Escape poverty by raising field crabs in cement tanks

Started in 2018, the economic model of raising field crabs in cement tanks of Mr. Vu Sy Linh (born in 1985) in Tan Yen town, Ham Yen district, Tuyen Quang province has brought high economic efficiency.

Mr. Vu Sy Linh used to work abroad, doing many jobs to make a living, but the work was hard, the income was unstable and he often had to be away from his family.

Thanks to the model of raising field crabs in cement tanks, the annual income of Mr. Vu Sy Linh's family is about 600 - 700 million VND.

In 2018, I happened to meet a man who specializes in buying crab In the field, Mr. Linh came up with the idea of buying crabs from the people and selling them to this customer. After many times of buying and selling, Mr. Linh realized that the number of crabs was not enough to supply customers. With the thought of finding a new direction, approaching the farming model, care techniques, and ways to transport crabs so they do not die...

In early 2019, he decided to invest in digging his garden and building cement tanks to raise field crabs on his own land. garden of the family.

Early times To start his business, Mr. Linh spent about 50 million VND to build a tank and 4-5 million VND to buy crab seeds.

Field crabs are very easy to raise and have high economic value.

Although he did not go through any training, with his passion, Mr. Linh is eager to learn, explore, and diligently searches for information from many different sources to study.

Through the process of raising, Mr. Linh realized that field crabs are very easy to raise, just need a support for the crabs to live and grow. Field crabs' food is mainly vegetables, duckweed, corn bran... which are easy to find and do not cost much.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Linh confided: "At first, when I didn't have much experience, I also encountered many difficulties, suffered losses, and many crabs died due to releasing crabs at a density that was too high. However, after understanding the characteristics of field crabs, I reduced the number of crabs in the tank."

After 6 years, Mr. Linh's crab farming model has been increasingly expanded. Currently, he not only exports finished crabs to the market but also supplies breeding crabs. The total farming area is 200m3 of tanks. cement, each tank is about 30m2 wide and 1ha pond.

According to Mr. Linh, field crabs are a breed that can easily survive in both natural and artificial environments. Therefore, he does not encounter many difficulties when raising field crabs in cement tanks. To maintain the water in the cement tank, Mr. Linh takes it from high mountains, so the crab breed he supplies to the market has almost no mortality rate, easily adapts to the new environment and lives healthily.

According to Mr. Linh, currently his model exports an average of 50kg of crabs to the market every day, and more than 1 ton of crabs per month. The price of crab seeds fluctuates around 150,000 VND/kg, the price of finished crabs is 120,000 VND/kg.

In the winter months, prices are higher due to the scarcity of wild crabs. Profits are about 30 - 40 million VND/month. Mr. Linh also creates jobs for 5 regular workers with a salary of 250 thousand VND/day. The consumption market is widespread in the northern provinces, reaching Ha Tinh. Total annual income is about 600 - 700 million VND. million dong

Older brother Nguyen Dang Khoa - Secretary of the Youth Union of Ba Trang Residential Group, Ham Yen town, said that Mr. Linh's crab farming model has helped many people. adolescent in the neighborhood have the opportunity to learn, start-up. This is a suitable model for young people because the capital is small, field crabs are easy to raise, capital recovery is quick, taking advantage of local terrain, not taking up much space.

"In addition, Mr. Vu Sy Linh also cooperates with local households and young people on effective techniques for caring for and breeding field crabs. Many young people have been and are being taught by Mr. Linh on their journey to start a field crab farming business," Mr. Khoa added.

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