Summary of the “Commercial stream duck” model

On the morning of March 26, the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center coordinated with the Tan Son District Agricultural Extension Station and the People’s Committees of Lai Dong and Dong Son communes to organize a summary of the “Commercial Stream Duck” model.

The model has been implemented from October 2023 to March 2024, with a scale of 2,600 ducks, involving participation of 20 poor and near-poor households, in Vuong 1, Vuong 2, Chieng 2, Dong, Ket, Lai Dong commune and Mang 2, Ben Than, Dong Son commune.

Participating in the model, households can attend training classes on techniques for building cages, raising and taking care of ducks to prevent and treat diseases. Each household is supported with 130 healthy 20-day-old gourd ducks that are fully vaccinated according to regulations, 468kg of mixed feed, and technical advice on raising animals suitable with the local care conditions and development orientation.

Up to now, after nearly 70 days of raising, the ducks are growing well, the average weight is 2.6 - 2.8kg/ head, and the survival rate is over 85%. Regarding economic efficiency after 3-4 months of raising, minus the cost of the model, the profit is more than 133 million VND and 17.7 million VND/ household. This is a significant amount of money to help households reinvest in economic production to create livelihoods for family and local economic development.

The “Commercial stream duck” model has achieved positive effects in both economic and social aspects, and many people from neighboring communes and districts come to study and follow. The model helps to create livelihoods and jobs for a part of poor and near-poor households in difficult mountainous areas, contributing to increasing income, improving their lives, reducing poverty and enabling sustainable development of the household economy; Initially forming links, supporting the livestock farming process, ensuring productivity, quality and product consumption.

Ngoc Lam