Gokseong-gun, Eco-friendly Rice Cultivation Using Apple Snails

This Year’s Rice Paddy Farming Households Hold Wangureongi Supply Council Meeting

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Ahead of the full-scale rice planting season, Gokseong-gun, Jeonnam announced on the 27th that it held the 2020 Rice Paddy Snail Supply Council at the Agricultural Technology Center Eoul Madang on the 24th.

The council was held to supply snails at the right time to eco-friendly rice cultivation complexes, with 29 participants including local agricultural cooperative officers, snail producers, and eup/myeon staff. The attendees discussed the roles of each institution for more efficient project implementation and measures for post-management to prevent overwintering after supplying the snails.

Snails are used as a substitute for herbicides in eco-friendly rice farming. Gokseong-gun has been promoting the snail supply support project for over 10 years, and this year, snails will be supplied to 3,146 hectares of eco-friendly agricultural complexes and general cultivation complexes. Through this, an environment where tadpole shrimp can grow in various parts of the farmland is created, and farmers benefit by reducing the weeding costs in rice farming, achieving two goals at once.

A county official urged, “Since the timing of snail supply determines the success of rice weeding work, please introduce the snails immediately after plowing the paddy fields.”

They also emphasized to the producers' association, “Since the required snail sizes vary depending on the conditions of the paddy fields, please ensure the smooth supply of the snail sizes (juvenile snails, medium-sized snails) desired by the farmers.”

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