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appropriate scale and planting area code to build and develop the fruits
brand of Soc Trang province. In 2023, the total area of perennial crops in
the province reached 44,470 hectares, a year-on-year increase of 0.97%
and 428 hectares; of which, the area of fruit production reached 28,718

hectares, a year-on-year increase of 1.00%, and 285 hectares.
6.1.2. Livestock

As of January 1, 2023, the number of buffaloes and cattle

population in the province witnessed a year-on-year decline, of which,
buffaloes reached 2,324 heads, a decline of 2.06%; the cattles population
was 53,480 heads, a decline of 1.83%. Meanwhile, the pig and poultry
population experienced a year-on-year expansion, particularly, the pig
population reached 198,100 heads, a growth of 15.94%; the poultry
population (chickens, ducks, geese) reached 7,163,000 heads, an
expansion of 11.38% and 732,000 heads.

In 2023, there were 07 African swine fever outbreaks recorded in

the province (03 outbreaks in Chau Thanh district, 01 in Cu Lao Dung,
01 in Long Phu, 01 in Nga Nam town, 01 in Vinh Chau town) with the
number of deads and disposed of 262 heads, an equivalent weight of
10.18 tons; also, there was one avian influenza outbreak recorded in
Hamlet 5, Ward 3, Soc Trang city with the number of dead and
disposed of 23 heads. There was no major fluctuation recorded in the
number of heads.

6.2. Forestry

In 2023, the newly planted forest area reached 735.44 hectares, a
decline of 4.04%, equivalent to 30.94 hectares; wood production reached
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97,652 m , a decline of 1.72%, equivalent to 1,710 m , in comparison to
that in the previous year. The production of firewood reached 73,711 Ste,
a year-on-year decline of 9.04%, equivalent to 7,329 Ste. The number of
scattered planted forest trees reached 1,800 thousand trees, a decline of
01 thousand trees. In 2023, there was 01 protective forest fire in Tran De
district with a burnt area of 0.62 hectares (mainly nipa palm trees).

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