Vietnam is forecast to be the world’s main shrimp producing country

Experts say that, with effective response to the Covid-19 epidemic, plus the application of technology to production, Vietnam is forecast to be one of the world’s main shrimp producing countries.

Vietnam is forecast to be the world's main shrimp producing country

Vietnam is forecast to be one of the world’s main shrimp producing countries

Severe drought and saltwater intrusion, along with shrimp diseases, have significantly affected shrimp output as well as the quality of Vietnam’s exported shrimp.

However, experts still believe that, with effective response to the Covid-19 pandemic, plus the application of technology to production, Vietnam is forecast to be one of the main shrimp producing countries. of the world.

Bright forecasts

According to Mr. Robins McInstosh, Senior Vice President of Charoen Pokphand Foods (part of Thailand’s CP Group), shrimp production tends to increase by 6-7%/year, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and widespread disruptions. widely in the food service sector globally.

Because according to him, in the long term, demand and consumption of shrimp will still be high. That will continue to push global farmed shrimp production to grow by 5-10% and may go straight to 10% instead of 5%.

Mr. Robins McInstosh said that in Indonesia there is a large resource base and plenty of room for expansion. In 2021, when shrimp prices stabilize, Indonesia will increase shrimp production by 10% or more and is estimated to reach about 330,000 tons.

With Indian shrimp, there will be a slight recovery in 2021 after a 25% decrease in 2020 with output of 570,000 tons. Thai shrimp output reached 300,000 tons, an increase of 5-10%.

According to Samson Li, CEO of animal feed supplier Grobest, Asia has actually done a good job of controlling the epidemic and shrimp farms have resumed operations after a short period of closure. factories and processing plants.

Besides, shrimp farming experts have actually overestimated the impact of increased consumption in Asia and other countries.

The Covid-19 epidemic also did not affect consumption. So basically, shrimp prices have not decreased and with good prices coupled with good control of the Covid-19 epidemic in producing countries leading to a strong recovery in the second half of the year in some countries is much stronger than before. with predictions.

Evaluating Vietnam’s shrimp industry, Mr. Robins McInstosh said that Vietnam’s shrimp production has increased steadily over the years by 5-10%, with some years increasing by 12%.

According to him, this is a stable, slow but methodical growth rate. This steady growth is thanks to technological changes in shrimp farming in Vietnam.

In recent years, high-tech shrimp farming has been widely applied by farmers across the country, especially in the Southeast region and the Mekong Delta.

Associate Professor. Dr. Chau Tai Tao, Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Fisheries – Can Tho University, said that currently in the Mekong Delta, the most popular practice is shrimp farming in tarpaulin-lined ponds.

This model can manage and control temperature, pH and environmental indicators. Because the pond area is small, only 20%, the remaining area is devoted to water and waste treatment, so the water quality for shrimp farming is always well controlled.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the country currently has more than 200,000 hectares of high-tech shrimp farming; Of which, the largest concentration is in the two provinces of Bac Lieu and Soc Trang, with a total area of ​​about 186,000 hectares. These two localities are focused on investing resources by foreign businesses to serve processing and export.

Faced with the achievements of Vietnam’s shrimp industry, neighboring shrimp-producing countries have moved to associate with Vietnam to join hands in producing shrimp to supply to the world market.

Specifically, in early February 2021, the Indonesian Government aimed to cooperate with Vietnam in developing aquaculture, especially lobster farming technology.

Mr. Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Indonesian Minister of Marine and Fisheries, said that Indonesia plans to invite Vietnam to cooperate in promoting development in the field of aquaculture; especially the production of key aquatic products to become ASEAN countries contributing to the world food supply.

Efforts to continue to develop

Although its production, processing and export capacity is highly appreciated by world shrimp industry experts, the Vietnamese shrimp industry is still making constant efforts to continue to grow, even though it is still in a state of just responding to the epidemic. Covid-19 disease, while responding to drought and saltwater intrusion, is affecting shrimp in the Mekong Delta.

To have successful shrimp crops and bring high economic efficiency, localities are currently making efforts and collaborating with businesses to apply high technology to effective shrimp farming.

According to Mr. Tran Van Lau, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Soc Trang province, shrimp farming is a difficult profession, but in recent seasons, with the efforts of all levels of government and the cooperation of businesses and shrimp farmers, The province has overcome difficulties, disadvantages and obstacles to continuously have successful shrimp crops, the rate of shrimp loss is gradually decreasing, and farming households are increasingly profitable.

Therefore, in the immediate and long term, farmers must apply science and technology to shrimp farming and gradually shift to intensive farming and high-tech farming to increase output, reduce risks and build relationships. linking and creating an effective and sustainable value chain, moving towards no longer having small and fragmented farming households.

Besides, it is necessary to change the production thinking of shrimp farmers, to direct them to more effective farming models and better farming environments.

Therefore, the agricultural sector must proactively coordinate with localities to promptly and effectively handle arising situations, and must pay attention to training human resources to meet the development requirements of shrimp farming and processing.

Soc Trang province’s 2021 farming target is 51,000 hectares, with an estimated output of 172,000 tons. To continue the successful momentum of last year’s shrimp farming season, Soc Trang province proposed practical solutions, suitable to actual local conditions to help farmers and businesses in the province take advantage of their advantages. available, overcome obstacles, difficulties, effects of weather and diseases to achieve a successful brackish water shrimp crop.

Accordingly, Soc Trang province will manage according to the seasonal framework, strongly deploy guidelines and policies in aquaculture so that people can access and apply good production in agriculture and fisheries, and promote the Build pilot demonstration models so farmers can apply effective models to production, suitable to the actual situation of the locality.

In Bac Lieu, which is striving to become the capital of Vietnam’s shrimp industry, the People’s Committee of Bac Lieu province has directed responsible industries to invest in a three-phase power system to serve intensive and semi-intensive shrimp farming areas; At the same time, guide shrimp farming households to apply high technology to reduce production costs and increase product competitiveness in domestic and foreign markets. Regarding product output, the province implements a chain of food safety links in aquaculture,…

Mr. Pham Van Thieu, Chairman of Bac Lieu Provincial People’s Committee, said that in 2020, Bac Lieu raised nearly 130,000 hectares of shrimp; Of which, the area of ​​super-intensive, intensive and semi-intensive shrimp farming is nearly 9,000 hectares.

The leading units in shrimp farming applying high technology in the province are Viet – Uc Group, Long Manh One Member Company Limited, Truc Anh Production and Trading Company Limited, Huy Long An – Company Limited. Bac Lieu, CP Livestock Joint Stock Company – Bac Lieu Branch,…

Not only the above corporations, companies, and businesses, in the past few years, many farmer households in the coastal area of ​​Bac Lieu province are also very dynamic, creative, daring to think, daring to do, implementing shrimp farming models to Using high technology, bringing high economic efficiency, many experts and farmers from many domestic and foreign provinces come to visit and learn from experience.

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