(HBO) - Over the past years, the movement "Farmers together to build new rural areas" has been actively implemented by members of Mai Chau Farmer Association, which makes to change the face of rural areas remarkably, the local people are improving their material and spiritual life.


The farmers in Hich Hamlet, Mai Hich Commune (Mai Chau) build new rural infrastructure.

. According to Comrade Mr. Sung A Chenh, the Chairman of District Farmers Association, the movement has a strong spillover by timely propaganda and mobilization at the Farmer Union levels. The Association has extensive propaganda to cadres, members about the guidelines and policies of the Party and State in the construction of rural areas. At the same time, the Associations propagate and mobilize farmers to apply scientific and technological advances into production, to change the structure of plants and animals, to cooperate and connect in production. The Association coordinates with social organizations to propagandize, mobilize farmers to donate land, contribute money, labor days for roads, irrigation, intra-field roads, and neighboring villages. With the basis of hamlets and villages, the households are the nucleus for propaganda and mobilization for new rural area development.

With the collaboration to build new rural area with the specific and realistic actions, in the period of 2013 - 2018, the officials and members of Mai Chau District Farmers Association have contributed nearly 63,000 working days for rural concrete road construction, hardening 567 km; repairing, leveling potholes, dredging two sides of the road in 872 km, digging and embanking 150,585 m2 of canals, clearing 1,350 km of flow. To implement the criteria No 17 on environment, the Association promotes propaganda, advocacy and education activities to raise awareness about policies and laws related to natural resources and environment and respond to climate change. According to a joint resolution between the Farmers' Association and the Office of Natural Resources and Environment, 13 dissemination conferences were organized for 1,215 members of the farmers in environmental protection, building the typical models of garbage treatment, prevention of environmental pollution in rural areas.

 With many efforts, the awareness of staff and members of the Association has been improved, making a change in the environment friendly behavior. Up to now, 90% of the households in the district have safe water, 75% have hygienic latrines, 95% of the households have moved the animal cages far away from home, 265 household members have built biogas to handle with the waste in livestock raising and environmental protection in rural areas.

 

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