People in Son Phu village, Cao Son commune
(Da Bac) are diluting the herbicide before spraying.
It is worth mentioning that when recognizing
herbicides' terrible impact on the living environment, committees and
authorities of many communes in the district has announced the documents and
instructions to prohibit the use of herbicides in agricultural production in
the locality. Even this has been included in the village conventions,
regulations of the village with strict sanctions, for example, in the communes
of Dong Chum, Muong Chieng, Dong Nghe, Suoi Nanh.
Speaking with us, Mr. Xa Van Hung, the
Chairman of People's Committee of Muong Chieng Commune said that the use of
herbicides in local agricultural production is mainly concentrated in Ke
village. There are 72 households in the village and 100% of the households grow
maize with a total area of 130 hectares. Previously, in the production
process, people use a large amount of herbicides annually. The abuse of this
drug mainly causes impacts and influences on the environment, land and human
health when most of the families in the village are affected and their health
becomes weaker. Facing with that situation, the Party Committee and the local
authorities have strengthened the propaganda to the people for not using
herbicides. For the highly effective propaganda, Ke village has put this
content into the village’s convention. Accordingly, the sanctioning fine is
from VND 500,000 to VND 2 million for households who stills use herbicides in
production. This was agreed by all households in the village.
like Muong Chieng, up to now, after being
propagated and mobilized, 100% of the households in Dong Chum have come back
with clean farming. This is because the commune has helped people see the
dangers of using herbicides. 100% of the households in the commune agreed to
sign in the commitment not to use herbicides in production. At the same time,
they unanimously agreed not to use herbicides in the village’s conventions and
regulations. According to the convention, if a family household is found to use
herbicides, a fine of between VND 500,000 and VND1 million will be imposed and
not be recognized as the cultural family of the village. The mobilization of
people not using herbicides has made Dong Chum become the first locality of Da
Bac district and the province successfully implemented the campaign "Say
no to herbicides" with the high consensus and agreement from the Party
Committee, government to each household.
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