With the will, determination, and support of Party committees at all levels, authorities, functional sectors, businesses and households in the province are actively restoring agricultural production, ensuring food supply before, during and after Tet.
Storm No. 3 caused serious damage to 158/371 aquaculture facilities of Cam Pha City with a total of Damage value up to hundreds of billions of dong. Cam Dong ward alone had 76 households damaged, worth more than 120 billion dong. Small households suffered a few hundred million, large households suffered billions, even tens of billions of dong.
As one of the very few aquaculture households on Ong Cu Island (Cam Dong Ward) that suffered minor damage compared to the total investment, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan's household was also swept away by the waves with more than 3 billion VND in storm No. 3. With 5,000m2 The water surface has been allocated by the state for 10 years now, his family has invested in 390 aquaculture plots, with an area of 16m2 /plot. On average, each year, they harvest 50-60 tons of various types of fish such as: Song lai, Song den, Song vang, yellowfin pomfret, cobia... with a revenue of 10 billion VND, after deducting expenses, they still earn more than 2 billion VND.
To quickly restore production, immediately after the storm, The family mobilized manpower to focus on repairing and reinforcing the raft the Umbrella cage bag damaged; Strengthen management and care of nearly 6,000 fish of various kinds remaining after storm
Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan said: These fish have been raised by him for several years now, so the average weight is from 5-7kg/fish, some even weigh more than 10kg. These fish will be sold during the Lunar New Year this year. After repairing and reinforcing the cages, the family will import 100,000 more fish to maintain production and ensure a stable supply to the market.
At Cam Pha high-tech shrimp farming cooperative (Cong Hoa commune), more than 30 billion VND was damaged in storm No. 3. Mr. Dang Ba Manh, Director of the cooperative, said: As a high-tech shrimp farming facility with an investment capital of more than 100 billion VND, the cooperative has 12 ponds, with an area of about 2,000m2 /pond. These ponds are built of concrete, with soft transparent plastic roofs, resistant to rain, wind and storms up to level 13. Before storm No. 3 made landfall, with the help of local authorities, the cooperative proactively took measures to protect people, property and livestock, especially by tying and reinforcing roofs and preparing a lot of diesel to run generators for production. However, with the strongest wind force of level 16 gusting to level 17, many tents and pond support columns were destroyed, and businesses had to sell dozens of tons of white-leg shrimp at low prices due to not ensuring production conditions.
Although facing many difficulties in capital because the cooperative has just started operating, but with the determination to restore production as soon as possible, the cooperative has tried to focus human and material resources to restore the infrastructure, clean the ponds before releasing shrimp seeds, expected to complete in 3 months. In addition, out of 12 shrimp ponds, 6 have damaged roofs, 6 are not affected, so the cooperative continues to raise more than 6 million remaining shrimp, and at the same time plans to import more shrimp seeds. Due to the lack of rain, the livestock is growing well, it is expected that in about 20 days, shrimp will be available for sale on the market with a stable output of 35-40 tons/month.
In Uong Bi City, storm No. 3 also caused great damage to houses, livestock and crops of households. Mr. Ta Viet Dung's household (Zone 4, Bac Son Ward) has 3 hectares of mixed garden land, invested in building according to the economic model of farm combined with eco-tourism for nearly 10 years. With this model, the family earns more than 1 billion VND each year. Storm No. 3 and the circulation after the storm heavily flooded ponds and barns, a large number of fish and chickens were swept away by water, trees in the garden were uprooted, broken... total damage was about 2 billion VND.
Determined to quickly restore production, immediately after the rain stopped, Mr. Dung cleaned up and restored the orchard, straightening the remaining trees. Regarding livestock, in addition to proactively handling the farming environment, he also increased care, feeding, providing adequate food and water to ensure quality and managing diseases so that the livestock can grow well. The family also imported 1,200 1-day-old chicks to increase the herd. From now until Tet, the family will import 2 more batches of chickens with a total of 2,500 chickens to quickly restore the livestock after the storm, meeting the food needs of the people before, during and after Tet.
The consequences of the storm and its aftermath pose a major challenge to businesses, people and the province's agricultural sector. From the damage and loss It can be seen that reconstruction does not stop at restoring production, but the agricultural sector and localities need direction, support to People should increase the application of scientific and technological measures, change crop structure, especially develop plans to prevent natural disasters, adapt to climate change, and ensure people's livelihoods in difficult conditions. like after storm number 3 Yagi recently
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