GIA LAI In Chu Pah district, there are agents that have completely abandoned chemical fertilizers and pesticides to focus on selling organic fertilizers and biological pesticides.
The garden uses biological pesticides to stay green. Photo: Tuan Anh.
Using biological pesticides is becoming a trend, thereby helping to raise people's awareness of organic and sustainable production.
Chu Pah district is one of the localities with the largest crop area in Gia Lai province with more than 55,000 hectares. In recent years, the district has focused on promoting the conversion of crop varieties, developing fruit tree areas to improve production efficiency by using new varieties with high productivity and applying high technology. In particular, local people have gradually applied organic crop care processes, using biological pesticides to protect health and improve product quality.
Farmers say "no" to chemicals
In recent years, the use of biological pesticides has become a trend among people in Chu Pah district (Gia Lai) to move towards sustainable agriculture. In fruit growing areas in Ia Nhin, Ia Ka, Ia Mo Nong communes... (Chu Pah district), people increasingly pay attention to using biological pesticides that are highly safe, less toxic to the environment, and still produce high yield and quality crops.
The 2.7-hectare garden with many fruit trees such as durian, longan, avocado, grapefruit, etc. of Mr. Bui Van Duong's family (Bluk Blui village, Ia Ka commune, Chu Pah district) has been grown organically, using indigenous microorganisms (IMO) for many years. Because it is grown organically, Mr. Duong's family garden "says no" to toxic chemicals, especially chemical drugs used to treat plant diseases.
The family of Mr. Bui Van Duong (Bluk Blui village, Ia Ka commune, Chu Pah district) only uses biological products to spray on the garden. Photo: Tuan Anh.
Mr. Duong said that because his family’s garden is intercropped, it is susceptible to cross-contamination with harmful organisms such as aphids, bugs, and leaf-eating worms. When these pests are present, his family absolutely does not use chemicals to kill them, but mainly uses probiotics that they create themselves to control them.
“Most pests and aphids have alkaline properties in their intestines, so we will use microorganisms such as bacillus combined with yeast from garlic, galangal, etc. to effectively kill pests,” Mr. Duong shared.
Mr. Duong also said that he used chemical drugs before, but found the cost too high and especially the health of his family was not guaranteed, people always felt short of breath, so he decided to research and process fertilizers and organic biological products to prevent pests to ensure safety for his family and consumers.
Down to Ia Mo Nong commune, people here are now aware and very interested in using biological and herbal pesticides in farming.
Mr. Le Kim Long's family (Ia Lok village, Ia Mo Nong commune, Chu Pah district) has a 2.2ha coffee garden and nearly 4 sao of passion fruit. Realizing that the use of chemical pesticides causes environmental pollution as well as the health of his family is not guaranteed, Mr. Long has gradually switched to using biological pesticides.
Passion fruit garden grown organically, using biological pesticides of Mr. Le Kim Long's family (Ia Lok village, Ia Mo Nong commune, Chu Pah district). Photo: Tuan Anh.
In particular, the family’s passion fruit garden is being cared for organically to target the export market, so it is absolutely impossible to use chemicals. Mr. Long said that most passion fruit gardens in the area are often infected with powdery mildew, betel fungus, crab eye, etc. The reasons are due to erratic weather, poor seedling sources and care procedures.
When passion fruit plants are infected with powdery mildew, there is almost no medicine that can completely cure it. Therefore, the best way is to prevent the disease by removing infected plants from the garden, and periodically using biological pesticides to control pests.
“When growing any plant, health must be the top priority. When using biological pesticides, the working environment is cleaner, and consumers are more secure. In particular, using biological pesticides helps passion fruit trees ensure safety in terms of chemical residues, can be exported to Europe, and bring higher value to the family,” Mr. Long shared.
Biologic drugs are increasingly dominating
Chu Pah District is considered the capital of fruit trees, so it also gathers many fertilizer and pesticide dealers. If in the past, chemical fertilizers and pesticides occupied the entire display space at the dealers, now organic fertilizers and biological pesticides appear more and more. Some dealers have even completely abandoned chemical fertilizers and pesticides to focus on selling organic fertilizers and biological pesticides.
Mr. Doan Thom, owner of Nam Thom fertilizer dealer (Ia Ka commune, Chu Pah district) said that while in the past most people used chemical pesticides to prevent pests on crops, now the trend of switching to using biological pesticides is increasing rapidly. At Mr. Thom's dealer alone, the consumption of biological pesticides is almost equal to that of chemical pesticides.
According to Mr. Thom, using biological pesticides will take more time but in return it helps increase durability and does not affect the environment. Currently on the market there are also many types of biological pesticides such as: Nano biological pesticides, biological pesticides extracted from herbs, biological pesticides containing microorganisms...
Health and product quality are top priorities for people. Photo: Tuan Anh.
Mr. Le Van Thanh, Director of Ia Mo Nong Agricultural Production - Trade - Service - Tourism Cooperative (Ia Mo Nong Commune, Chu Pah District) said that currently, people are increasingly using biological drugs because they are non-toxic and do not affect the environment. However, the use of biological drugs must be carried out simultaneously in all gardens to be effective.
According to Mr. Thanh, chemical drugs are still more effective in eliminating pests. Meanwhile, biological drugs need to be sprayed many times on the same area of the garden to be effective, which is very costly when having to buy a lot of drugs and spend money on hiring workers.
“To spread the use of biological pesticides, the Plant Protection Department as well as the local agricultural sector need to step up propaganda to the people about the benefits that this type of pesticide brings. From there, Vietnam’s agricultural products will not have chemical residues to serve the export market,” Mr. Thanh suggested.
Ms. Le Thi Ngoc Son, Deputy Director of the Agricultural Service Center of Chu Pah district, said that recently, along with the rapid increase in the use of biological pesticides, people in the district have also researched and produced biological products and organic fertilizers.
On that basis, every year the unit organizes about 10 training courses on transferring cultivation techniques, emphasizing the use of biological pesticides.
According to Ms. Le Thi Ngoc Son, in the coming time, the unit will continue to propose to the People's Committee of Chu Pah district to have appropriate support policies for people in using organic fertilizers and biological pesticides. From there, people will be bold and spread the use of more and more biological pesticides to move towards organic and sustainable agriculture.
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