LTS: With many advantages in terms of climate, land, and many preferential measures to attract investment by livestock companies, livestock farming in the Central Highlands has developed tremendously in recent years, creating jobs and income for the citizens.

However, the current strong development of animal production is not sustainable, especially in domestic economy, the construction of facilities and disease-free areas is still difficult due to the lack of and weak veterinary forces.

The Central Highlands has a natural area of ​​54,474 km2, which accounts for 16.8% of the country’s natural area. The Central Highlands region has a population density lower than the national average and is sparsely populated.

These conditions are favorable for agricultural development, especially for the development of animal husbandry.

The land fund is still large

Dak Lak has an area of ​​more than 650,000 hectares of agricultural land and is considered one of the provinces with great potential for livestock development. In particular, this location offers many advantages, such as B. a large land bank on which large-scale high-tech breeding zones can easily be formed.

Dak Lak also has large acreage. Farmers are very sensitive when it comes to access to high technology and its application. Therefore, it is convenient both in terms of forage sources and in terms of establishing production links with farmers.

In addition, the authorities have made many priority actions and specific investments for the central highlands, especially for the ethnic minority areas.

In order to attract investment in livestock farming, in 2021 the Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee issued a Livestock Development Program in the province for 2021-2025, with an orientation to 2030.

Currently, Dak Lak is the 10th largest province in the country and the largest in the central highlands in terms of the size of traditional livestock such as cows, pigs, poultry and honeybees.

Similarly, Lam Dong Province also has potentials and advantages in terms of land resources, water resources, human resources, suitable ecological conditions for comprehensive development of agricultural production, the formation of large-scale specialized production areas, and the development of temperate livestock and aquatic products in comparison, advantages such as: raising dairy cows, high-yielding cattle, raising silkworms, raising large-scale pigs and chickens, cold-water fish such as sturgeon and salmon.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Lam Dong Province, the town has a stable arable land of about 300,000 hectares with various crops that produce waste products such as vegetables, rice, corn, beans, etc., with a volume of 1.62 million tons/year .

This source of by-products can be processed through engineering and reused as feed for livestock and poultry, reducing product costs and increasing profitability.

This is also an advantage in attracting companies to invest in building food processing plants and building farms to develop livestock farming in a circular and sustainable direction.

Mr. Pham Phi Long, director of the Animal Husbandry, Veterinary and Fisheries Subdepartment of Lam Dong Province, said that the province is located in the south of the Central Highlands and has National Roads 20, 27, 27C, 28, 55 connecting with other provinces: Dak Lak, Binh Thuan, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Dong Nai, Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces in the southern economic region.

Therefore, the province benefits from cooperation with other provinces in the major economic regions of southern and coastal regions, central, central highlands and southeast regions in the production of breeding cattle, feed, veterinary medicine, scientific and technical progress, and consumption of animal products.

“In general, the animal production situation in the province is relatively stable. The quality of the livestock has improved, the proportion of pure dairy cows is over 90%, the proportion of cross-breed cows is over 78% of the total herd, the proportion of foreign and hybrid pigs is over 95%.

The production value structure of livestock farming: 16% accounted for cattle and buffalo herds, 36% for pigs, 36% for poultry and 12% for raising other animals,” said Mr. Pham Phi Long.

Make livestock farming a sustaining industry

In Kon Tum province, people mainly depend on agricultural production. Therefore, this place strives to promote the development of livestock, with a focus on the development of concentrated livestock farms linked with satellite households to exploit and promote the potential for comparative advantages of the province.

With the results obtained in the past in livestock breeding, conditions have been created that allow farmers to gradually apply and apply new techniques in production and develop family farming.

By the end of 2022, Kon Tum Province will have a total herd of 274,500 cattle, including 25,000 buffalo, 84,500 cows and 165,000 pigs. Total livestock production mostly reached 35,000 tons.

The aquaculture area in small ponds and lakes across the province is estimated to reach nearly 850 hectares by the end of 2022, and water production is estimated at over 8,300 tons.

In terms of scale and association in livestock production, there are currently 142 farms and households raising livestock in the province by farm size, of which 36 farms raise poultry; 104 farms, pig farms; 1 large goat farm; 1 medium-sized cattle farm; In animal production there are 34 links.

Here, cattle production is focused on development in the Sa Thay lowland climate sub-region and the Kon Tum lowland climate sub-region with the orientation towards semi-intensive farming at favorable grazing land, water sources and directions. Intensive farming in areas with limited grazing land but with advantages in terms of labor resources and skills.

Buffalo breeding is mainly developed in ecologically suitable areas in East Truong Son communes (e.g. in Kon Plong, Tu Mo Rong, Dak Glei) with the aim of exploiting livestock under the forest canopy.

Poultry and pig farming has developed evenly throughout the province. In addition to traditional breeding, there has recently been a rapid development of lean pig production, egg-specialized poultry and meat toward farms, industry and security. Biosecurity, disease control and environmental protection.

Mr. Doan Thanh Mai, deputy director of Kon Tum Provincial Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Subdivision, said the province’s livestock industry has been developing relatively quickly in recent years, not only satisfying the demand for meat products for human consumption. Since livestock farming not only sells people in the province but also to a number of provinces and cities across the country, it has made a positive contribution to the overall growth of the local economy.

“In the coming period, the province will continue to raise dairy cattle in Sa Thay and Kon Plong districts and some areas with favorable conditions for meat. Improve the operational efficiency of the collective economic model, foster collaboration, link production and consumption of agricultural products, and connect with national and global supply chains. “Links between enterprises and cooperatives, cooperative groups to provide, produce and consume agricultural products according to the value chain, in which enterprises play the role of ‘pillars’ and lead,” Mr. Mai shared.

In Gia Lai, the total livestock population is over 1 million head and the poultry population is over 4.5 million head. In addition, there are over 96,000 flocks of other farm animals such as bees and over 1,000 bird nests. In 2022, the output value of livestock farming will reach over VND 5,900 billion, accounting for 17.45% of the agricultural structure.

With such a large herd of cattle and poultry, livestock farming in Gia Lai Province is considered one of the key industries for developing the local economy, promoting household economy and alleviating poverty for the whole family. Relatives, especially ethnic minorities in remote areas…

Mr. Thai Van Dung, deputy chief of Gia Lai Province’s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, said the province’s livestock industry is now undergoing many significant changes, shifting from a small household scale to animal husbandry. Farms, concentrate, form chains of connection in the production and consumption of products.

At the same time, livestock is being restructured to increase the proportion of economically valuable, easily consumed and market-stable livestock species. Many breeding models use high-quality, modern and independent technology to produce high-quality products, meet the needs of the domestic market and are export-oriented.

Mr. Thai Van Dung: “Our country’s livestock industry has a large domestic market at present, as pork, beef and poultry are popular foods. In addition, Vietnam has signed many FTAs ​​to export to markets like China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, etc. This is a great opportunity for the industry. Livestock production in Gia Lai Province is developing effectively and sustainably.