It is strictly forbidden to exploit earthworms in any form

Mr. Hoang Van Phuc from Loc Dien commune (Phu Loc) shared, many farmers said that once, due to a lack of nutritious food for breeding poultry, many farmers exploited earthworms for food. For many years now, when there are many types of nutritional supplements on the market to supplement poultry and some livestock with reasonable prices, people no longer exploit earthworms. A part of livestock households self-produce earthworms to serve livestock, completely independent of natural sources of worms.

Chairman of the People's Committee of Loc Dien Commune (Phu Loc), Mr. Hoang Sa said that the source of nutrition for livestock and poultry farming on the market today is not lacking. Breeding households do not use earthworms as food for livestock and poultry as before. Moreover, through propaganda campaigns about the harmful effects of earthworm exploitation as well as the role of earthworms in the environment, people's awareness in protecting earthworms is increasing.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Duc, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, informing and propagating about the harmful effects as well as measures to protect earthworms for the people is a regular and regular activity for the agricultural sector. Recently, in some provinces, electric shock has occurred to destroy earthworms, the provincial agriculture sector together with localities have organized inspection and supervision, as of August 15, no exploitation has been detected. destructive earthworms.

According to Nguyen Dinh Duc, from research and analysis by environmental experts, earthworms make a great contribution to protecting and improving the agricultural land environment. The density of earthworms also shows the activity of organisms, microorganisms beneficial to plants such as bacteria and antagonistic fungi... in the soil. Where earthworms are abundant, the quality of that land is clean, healthy and fertile.

For fertile soils, the number of worms ranges from 300-500 worms/m2. More worms means better soil quality in that area. In addition, the large density of worms in the soil also implicitly displays the natural living activities of organisms such as bacteria, fungi, making the soil loose and aerated, so it directly affects the growth of plants. soil structure and carbon cycle.

Earthworms help build the soil layer, improving the ability to supply nutrients. Worm manure provides humus, easily digestible calcium and potassium salts for plants. At the same time, contributing to the conversion of acidic, alkaline or salty soil to a neutral environment, balancing the pH in the soil suitable for plants to grow and develop.

When the worms move and burrow, they will form gaps in the soil, making the soil loose, airy, not waterlogged, and the air in the soil will be circulated to support the plants to receive oxygen and the respiration process to take place. favorable. When the worms die, their carcasses decompose and create nitrogen for the soil to absorb.

Earthworms also have the ability to assist in killing bacteria and fungi that are harmful to the soil, causing diseases on plants. Because when they eat rotten leaves, while digesting harmful molds and bacteria, their feces are the best environment for useful microorganisms to grow.

Determining that earthworms play an important role in agricultural production, over the past time, the provincial agricultural sector has implemented many synchronous measures to maintain and protect the development of earthworms in the best way. Worms are very afraid of pesticides, when these chemicals penetrate the soil, they will poison the worms and die. Therefore, it is necessary to minimize the use of pesticides in agricultural production, which can be replaced with biological drugs that are not harmful to worms, soil organisms and ensure human health. People.

What the worms need is to provide them with enough biomass, moderate temperature and enough humidity. Therefore, it is necessary to have a layer of carpet covering the soil with organic mulch materials, or plant cover crops to create a layer of vegetation, combined with providing a food source for earthworms through trimming grass, dead trees.

Earthworms normally use 20% of their body weight per day for the production of mucus in their feces, so they need a certain amount of water to live. Decomposed organic waste (humus) helps retain moisture in the soil very well with earthworms. During the dry season, some earthworm species move deep into the soil and "hibernate" until the rainy season "reactivates" them.

Earthworms need a relatively well-ventilated soil environment, so it is necessary to ensure that the soil has good drainage, or is located in a high position to avoid waterlogging that will cause the worms to die, or move to another place… In addition to measures According to Mr. Duc, it is necessary to strictly ban the exploitation of earthworms in any form.