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Detachable Rice Paddy Weeder-Fertilizer Demonstration Event

2020-03-11

To make weeding and fertilizing easier while effectively lowering production costs for rice growers with the aim of promoting organic and eco-friendly cultivation methods, the Taitung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station (TTDARES) of the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan held its Detachable Rice Paddy Weeder-Fertilizer Demonstration Event on the morning of February 25, 2020, at a field behind the Ziyuan Rice Factory in Guanshan. Over 130 people, including growers, VIPs, and government officials, came to the event. The growers participated enthusiastically and expressed affirmation for the convenience and practicality of the machinery developed by the TTDARES. TTDARES Director Chen Hsin-yen stated that the government is strongly advocating organic and eco-friendly farming and has thus launched a number of incentives for growers to change their methods, which means this is a good time for them to invest in organic farming. Ziyuan Rice Factory is a praiseworthy example for initiating organic rice farming on 120 hectares of land this year. Experience shows that since organic rice farming does not allow for the use of herbicides, weeding takes a great deal of work. Thus, the focus of the event was to demonstrate the use of TTDARES-developed machinery that can be attached to a farming vehicle, greatly boosting weeding and fertilizing efficiency.

 

TTDARES Director Chen Hsin-yen hosts the Detachable Rice Paddy Weeder-Fertilizer Demonstration Event Associate researcher Zhang Ji-zhong talks about eco-friendly fertilizing. Assistant researcher Liao Jing-ying discusses key principles of organic rice field cultivation.

Associate researcher Huang Zheng-long introduces the detachable rice paddy weeder-fertilizer. Attendees observe how the machinery in action.

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