FDI businesses lead Dong Nai animal husbandry

Dong Nai is a province that is developing strongly in industry and services but is still a key locality in agricultural production in the Southeast. In recent years, Dong Nai's agriculture is developing strongly in both cultivation and animal husbandry. This is thanks to the fertile soil, mild climate, abundant water resources, and location right next to the large consumer market of Ho Chi Minh City.

In particular, Dong Nai livestock industry has a fast growth rate, accounting for a high proportion of the total livestock and poultry herd nationwide. Livestock is also accounting for the highest proportion of agricultural production value in Dong Nai (accounting for nearly 62%).

Dong Nai currently has a total herd of 2.56 million pigs and about 27.5 million poultry. Annual production of live pork is over 421 thousand tons, poultry meat is 183 thousand tons, and eggs are 1.12 billion. The annual meat output meets the needs of domestic consumption and is the primary source of supply for the market in Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces in the Southeast region.

In Dong Nai province, 42 value chains have been established in the livestock sector, including 19 pork chains, 11 broiler chicken chains, and 6 egg chicken chains. They also include 1 chain of dairy products, 4 chains of meat products, and 1 chain of honey.

The development of Dong Nai livestock has a very important role in FDI businesses. Mr. Cao Tien Sy, Director of Dong Nai Department of MARD, said that over the years, the province has attracted many businesses to invest in agriculture, including domestic businesses and FDI businesses. The relatively advanced level of management, science, and technology has promoted the development of agriculture, especially in the field of animal husbandry and animal feed processing.

The role of FDI businesses is clearly shown in animal husbandry farms and animal feed production. The whole province of Dong Nai currently has 1,530 livestock farms, accounting for 81.57% of the total poultry herd and 75.25% of the total pig herd.

Livestock farms are mainly owned by FDI companies or those processing for these companies. They account for about 53% of the pig herd. Among them, C.P. Vietnam accounted for 36.4%, CJ Vina Agri accounted for 8.1%, Japfa accounted for 7.7%, and Sunjin accounted for 0.8% of the province's total pig herd. FDI companies account for 40.5% of the total chicken flock in the province, including C.P. Vietnam, Japfa, and Emivest Vietnam. Dong Nai livestock industry has formed production chains from feed, veterinary medicine, processing, and consumption. These production chains are all run by FDI businesses.

There are 40 feed mills in Dong Nai province with an output of 4.2 million tons/year. FDI companies produced 87% of animal feed production. Animal feed factories are operating stably and effectively, meeting the livestock demand of the province and other provinces and cities.

FDI companies in Dong Nai are also taking the lead in exporting livestock products abroad. Since 2017, Koyu & Unitek Company has been exporting processed chicken to Japan. On average, this company is exporting to Japan about 250 tons of chicken every month. The representative of Koyu & Unitek said that the demand for chicken in Japanese schools is very high. Currently, customers order the company to produce up to 2,000 tons of processed chicken per month, while the company's factory currently only has a capacity of 300 tons per month.

In the livestock development plan for the period of 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030, the People's Committee of Dong Nai province set the goal of transforming the structure of livestock herds. Accordingly, they aim to reduce the proportion of pig herds to about 40%, increase the proportion of poultry to 52%, and the proportion of cattle herds to 3%.

By 2025, the total pig herd will be 2.5 million heads, carcass output will reach 364,000 tons; poultry flocks (chickens, ducks) will maintain at the scale of 24 -27 million heads (about 22-25 million chickens). Carcass production will reach 160,000 tons (chicken is 138,000 tons), and egg production will reach 1,415 billion eggs. The output of carcasses of all kinds by 2025 will reach 526,800 tons, of which pork will account for about 69%, poultry meat about 30%, and buffalo and cow meat about 1%.

At least 65% of livestock products are consumed in the form of linkage. The percentage of the value of products produced under good manufacturing processes (GAP) or the equivalent is more than 30%; the rate of value of livestock products applying high technology reached over 65%.