March 27, 2012

FAO supports Vietnam in disease prevention of shrimps

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will support Vietnam in executing a one-year project on controlling the spread of an identified disease on shrimps, which was estimated worth US$500,000.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the fund will be used to employ international and domestic consultants, buy new breeding shrimps, as well as pay for equipment and lab activities to find out causes of the disease.

FAO will also help improve the biological safety in shrimp farming, complete instructions for urgent situations and develop a strategy to manage aquatic products in the future.

In recent months, there's serious outbreak of the disease, especially in the southern provinces. It has affected over 30,000 shrimp farming families.