought about high economic efficiency, reduction in environmental pollution, and adaptation to climate change. Currently, the department is directing localities to expand the area of biomass maize cultivation with the association of many businesses to serve large-scale cattle raising.

The T&T 159 livestock joint stock company is a typical enterprise of the province that creatively applies the basic principles of a circular economy. Ha Van Thang, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company, said it runs self-collecting scrap and agricultural by-products complexes.

The company's concentrated breeding scale is about 5,000 buffaloes and cows in each farm area. Every year, its farms and production complexes use 30,000 tonnes of agricultural by-products as animal feed, and produce 25,000 tonnes of microbial organic fertilizers.

According to the department’s statistics, the use of biological buffers and biological products, and the construction of biogas tunnels have been effectively applied by local businesses, farms and households.

According to many households with animal farms, the cost of building a biogas cellar is just around 2 million VND (87.28 USD)/m3. They use this gas to serve their daily lives, forming a new fuel to replace conventional firewood that pollutes the environment.

In the coming time, in order to develop the circular economy model in animal husbandry, sectors and localities involved will continue implement the provincial resolutions, schemes and plans on livestock production. The implementation covers the application of science and technology, the strengthening of the State management of the livestock and veterinary sectors, and the promotion of  applying biological safety, disease safety and environmental control measures in livestock production.

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