Recently, a reporter witnessed a brand-new rice transplanting method in Wuchang, a major rice-producing county in Heilongjiang Province—film-mulched hole transplanting: strips of agricultural film one meter wide were arranged at 10-centimeter intervals, and rice seedlings were neatly inserted into holes pre-punched in the film. Li Yanguo, the owner of the paddy field, said this was a brand-new organic rice production method they had explored. After the paddy field is covered with film, weeds cannot grow, thereby effectively solving the previous problem of difficult weed control in organic rice production.Artikel berasal dariFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/ms/11331/
Because no chemical pesticides can be used, and paddy fields cannot be cultivated for weed control, weed control has always been a technical core issue awaiting a solution in organic rice production. The reporter learned from the Provincial Agricultural Technology Extension Station that current organic rice production methods in the province include rice-duck mutualism and rice-field crab farming, which rely on ducks and crabs living symbiotically in the paddy field to address weed damage. This method of weed control through film mulching is basically not yet used in production.Artikel berasal dariFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/ms/11331/
Li Yanguo is the legal representative of the Wuchang Daoxiangxiang Organic Rice Planting Agricultural Cooperative. He told the reporter that from the seedling-raising stage they began making preparations in accordance with the production requirements for organic rice. Through the Internet, they contacted a company specializing in the production of organic fertilizers, Heilongjiang Hongli Bioengineering Co., Ltd., spread biological fertilizer on the seedbed, and at the same time treated the seeds with a biological seed dressing agent. After the rice seedlings emerged, they quickly appeared different from the others—especially strong, with well-developed root systems. “We chose film mulching for weed control because, once successful, this method can be promoted over a large area. Moreover, this new type of biological organic fertilizer also helps prevent rice diseases, so it can prevent disease and increase yield, achieving two goals at once,” said Li Yanguo.Artikel berasal dariFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/ms/11331/
Li Yanguo had worked as a grain broker for many years. “The purpose of establishing the cooperative is to build our own organic rice brand.” Li Yanguo's idea received an immediate response. As soon as his cooperative began making preparations, 25 households joined, and the rice area under operation expanded to 3,290 mu. In Wuchang, more and more farmers have such ideas. Qin Liming, deputy director of the Municipal Agricultural Committee, told the reporter that driven by leading enterprises, in the past two years Wuchang farmers“ enthusiasm for developing organic rice has been rising day by day. Although organic rice production has high requirements and many particular rules, the strong market sales and relatively high profits still make farmers favor organic rice. In particular, after last year's Wuchang rice incident was exposed, local rice purchase prices slid all the way down, which further aroused farmers” desire to develop green and organic rice to increase added value. At present, the city's rice processing enterprises that have obtained organic certification have grown to 26. In just last year alone, the area of certified organic rice bases increased by 110,000 mu.Artikel berasal dariFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/ms/11331/
Not only in Wuchang, but also in other major rice-producing areas of the province, organic rice and green food rice production are also growing in popularity. The reporter learned from the Provincial Green Food Development Center that in recent years, the area of certified organic rice in Heilongjiang Province has shown a trend of rapid year-by-year growth. In 2007 it was only 32,700 mu, and by 2010 this figure had grown to 114,000 mu. It is expected to exceed 150,000 mu this year; the province's certified organic rice production enterprises have already exceeded 70.Artikel berasal dariFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/ms/11331/