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Catfish breeders get contract law
HCM City (VNA) - Tra catfish processors will have to breed their own supply of catfish or buy fish from breeders under an official supply contract signed in advance, according to Ngo Phuoc Hau, Vice President of Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP).
Since the fourth quarter of this year, processors will not be allowed to
buy catfish from non-established catfish breeders, in order to reduce the
financial and product quality risks for both sides, Hau said.
Due to the big profits made by tra catfish breeding last year, many
farmers flocked into the business this year, which has caused a redundancy
and devaluation of tra catfish, Hau explained.
Forty percent of fish breeders are quitting the business due to losses.
Additionally, many new processing factories jumped into the sector at the
same time as banks began shutting off credit flows to the industry. Since
the beginning of September, the dreadful combination has led to a tra
catfish shortage to processors.
According to the new model, banks will not offer loans for breeders but
pour capital into the raising of catfish. Processors then will supply fish
breeders with fish breed and feed. The catfish farmers will raise the
catfish for the processors and then under contract, sell the supply of fish
to them.
Breeding practices must follow the official regulations on raising catfish
set by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The purpose of the new breeding model is to skim off inefficiency among
fish breeders and processors and prevent future scarcity of tra catfish,
thus stabilizing the supply of catfish for next year's export and
maintaining the breeding industry in the long run, Hau said.
The 2009 target for the export value of Vietnam 's tra catfish has been
set at 1.5 billion USD, an increase of 25 percent over this year's target,
which will require 1.2 million tonne of input materials to produce 600,000
tonne of tra filet.
At present, catfish businesses can supply 70 percent of the catfish input
material needed for next year's production, which they themselves have
raised, approximately 840,000 tonne, according to VASEP.
They will fulfill the remaining 30 percent by signing contracts with
seafood farmers, Hau said.
Authorities of most provinces in the Mekong River Delta have pledged to
apply the new breeding model with VASEP.
In 2009, contract-less catfish breeders will find it difficult to find
consumers for their fish, Hau said.
VASEP also encourages businesses to periodically provide accurate figures
on the available catfish volumes raised by catfish breeders and farmers so
that VASEP can better coordinate the regulation of breeding activities with
local authorities.-Enditem
Since the fourth quarter of this year, processors will not be allowed to
buy catfish from non-established catfish breeders, in order to reduce the
financial and product quality risks for both sides, Hau said.
Due to the big profits made by tra catfish breeding last year, many
farmers flocked into the business this year, which has caused a redundancy
and devaluation of tra catfish, Hau explained.
Forty percent of fish breeders are quitting the business due to losses.
Additionally, many new processing factories jumped into the sector at the
same time as banks began shutting off credit flows to the industry. Since
the beginning of September, the dreadful combination has led to a tra
catfish shortage to processors.
According to the new model, banks will not offer loans for breeders but
pour capital into the raising of catfish. Processors then will supply fish
breeders with fish breed and feed. The catfish farmers will raise the
catfish for the processors and then under contract, sell the supply of fish
to them.
Breeding practices must follow the official regulations on raising catfish
set by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The purpose of the new breeding model is to skim off inefficiency among
fish breeders and processors and prevent future scarcity of tra catfish,
thus stabilizing the supply of catfish for next year's export and
maintaining the breeding industry in the long run, Hau said.
The 2009 target for the export value of Vietnam 's tra catfish has been
set at 1.5 billion USD, an increase of 25 percent over this year's target,
which will require 1.2 million tonne of input materials to produce 600,000
tonne of tra filet.
At present, catfish businesses can supply 70 percent of the catfish input
material needed for next year's production, which they themselves have
raised, approximately 840,000 tonne, according to VASEP.
They will fulfill the remaining 30 percent by signing contracts with
seafood farmers, Hau said.
Authorities of most provinces in the Mekong River Delta have pledged to
apply the new breeding model with VASEP.
In 2009, contract-less catfish breeders will find it difficult to find
consumers for their fish, Hau said.
VASEP also encourages businesses to periodically provide accurate figures
on the available catfish volumes raised by catfish breeders and farmers so
that VASEP can better coordinate the regulation of breeding activities with
local authorities.-Enditem
