Strengthening collection and treatment of pesticide packaging

(CT) - According to the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Can Tho City, in recent times, waste management in agricultural activities has been strengthened, environmental protection awareness and compliance with regulations on safe production, ensuring product quality of farmers have been improved.

Farmers collect pesticide packaging and hand it over to the treatment unit.

Thereby, the city's Department of Agriculture and Environment has coordinated with local authorities, professional units, and enterprises to propagate and guide farmers to use pesticides safely, effectively, and responsibly, contributing to building a green - clean - beautiful rural landscape through the program "Clean Environment - Green Life". With this program, Can Tho City has collected and destroyed more than 67 tons of pesticide packaging; trained to improve knowledge on environmental protection and safe use of pesticides for more than 30,000 farming households; planted nearly 3,000 trees of high economic value on dykes..., contributing to protecting the ecological environment in rural areas.

In the coming time, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Can Tho City will strengthen the implementation of environmental protection measures in the fields of agriculture and aquaculture; guide the collection, treatment and destruction of expired drugs, chemicals, aquatic and livestock feed, tools and packaging containing plant protection chemicals; prevent and strictly handle acts of chemical abuse in farming, use of veterinary drugs, chemicals, biological products outside the permitted list; control well, gradually reduce and rationally use the amount of fertilizers and plant protection drugs; effectively utilize agricultural by-products and waste; increase the application of advanced science and technology, sustainable farming processes in agricultural production...

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