Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Green' farming key to exports

The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable production practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets, experts said yesterday. Farmers, breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations, Pham Anh Tuan, deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City.

The conference, which focused on tra (pangasius) exports, heard that Vietnam exported 153,062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376,430 (€257,361) in the first three months of the year, an increase of 5.2 percent in volume and 21.6 percent in value over the same period last year. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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