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Friday 21 December 2012

Inside China's bizarre Bamboo Rat farms កសិដ្ឋានកណ្តុរដ៏ប្លែករបស់ប្រទេសចិន​

  • Shi Beidan has 2,000 bamboo rats that she plans to sell at market 
  • She is fattening them up with bamboo to be eaten or turned into fur coats 
  • Cash-strapped farmers in Guizhou Province are breeding rats for income 
  • They can grow up to 50 centimetres in length and four kilograms in weight 
  • Rat meat costs four times more than chicken or pork and twice that of beef 
  • It is also believed to cure baldness in some parts of China 
By Matt Blake
http://www.dailymail.co.uk

When Shi Beidan spotted a rat the size of a small dog scuttling across her kitchen floor, the last thing she wanted to do was call in the exterminators.
Instead she caught the rodent, gave it a lunch of bamboo and put it in a box to breed more.
She now has more than 2,000 giant bamboo rats at her home in Congjiang, in southwest China's Guizhou Province, all of which she is fattening up to sell at market.

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Fat rat: Shi Beidan holds up one of her specimens to the camera. She has spent months fattening it up by feeding it bamboo
Fat rat: Shi Beidan holds up one of her specimens to the camera. She has spent months fattening it up by feeding it bamboo
They are a popular delicacy in some parts of china and are eaten in a variety of dishes, but the biggest ones can also be skinned and turned into fur coats.
It is a scheme that is sweeping across the region, with cash-strapped farmers turning to breeding the rats as a new source of income. And it is becoming big business.
Tasty dish: They are a popular delicacy in some parts of china and are eaten in a variety of dishes, but the biggest ones can also be skinned and turned into fur coats
Tasty dish: They are a popular delicacy in some parts of china and are eaten in a variety of dishes, but the biggest ones can also be skinned and turned into fur coats

Rodent family: She now has more than 2,000 giant bamboo rats at her home in Congjiang, in southwest China's Guizhou Province, all of which she is fattening up to sell at market
Rodent family: She now has more than 2,000 giant bamboo rats at her home in Congjiang, in southwest China's Guizhou Province, all of which she is fattening up to sell at market

Just a baby... for now: Bamboo rats are a species of rodent that are found in the eastern half of Asia and can grow up to 50 centimetres in length and four kilograms in weight
Just a baby... for now: Bamboo rats are a species of rodent that are found in the eastern half of Asia and can grow up to 50 centimetres in length and four kilograms in weight

Big business: It is a scheme that is sweeping across the region, with cash-strapped farmers turning to breeding the rats as a new source of income
Big business: Cash-strapped farmers are breeding the rats as a new source of income. A pair of well-kept breed bamboo rats can sell for between 600 and 900 Chinese yuan (£60 and £90)
Congjiang county already has 18 bamboo rat farms, and it is planning to expand that number to 20 in 2013.
Bamboo rats are a species of rodent that are found in the eastern half of Asia and can grow up to 50 centimetres in length and four kilograms in weight.
A pair of well-kept breed bamboo rats can sell for between 600 and 900 Chinese yuan (£60 and £90).

And they reproduce rapidly with three to four litters of two to five offspring a year.
Rat meat costs over four times more than chicken or pork and twice that of beef in China. Eating rat is even said to prevent baldness and is considered a winter dish.
ថ្ងៃទី 20 ធ្នូ 2012, CEN
 
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​​កណ្តុរ​ទាំងនេះ​គឺជា​ប្រភេទ​អាហារ​ពិសេស​ដ៏​ពេញនិយម​ មួយ​នៅក្នុង​ផ្នែក​ខ្លះ​នៃ​ប្រទេស​ចិន និង​ត្រូវបាន​បរិភោគ​ទៅតាម​មុខម្ហូប​ផ្សេងៗ​គ្នា ប៉ុន្តែ​រឿង​ដែល​សំខាន់​នោះ ពពួកសត្វ​កកេរ​ទាំងនេះ​ក៏​អាច​ត្រូវបាន​ពន្លាត់ស្បែក​ហើយ​ត្រូវបាន​ ប្រែក្លាយជា​អាវ​រោមសត្វ​ផងដែរ​។​

​​វា​ជា​គ្រោងការណ៍​មួយ​ដែល​កំពុង ​រីក​រាលដាល​នៅ​ពាសពេញ​តំបន់​ខាងលើ ដោយ​ក្រុម​កសិករ​ដែល​ខ្វះខាត​ប្រាក់​កំពុង​បែរ​ទៅរក​ការ​បង្កាត់​ពូជ​សត្វ​ កណ្តុរ​ទាំងនោះ ធ្វើជា​ប្រភព​នៃ​ប្រាក់ចំណូល​ថ្មី​មួយ​និង​កំពុង​ក្លាយជា​មុខ​ជំនួញ​ដ៏​ធំ​។ ​

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​​កណ្តុរ​ឫស្សី​ដែល​ត្រូវបាន​ថែទាំ​បង្កាត់​ពូជ​មួយគូ អាច​លក់​ក្នុងតម្លៃ​ចន្លោះ​៦០០​យ័ន​និង​៩០០​យ័ន (៩៦និង​១៤៣ដុល្លារ​)​។​

​សាច់​កណ្តុរ​មានតម្លៃ​ជាង​បួន​ដង​លើស​តម្លៃ​សាច់មាន់​ឬ​សាច់ជ្រូក និង​មានតម្លៃ​ពីរដង​លើស​តម្លៃ​សាច់គោ នៅក្នុង​ប្រទេស​ចិន​។

​ការបរិភោគ​សាច់​កណ្តុរ​ត្រូវបាន​និយាយថា ជួយ​ការពារ​ភាព​ទំពែកនិង​ត្រូវបាន​ចាត់ទុកជា​មុខម្ហូប​រដូវរងារ​មួយ​៕

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

They look delicious. I would like to start up a bamboo rat farm in cambodia. Does anyone know if we have that rat species in cambodia, or where to get a healthy breeding pair? I have 10 hectars of land in siem reap and want to use the land as rat farm, an additional attraction at the province of wonders, siem reap.