domingo, 23 de março de 2014

The Duck Rice

Takao, a rice farmer in Japan has created an innovative and also very effective way of production based on symbiosis on between varied species of animals and plants in his rice paddies: the ducks feeds on insects and weeds and their droppings enrich the soil, promoting the development of plankton, which feed the fish. Also the aquatic plant called azolla supplies nitrogen for the plant's growth. The environment can provide their own maintenance and protection, without any chemicals. An innovative and also profitable review of production's methods.



Sources:

North K 2010, TCLocal, Visioning County Food Production Part Six: Rural Agriculture, accessed 23 March 2014, < http://tclocal.org/2010/07/>.

Tacio H 2012, How integrated rice-duck farming can help control methane emissions, accessed 23 March 2014, < http://trc.dost.gov.ph/trcfile/Technology-Snapshots/Others/rice_duck%20farming0001.pdf>.

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