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Hai Duong provides funds to buy rat poison

TM December 9, 2024 13:17

Hai Duong will provide funds to districts, cities, and towns to purchase rat poison in one batch to kill rats in 2025. The specific funds will be established by districts, cities, and towns and sent to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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The work of exterminating rats to protect production is regularly maintained by localities in Tu Ky district. Photo: NGUYEN NGAN

Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee has deployed a plan to eradicate rats to protect production in 2025.

Accordingly, rat extermination is determined by the province to be a regular, continuous task, implemented throughout the province.

During the year, Hai Duong will organize 8 concentrated rat extermination campaigns: Phase 1 from the time of dumping, land preparation to winter-spring rice planting (from about January 15 to February 5, 2025); phase 2 from the time of winter-spring rice tillering (early March); phase 3 from the time of winter-spring rice standing, forming panicles to the beginning of flowering (April); phase 4 from land preparation to winter-spring rice planting (from about the end of June to the beginning of July); phase 5 from the time of winter-spring rice tillering (early August); phase 6 from the time of winter-spring rice standing, forming panicles to the beginning of flowering (from the end of August to mid-September); phase 7 from the time of land preparation for winter crops (October) and phase 8 from the time of winter crops nearing harvest (December).

Districts, towns and cities review, develop plans and budget for rat extermination in the area. Focus on rat extermination in rice fields, vegetable fields, fruit trees, banks, mounds, wastelands, and places where rats often live and breed...

The provincial budget will provide funds for districts, cities, and towns to purchase rat poison for a concentrated rat extermination campaign (phase 1 or phase 4). The specific budget will be established by districts, cities, and towns and sent to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development...

In addition to the provincial budget, the People's Committees of the two districts and communes proactively balance and allocate additional budget to purchase rat poison in 1-2 concentrated batches. The cost of buying bait, organizing the placement of bait and other costs are contributed by the people or arranged by the rat extermination team, agricultural service cooperative.

The Provincial People's Committee requests relevant agencies, units and localities to coordinate in promoting propaganda for people to actively participate in rat extermination.

Localities establish rat extermination teams. Organize concentrated, simultaneous rat extermination campaigns to create a movement and must ensure absolute safety for people and pets when applying rat extermination measures...

In 2024, Hai Duong organized 8 simultaneous rat extermination campaigns in all localities, on a total area of ​​139,335 hectares. In the first phase (winter-spring rice planting) and the fourth phase (summer-autumn rice planting), in addition to applying manual measures, localities applied chemical rat extermination (baiting) on ​​the entire crop area in the fields.

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