Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 103 views

    4 Pests Campaign

    Uploaded by

    Janet Marie Mercado
    The Four Pests Campaign initiated by Mao Zedong aimed to eliminate rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows which were considered agricultural pests. Citizens were encouraged to exterminate sparrows through loud noises. While the campaign was successful in killing billions of the targeted pests, the removal of sparrows from the ecosystem unintentionally led to widespread famine killing 20-43 million people due to increased insect populations damaging crops. The campaign was later ended and revised to focus on other pests.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    4 Pests Campaign

    Uploaded by

    Janet Marie Mercado
    103 views1 page
    The Four Pests Campaign initiated by Mao Zedong aimed to eliminate rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows which were considered agricultural pests. Citizens were encouraged to exterminate sparrows through loud noises. While the campaign was successful in killing billions of the targeted pests, the removal of sparrows from the ecosystem unintentionally led to widespread famine killing 20-43 million people due to increased insect populations damaging crops. The campaign was later ended and revised to focus on other pests.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The Four Pests Campaign initiated by Mao Zedong aimed to eliminate rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows which were considered agricultural pests. Citizens were encouraged to exterminate sparrows through loud noises. While the campaign was successful in killing billions of the targeted pests, the removal of sparrows from the ecosystem unintentionally led to widespread famine killing 20-43 million people due to increased insect populations damaging crops. The campaign was later ended and revised to focus on other pests.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    103 views1 page

    4 Pests Campaign

    Uploaded by

    Janet Marie Mercado
    The Four Pests Campaign initiated by Mao Zedong aimed to eliminate rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows which were considered agricultural pests. Citizens were encouraged to exterminate sparrows through loud noises. While the campaign was successful in killing billions of the targeted pests, the removal of sparrows from the ecosystem unintentionally led to widespread famine killing 20-43 million people due to increased insect populations damaging crops. The campaign was later ended and revised to focus on other pests.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 1

    4 PESTS CAMPAIGN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE FOUR PEST

    Objectives, Execution, Failure, And Consequences CAMPAIGN


    THE GREAT CHINESE FAMINE
    Between 1958 and 1962, the Communist Party of China led Besides rendering the sparrow nearly extinct in China, the
    an Four Pests Campaign led to the starvation and death of
    economic and social movement throughout the country between 20 and 43 million people.
    known as the Great Leap Forward.
    CHANGES TO THE FOUR PESTS CAMPAIGN
    The campaign against sparrows was ended by the
    government.
    Chairman Mao replaced the sparrow target with bed bugs.
    However, in 1998, the Chinese government revived a new
    version of the movement.
    This time, the four pests are: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and
    cockroaches.

    OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN


    One of the movement's first campaigns was the Four Pests
    Campaign, which is also sometimes known as the Great
    Sparrow Campaign or simply Kill a Sparrow Campaign.

    Mao Zedong, or Chairman Mao, initiated the Four Pests


    Campaign as a move toward public hygiene, with the
    following considered as pests; rats, flies, mosquitoes, and
    sparrows.

    EXECUTION OF THE FOUR PESTS CAMPAIGN


    The Communist Party called Chinese citizens to act together
    against what were considered pests.
    The government published posters illustrating the need for
    fly swatters, drums, gongs, and guns as tools in the fight for
    improved public health. Sparrows received a large portion of
    this attention, as citizens were encouraged to
    make noise with pots, pans, and drums, which
    scared the sparrows and resulted in them falling from the
    sky from exhaustion.

    3 OUT OF 4 PESTS WERE IDENTIFIED BECAUSE OF THEIR


    ROLE IN SPREADING MALARIA, TYPHOID, AND THE PLAGUE.
    SPARROWS WERE INCLUDED IN THIS LIST BECAUSE THEY
    CONSUME RICE AND OTHER SEEDS FROM AGRICULTURAL
    FIELDS.

    ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE


    PUBLIC WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF 1.5 BILLION
    RATS, 1 BILLION SPARROWS, OVER 220 MILLION POUNDS OF
    FLIES, AND OVER 24 MILLION POUNDS OF MOSQUITOES.
    IN TERMS OF ACCOMPLISHING ITS OBJECTIVE, THE FOUR
    PESTS CAMPAIGN WAS A SUCCESS.

    You might also like