Dong Nai province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Industry and Trade worked with the provincial Animal Husbandry Association to buy pigs, slaughter them and directly sell pork to consumers from April 30 to May 3.
Dong Nai province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Industry and Trade worked with the provincial Animal Husbandry Association to buy pigs, slaughter them and directly sell pork to consumers from April 30 to May 3.
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| A pork selling spot organized by Dong Nai Animal Husbandry Association (Photo: SGGP) |
Traders now buy pigs at the price of only VND18,000-24,000 a kilogram. The agencies and the association pays VND31,000 and sell pork at the price 30-40 percent lower than market prices.
They have been working toward profiting farmers and providing consumers with clean and low cost pork. So far, two selling spots have been opened in Bien Hoa city. Four others will be organized in Trang Bom, Vinh Cuu and Thong Nhat districts.
According to Mr. Nguyen Kim Doan, deputy chairman of the association, the purchase and slaughtering of pigs for sales aim to limit traders’ influence on pig prices and contribute in stabilizing the market.
Dong Nai province now has 1.7 million pigs including 300,000 mature ones in need of consumption.
(Source:SGGP)
