The push follows consecutive storms and floods that damaged livestock herds across multiple communes and wards in the province. In response, farming households and large enterprises have proactively resumed production and restocked animals to stabilize supply for both local consumption and external markets.
According to the provincial Sub-Department of Livestock Production and Animal Health under the Department of Agriculture and Environment, western Gia Lai has favorable conditions for large-scale livestock farming, including extensive land resources and abundant feed from agricultural by-products. Authorities are promoting closed, biosecure farm models linked to disease prevention and stable market orientation.
Major livestock enterprises have resumed restocking pigs and poultry in line with technical guidance and appropriate scales. To date, herds in western Gia Lai are developing steadily, with diseases strictly controlled and no widespread outbreaks reported.
The region currently has more than 500,000 buffaloes and cattle, over 1 million pigs and more than 7.4 million poultry, sufficient to meet food demand throughout the upcoming Lunar New Year period.
For years, C.P. Vietnam Livestock Joint Stock Company’s Gia Lai branch has operated an integrated livestock production chain, from breeding and feed processing to pork and chicken products supplied inside and outside the province. Director Nguyễn Thế Minh said the company has maintained modern, high-tech, biosecure farms with support from provincial authorities.
The company has proactively restocked pigs, chickens and ducks at its Gia Lai farms. At present, western Gia Lai hosts about 240,000 breeding pigs, more than 300,000 market pigs, over 450,000 C.P. native chickens and more than 130,000 ducks, all developing stably. Minh said the company is focusing on herd care to ensure ready supplies through its retail chain and clean food supermarkets for the Tet market.
Green Feed Joint Stock Company is also expanding production. Chief Operating Officer Hoàng Hữu Sáu said the firm currently raises about 15,000 breeding sows and 30,000 market pigs in several western Gia Lai communes, including Chư Sê, Ia Hrú, Chư Prông and Chư Pưh. With ongoing guidance on disease prevention, the company maintains stable herds and supplies piglets to customer farms. On average, it delivers about 15,000 market pigs per month to local and external markets.
Provincial authorities said proactive restocking not only secures food supply but also helps farmers increase income and invest in sustainable development.
Since September 2025, African swine fever has been tightly controlled in the province, with no new outbreaks recorded, according to Thái Văn Dũng, Deputy Head of the Sub-Department of Livestock Production and Animal Health.
The department has coordinated with 77 communes and wards in western Gia Lai to boost production in the remaining months of 2025, while guiding farmers and enterprises to disinfect facilities and restock quickly after storm and flood damage. Additional veterinary staff are being deployed at grassroots levels to detect and contain localized outbreaks.
Authorities have planned four key inter-commune livestock zones in western Gia Lai and urged farmers and enterprises to restock in a biosecure and environmentally friendly manner. Farms operating below capacity are advised to introduce breeding stock in line with approved scales and coordinate with local authorities to accurately inventory herds.
Looking ahead, the province aims to attract major livestock enterprises, including Thaco Agri, Nutifood, MaVin, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, C.P. Vietnam, Japfa and Green Feed, to build integrated production chains with local farmers, led by enterprises, to ensure sustainable sector growth and a stable food supply for the market, Dũng said.