Muan-gun, First Rice Harvest 'Spectacular Autumn Harvest Scene Amid Scorching Heat'

Cheonggye-myeon Seohori Fields... Double Planting and Double Harvesting Rice Double Cropping Cultivation

In the fields of Seohori, Cheonggye-myeon, Kim San, the governor of Muan County, is directly operating a combine harvester to cut rice for the harvest of new rice. / ⓒ Asia Economy

[Muan＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwanju] Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) announced that on the 10th, when the scorching heat reached its peak, they conducted rice harvesting in the fields of Seoho-ri, Cheonggye-myeon.

The rice harvested this time is Jinok rice, a domestically developed variety sown in early March and transplanted in April, and the harvest was made 120 days after planting. The expected yield is 500 kg per 10 ares.

Recently, as the rice cultivation area has decreased and harvest yields have declined due to weather disasters, rice prices have continued to rise, making the introduction of cultivation technology to respond to this situation urgent.

Therefore, if double-cropping rice cultivation is successfully established, it is expected to greatly help overcome agricultural crises such as climate change and increase farmers' income.

Jeong Joongseok, a farmer participating in double-cropping rice cultivation, said, "By introducing new cultivation methods, we were able to spread out the farming work concentrated in June during the busy farming season and reduce typhoon and flood damage that frequently occurs in September." He added, "If the results are good, we plan to increase the cultivation area next year."

On this day, Governor Kim San visited the site and personally participated in the rice harvest, encouraging the attending farmers by saying, "Double-cropping rice cultivation is a good method that not only increases rice production but also improves paddy field utilization and enhances farmers' income."

Meanwhile, after this first harvest, the double-cropping rice farmers plan to transplant again in mid-August with Jomyeong No. 1, developed by the Jeollanam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, and harvest again in November.

Muan＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwanju ohj1358@asiae.co.kr

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