Nghe An: Youth Union members go to the fields to catch and destroy golden apple snails

This year, the province planted 90,700 hectares of spring rice, of which 31,600 hectares were sown. Currently, the weather is gradually warming up, the rice plants have begun to grow, but along with that is the widespread destruction of golden apple snails.

In many localities, golden apple snails appear at very high density, biting the rice stems and roots, causing many rice fields to die. After transplanting, the spring rice fields were damaged by golden apple snails at a high density of up to 387 hectares.

Youth Union members of Do Luong district go to the fields to help people catch golden apple snails. Photo: Contributor

Implementing the program "Green Sunday", on March 7, youth union members throughout the province simultaneously went to the fields to help farmers destroy golden apple snails.

In Do Luong district, this year's spring rice crop was planted on nearly 8,500 hectares, of which almost all were sown directly, with 8,400 hectares. Mr. Tran Ngoc Thuan - Head of the Department of Agriculture of Do Luong district said: After planting, many rice areas were damaged by golden apple snails. Although people sprayed pesticides, the golden apple snails lived persistently and reproduced very quickly. Therefore, people only knew how to use manual methods to catch golden apple snails to feed geese and ducks.

Catching golden apple snails in time helps many rice fields grow healthily without being damaged. Photo: TD

To help farmers eradicate golden apple snails, on March 7, the Do Luong District Youth Union mobilized 33 youth union branches in communes and towns to simultaneously launch operations and catch more than 1.5 tons of golden apple snails. After catching the golden apple snails, some youth union branches sold them to people as animal feed, at a price of 2,000 VND/kg.

Youth union members of Binh Chuan commune (Con Cuong) and local people catch golden apple snails that harm rice. Photo: Contributor

In the mountainous district of Con Cuong, although the spring rice production area is only 2,300 hectares, of which all are planted, more than 80 hectares of rice are damaged by golden apple snails, spread across the communes. In Binh Chuan commune, more than 60 youth union members participating in "Green Sunday" also caught more than 200 kg of golden apple snails.

Also on March 7, more than 500 union members and youth from Thanh Lien commune and Thanh Chuong 3 High School went to the fields to eradicate golden apple snails. Photo: TD

After nearly a day of working in the fields, the youth union members caught nearly 1 ton of golden apple snails. Photo: TD

The amount of nearly 3 million VND earned from selling snails was donated by the Youth Union members to help the family of Hoang Thi Ly, a 10A2 student at Thanh Chuong 3 High School, residing in Phong Thinh commune, a family in especially difficult circumstances, to repair their house./.

Although we have caught more than 1 ton of golden apple snails, the area of ​​rice damaged by golden apple snails in Thanh Chuong district is still very large. In the coming time, we will continue to launch "Green Sunday", together with the youth union members to eradicate golden apple snails in other fields, minimizing damage to farmers.

Comrade Nguyen Tu Hai Phong - Secretary of Thanh Chuong District Youth Union

Tien Dong