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TATSUNO, JAPAN - JUNE 17, 2015: One week old duckling paddles as look food in
Ichihara’s Organic Rice filed on June 17, 2015 in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Japanese rice
farmer Tadashi Ichihara works with nearly 300 ducklings to eliminate weeds and
insects in the rice fields. Ichihara who is one of leading farmer use
"Aigamo Method," a method of using ducklings as the alternative to
chemicals in the rice farming since 1999. That Aigamo Method developed by
Japanese farmer Takao Furuno in 1989, since then his methods have applied more
than 75,000 farmers in Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, The Philippines, Laos,
Cambodia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Iran, France and Cuba.
About one or two weeks after seeding have
been planted the ducklings releasing into a 1,000 square meters rice field,
which farmland surrounded by an electric fence for ducklings protect by dogs, cats,
crows and other wild animals. Also ducklings need necessary shelter edge of
farmland that they can rest and take refuge from rain.
(Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Farmers Use Ducklings As Aigamo Organic Rice Farming
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Zoo Keepers Clean Hippo's Teeth
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| Kiboko, a 31 year old Hippopotamus, opens her mouth for tooth cleaning with a new 5-foot (1.5 meter) toothbrush at the Himeji Zoo on June 4, 2015 in Himeji, Japan. Kiboko's teeth are annually cleaned by zoo keepers and elementary school children as part of tooth cleaning education for children. June 4th is the national cavity prevention awareness day in Japan.(Photo Buddhika weerasinghe) |
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