When
we plow the high temperature bacteria fertilizer Kira-Ace into the field, it gives
heat to the soil, then the plowed area is hard to freeze even on the snowy day
in winter.
This
means the farmers can cultivate even in winter. Moreover many Kira-Ace farmers earn
about 10,000 thousand JPY or more per 1,000m2 farm in a year. There are three reasons.
The
1st is they can earn in winter. The land is difficult to freeze even
when the temperature is minus 10 degrees. If farmers can grow in winter, their
income will increase accordingly.
The
2nd is the products are high price vegetables. Although they
are necessary to develop sales destinations, it makes it possible to grow
organic premium vegetables. In Japan the organic farmers are only 0.4%(about 20,000 farmers)among the 2,530 thousands
farmers (*). Yes, Japan is the “pesticide paradise” because the regulation is
loose. There are many health-conscious consumers, so, differentiating from
other farmers leads to high income.
(*)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2010
The
3rd is efficiency. For example, if the farmers need not treat the
weed, they can transfer that effort to other tasks. The main job of a
successful farmer is harvesting. If other work can be saved, it can be shifted
to that work.
I
expect that this farming method will be useful for farmland conversion such as
the cold Gobi desert.
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