Proactively control environmental pollution in livestock farming

Potential risk of pollution from small, scattered, spontaneous livestock farming

According to the assessment of the Provincial People's Committee, environmental pollution from aquaculture, livestock and poultry farming activities still occurs, especially in households scattered in residential areas, small-scale farming, not following planning or applying traditional farming methods.

These models often lack waste treatment conditions, leading to the risk of water pollution, odor generation and impact on the environment and public health. Based on that reality, the Provincial People's Committee and related departments and branches have implemented many measures to control pollution such as propaganda, support for biosafety livestock farming techniques, and instruct people to treat livestock waste in accordance with regulations. However, the implementation process still faces many difficulties because people have not proactively changed their models, still maintaining small-scale farming practices to serve their own needs.

Some white-leg shrimp ponds in Dong Thap Muoi region

Regarding aquaculture, through the review at the end of 2024, the total land area for whiteleg shrimp farming in 5 districts of Dong Thap Muoi region is about 591.71 hectares with a total of 1,466 ponds. Of which, settling ponds are 187.17 hectares with 566 ponds, accounting for 32% of the land area; farming ponds are 404.54 hectares with 900 ponds (including 401.24 hectares of pond farming and 3.3 hectares of floating rafts). The farming pond system of households meeting the technical requirements for whiteleg shrimp farming is about 79%, and 16% are not meeting the requirements.

In addition, in the recent past, a survey of the current status of the livestock environment at 600 livestock farms in the province showed that 73.04% of the livestock farms have a safe livestock distance according to regulations; 79.02% of the livestock farms have completed environmental records or environmental registration; 36.6% of the livestock farms sell fresh manure to the market for use as fertilizer for crops, the rest treat manure through biogas tanks to use gas as fuel, very little manure in duck farming is used as fish feed. 27% of the livestock farms discharge untreated wastewater directly into fish ponds, the rest treat wastewater through biogas plants.

In order to reduce pollution, recently, the Provincial People's Committee has focused on directing propaganda and mobilizing people to relocate livestock farms out of inner-city areas, inner towns, and residential areas. However, the implementation is still difficult, livestock farming activities are still carried out in residential and urban areas because most people raise livestock for their own family needs.

Towards sustainable, circular livestock farming

In the coming time, the Provincial People's Committee will continue to direct localities to strengthen propaganda, raise awareness and build awareness of environmental protection in the community; train and guide people and livestock households to apply safe, circular and sustainable livestock farming; encourage and guide people and livestock households to build hygienic barns with biogas tanks to treat waste. Along with that, combine guidance and introduction to people and livestock households to use bedding products, biological products to treat waste, treat wastewater to reduce odors and treat pollutants on site, and can take advantage of waste generated by composting to make organic microbial fertilizer.

Pig farming if not performed with guaranteed techniques can easily cause pollution.

In addition, the province also strengthens preferential loan support policies to build waste treatment facilities such as biogas tanks and biological bedding; integrates with new rural programs, agricultural extension, and environmental protection to distribute or support microbiological products for people to apply in livestock waste treatment to reach livestock households in the most convenient and easy way.

The solution to control environmental pollution in livestock farming in the province does not stop at technical measures but is also closely linked to the innovation of production thinking of the people. To do that, it is necessary to have synchronous coordination between the government, professional sectors, and livestock farmers. Only then can the province's agricultural sector develop sustainably./.

Le Duc

Source: https://baolongan.vn/chu-dong-kiem-soat-o-nhiem-moi-truong-trong-chan-nuoi-a197683.html