Nghe An requires localities to launch rat extermination campaign

To proactively limit the harmful effects of rats, protect crops and the environment, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has issuedrat extermination planProtecting summer-autumn, summer-autumn, winter-spring crops and public health in 2022.

Many localities in the province mobilized people to kill rats and protect crops. Photo: Quang An - Viet Hung

The plan aims to limit the number and minimize the damage caused by rats to agricultural crop production in the summer-autumn, summer-autumn, and winter crops in 2022. Synchronously deploy technical solutions to improve the effectiveness of rat extermination measures in the fields and in the...

Nghe An requires localities, relevant sectors and organizations to grasp the purpose of rat extermination; consider rat extermination a regular task but need to clearly identify peak periods to launch a mass rat extermination campaign to achieve high efficiency.

Combine many measures to kill rats, in which manual measures should be emphasized and carried out regularly and continuously. Absolutely do not use banned drugs, electricity or measures that can be dangerous to people and pets to kill rats.

Rat extermination must be done properly and without harming the environment. Photo: Quang An

In addition, it is necessary to carry out rat extermination with the right technique, ensuring absolute safety for people, livestock and poultry; focusing on protecting the canal system, internal traffic routes and maintaining environmental hygiene.

Units, localities, press and media agencies should increase propaganda content on the characteristics, harms and risks of rats to agricultural production, warehouses and public health; Technical measures to kill rats, through the media (articles, television, newspapers and radio systems in communes, wards, towns and facilities); seminars and training sessions on the characteristics, biology, ecology of rats and technical measures to prevent and control them.

Rat extermination measures must be applied scientifically and consistently, including manual measures: digging and catching, using traps, catching at night,...

Chemical measures: Use pesticides in the list of permitted pesticides and are less toxic to the environment such as active ingredients: Diphacinone, Bromadiolone, Coumatetrahyl,... Absolutely do not use banned drugs or drugs not on the list. When organizing rat extermination by chemical measures, you must carefully read the instructions for use and follow the 4 correct principles in using the drug, put up warning signs in the area where the bait is placed so that people know and proactively protect livestock, poultry, and warm-blooded animals in the locality.

Localities must organize simultaneous rat extermination campaigns, including: Phase 1, on summer-autumn rice: Focus from after sowing until the rice is standing. Phase 2 - on winter crops: Focus from land preparation to sowing winter crops. Phase 3 - on winter crops: Depending on the level of appearance and damage caused by rats, continue to launch campaigns near the harvest of winter crops.

In addition to killing rats, farmers need to proactively cover the fields with tight plastic cabinets to prevent rats from entering. Photo: Quang An

According to the reporter's records, currently, the movement to kill rats and protect crops is being deployed simultaneously in many localities and people in the fields. Some localities even organize the purchase of rat tails to encourage people to enthusiastically respond to the movement to kill rats and protect crops. In parallel with the work of killing rats, the fencing of fields, especially in the summer-autumn rice crop, also needs to be done methodically to limit the situation of rats entering the fields.