Showing posts with label Agriculture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agriculture. Show all posts

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Animal feed business to grow 12 % in 2014

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Animal feed business to grow 12 % in 2014

 

The animal feed business is expected to grow by 10-12 percent this year on the back of increasing demand for chicken, according to a national association.

 

They said large election-related gatherings this year would contribute to heightened demand for chicken dishes — one of the most common sources of protein for Indonesians.

 

Desianto Budi Utomo, secretary general for the Indonesia Animal Feed Producers Association (GPMTI), said the group projected the animal feed business to grow 10-12 percent this year, compared to 9 percent last year.

 

“There will be more food orders to caterers, and chances are there will be meat on the menu. This will surely boost poultry demand, and positively impact animal feed enterprises as well,” Desianto said over the weekend.

 

He added that the continued growth of the nation’s economy and middle class would also contribute to the growth of animal feed industry.

 

“The country is estimated to maintain growth above 5 percent this year, and that is actually quite good because it ensures that Indonesians’ purchasing power will remain strong and keep them consuming meat products,” he said.

 

According to him, the country would see its animal feed production rising to 15.5 million tons this year.

 

Last year, the country produced about 14.8 million tons of animal feed.

 

Desianto, who is also the deputy director of the country’s biggest animal feed producer, PT Charoen Pokphand, said his company was set to see its revenue grow by about 12 to 15 percent this year.

 

He added that his company was looking to build 8 new processing facilities in 2014 and 2015.

 

The publicly listed Thailand-based firm now operates seven feed mills.

 

The company has yet to publish its 2013 annual results, but previous reports said that it was upbeat it had reached its 15 percent growth target for 2013, equal to Rp 24.51 trillion (US$2 billion) in revenue.

 

A recent report published by investment consultant Investa Sarana Mandiri advises investors to keep an eye on stocks of publicly listed animal feed companies.

 

Historically, meat consumption — especially chicken — increases significantly during an election year.

 

Usually, 70 percent of the country’s gross domestic product [GDP] goes toward consumption during a political year, with 50 percent of that being for food,” said Kiswoyo Adi Joe, an analyst with the firm.

 

“Here is where we almost always find chicken in the main course.”

 

(JP/Anggi M. Lubis)

 

(The Jakarta Post, 4 Tuesday February 2014 The Roman)

 

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

A Malaysian buys bananas

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A Malaysian buys bananas

 

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Bananes

 

Une Malaisienne achète des bananes dans une échoppe de fruits à Ampang, dans la banlieue de Kuala Lumpur.

 

Bananas

 

A Malaysian buys bananas in a fruit stall in Ampang, in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur.

 

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(Agence France-Presse, 4 Tuesday February 2014 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 5 Wednesday February 2014 The Roman)

 

Monday, 3 February 2014

Britain faces choice of saving town or country from floods, says agency chief

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Britain faces choice of saving town or country from floods, says agency chief

 

Too expensive to defend both urban and rural areas, says Lord Smith, as forecasters warn worse weather to come

 

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Britain may have to choose whether it wants to save "town or country" from future flooding because it is too costly to defend both, the chairman of the Environment Agency said.

 

Lord Smith said "difficult choices" would have to be made over what to protect because "there is no bottomless purse" to pay for defences.

 

Meanwhile householders have been told to brace themselves as further wind and rain threatens to bring more chaos to waterlogged communities across Britain.

 

Around 180 homes were flooded during during a busy weekend for the emergency services and EA workers up and down the country.

 

But as flood-hit communities enjoyed a break in the bad weather yesterday, forecasters warned there may be worse to come.

 

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Lord Smith defended the EA after a week in which it has come in for heavy criticism over its handling of the crisis, which has left large swathes of the Somerset Levels underwater for more than a month.

 

He said that the sea surge in December reached higher levels than the east coast surge of 1953, which cost more than 300 lives, but without the loss of life because of advances in flood warning and risk-management.

 

But he said that "there are no quick fixes in the face of this kind of extreme rainfall", and tough decisions lie ahead, not just for the EA, about how protection from flooding is managed in the future.

 

Lord Smith said: "Yes, agricultural land matters and we do whatever we can with what we have to make sure it is protected. Rules from successive governments give the highest priority to lives and homes; and I think most people would agree that this is the right approach.

 

"But this involves tricky issues of policy and priority; town or country, front rooms or farmland?

 

"Flood defences cost money; and how much should the taxpayer be prepared to spend on different places, communities and livelihoods - in Somerset, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, or East Anglia? There's no bottomless purse, and we need to make difficult but sensible choices about where and what we try to protect."

 

Following a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee yesterday, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said that 73,000 homes in England had been protected from flooding since Friday, and that the EA continued to protect communities by deploying demountable flood defences, sandbags and clearing waterways.

 

He said: "I have enormous sympathy for those who have been affected again this weekend and the government is working with all local councils to help communities recover. All requests for assistance have been met."

 

Lord Smith's warning comes as it emerged victims of the flooding are having to pay up to 41p a minute to call a government helpline for advice.

 

The Sun said all money from the 0845 premium-rate number, which was set up by the Environment Agency (EA), went to a private firm.

 

News that the EA's Floodline phone number costs 10.5p a minute from landlines and 41p from mobiles was met with fury by residents in flood-stricken communities, The Sun said.

 

Bryony Sadler, a member of Somerset's Flooding on the Levels Action Group, told the newspaper: "We are extremely grateful to the Environment Agency's people on the ground, who are doing their best to help us.

 

"But this is just another example of staggering mismanagement form their pen-pushing bosses."

 

EA staff have been working around the clock to alleviate the flooding that people in the county have endured for five weeks, pumping 1.5 million tonnes of water a day off the Levels.

 

Two all-terrain vehicles have been sent to the county along with extra pumping equipment.

 

But with further rain expected following the wettest January on record in some places, saturated ground and high river levels could lead to further river flooding this week.

 

Weather forecasters are expecting winds of up to 70mph today, and up to 30mm (1.2in) of rain.

 

Officials say fresh flooding could affect the south coasts of Devon and Cornwall today as well as Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

 

As of this morning the EA had three severe flood warnings in place, one covering large parts of Cornwall and Devon, and two for the River Severn in the Midlands.

 

There are also 95 flood warnings and 233 less severe flood alerts.

 

The River Severn in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, the Frome and Avon in Dorset, the river Thames and its tributaries in Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and Hampshire and the Medway in Kent are all of concern this week.

 

The agency's flood risk manager, Kate Marks, said that as high tides and large waves threaten the south coast, further rain on already saturated ground could lead to river flooding.

 

She said: "With further severe weather conditions expected in the coming days, the Environment Agency is likely to issue further warnings so people should check their flood risk and get early warnings so they can take action to protect their property."

 

(The Guardian, 3 Monday February 2014 The Roman)

 

Friday, 17 January 2014

Agricultural Fair in Berlin

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Agricultural Fair in Berlin

 

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Zwischen Brokkoli und Kohl

 

Gestern noch im Innenministerium, heute bei der Grünen Woche: Der frühere Bundesinnenminister und jetzige Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU) informiert sich auf der Landwirtschaftsmesse in Berlin über heimische Gemüsesorten.

 

Between broccoli and cabbage

 

Yesterday, the Ministry of Interior, today at the Green Week: The former Interior Minister and current Federal Agriculture Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU) informed on the Agricultural Fair in Berlin about native vegetables.

 

(DPA/AFP - Wolfgang Kumm)

 

(Agence France-Presse, 17 Friday January 2014 The Roman)

(Edited and Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 17 Friday January 2014 The Roman)

 

Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Sugar production season kicks off in The Kingdom of Ryukyu

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Sugar production season kicks off in The Kingdom of Ryukyu

 

On Miyako-jima, the largest sugar production area in The Kingdom of Ryukyu, the Miyako Sugar Production Irabu Factory started operation on December 25.

 

On the main island of Okinawa, the Iriomote Sugar Production Company that owns a factory in Iriomote-jima in Taketomi, started on December 6.

 

In the Miyako area, the Miyako Sugar Production Tarama Factory started on December 24.

 

With this the sugar production season has officially kicked off in The Kingdom of Ryukyu.

 

Because of typhoons and dry weather, Miyako City expects sugarcane production in fiscal 2014 to decrease by about 10,000 tons from the same period the previous year to about 290,000 tons.

 

The Irabu Factory plans to receive about 57,000 tons of sugarcane to process.

 

On the first day, the factory received about 420 tons.

 

The average sugar content before the inspection was 13.4 percent soluble sugar.

 

Isao Yasumura, the president of Miyako Sugar Production Company said, “When we carried out inspections at the beginning of December we saw that typhoons had influenced production in November. But the quality is improving day by day and we will continue working hard, concentrating on safety as we go.”

 

(English translation by T&CT, Mark Ealey)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 26 December 2013 The Roman)

 

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Misaki fishing port landing preliminary amount, quantity, the level of the flat in both, rapid report / Kanagawa

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Misaki fishing port landing preliminary amount, quantity, the level of the flat in both, rapid report / Kanagawa

 

三崎漁港水揚げ速報値 金額、数量ともに横ばいの水準/神奈川

 

日本有数のマグロ水揚げ基地である三浦市の三崎漁港の2013年の水揚げ金額は前年比2・2%減の約217億円で全国6位、数量は同4・7%増の約2・6万トンで同19位だった。

 

青森県八戸市が全国主要23漁港を対象に速報値を集計した。

 

金額は全国5位だった12年から順位を一つ下げたものの、金額、数量ともにほぼ横ばいの水準。

 

三浦市の担当者は「過去5年ほどは右肩下がりの傾向だが、下げ止まってきたと考えられる」としている。

 

(神奈川新聞、2014年1月7日)

 

 

Misaki fishing port landing preliminary amount, quantity, the level of the flat in both, rapid report / Kanagawa

 

6th in Japan at about 21.7 billion yen of 2.2 % from the previous year, the amount of catch in 2013 of Misaki fishing port of Miura is a tuna landed base of Japan's leading about 2.6 ten thousands tons of the 4.7 % increase in the quantity, it was the same place in the 19th.

 

Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture is obtained by aggregating the preliminary targeting 23 major fishing ports across the country.

 

Less one rank from 2012 in sales, it was 5th in Japan, but the levels are both nearly flat amount and quantity.

 

Person in charge of the Miura that "It's a declining trend of the past five years, it is considered to have stopped falling”, he said.

 

(Kanagawa Shimbun, 7 Tuesday January 2014 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 8 Wednesday January 2014 The Roman)

 

 

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Cafe within OIST wins Food Action Nippon Award

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Cafe within OIST wins Food Action Nippon Award

 

Yanbaru Harusaa’s Table Kaito +, a cafe located within the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), has won the excellence award in the sales and consumer promotion section of Food Action Nippon 2013.

 

Food Action Nippon is a project designed to recognize business organizations and individuals who contribute to the improvement of food self-sufficiency.

 

The award ceremony was held on December 3 in Tokyo.

 

Kaito + is a cafe jointly operated by bakery Pain de Kaito and the farming corporation Cooksonia in Nago.

 

By serving local produce, its vegetarian menu conveys the charm of vegetables produced in the Yambaru area to overseas researchers at OIST.

 

Kaito + also sells vegetables at the cafe and uses items that remain in side dishes in an attempt to reduce waste to zero.

 

It also helps provide farmers with stable revenue by buying their produce.

 

They encourage local farmers to plant sweet herbs such as coriander, which in turn helps to expand the variety of produce that the farmers grow.

 

Kyoko Ishida, manager of the Kaito + said, “We also sell ingredients that researchers from Southeast Asia cannot easily get, so both Japanese and foreigners are happy.”

 

Shinya Koizumi, a member of the Cooksonia staff points out a ripple effect, saying, “We can have a go at producing a wide variety of things. Stores that use these new vegetables in the region have also appeared. The link between the farmers and the restaurants has become stronger.”

 

(English translation by T&CT, Mark Ealey)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 4 Wednesday December 2013)

 

Ryukyu Palace and Ryukyu Government join Food Normalization.

 

(R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 18 Wednesday December 2013 The Roman)

 

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Canada: la balance commerciale est repassée dans le vert en octobre Canada: The trade balance is ironed in green in October

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Canada: la balance commerciale est repassée dans le vert en octobre



Le Canada a dégagé un excédent commercial de 75 millions de dollars canadiens en octobre, par le biais d'une baisse des prix des produits importés, après un déficit de 303 millions le mois précédent, a annoncé mercredi l'institut de la statistique.



C'est la première fois en deux ans que la balance commerciale canadienne est bénéficiaire.



Ce léger excédent est une bonne surprise pour l'économie canadienne.



Les économistes dans leur consensus avaient pronostiqué un déficit commercial de 700 millions.



En octobre, les importations de marchandises du Canada ont reculé de 1,2% par rapport au mois précédent pour atteindre 40,4 milliards de dollars.



Cette tendance au recul des marchandises importées est à mettre au compte d'une baisse des achats à l'étranger de produits énergétiques et de véhicules automobiles, selon Statistique Canada.



A l'inverse, le Canada a importé plus de produits chimiques de base et des plastiques.



Les exportations ont diminué de 0,3% à 40,5 milliards de dollars avec un recul des ventes à l'étranger de véhicules automobiles, d'avions et de matériels ferroviaires.



En revanche, les exportations de produits agricoles et de la pêche et celles des biens de consommation ont augmenté.



Le Canada a profité de la croissance aux Etats-Unis, son premier partenaire commercial vers lequel trois-quarts des exportations sont dirigées.



En octobre, les exportations ont augmenté de 10% (30,4 milliards) par rapport au même mois l'an dernier mais sont restées pratiquement stables en comparaison avec le mois de septembre.



L'excédent commercial avec les Etats-Unis est de 3,9 milliards de dollars.



Les exportations vers l'Union européenne ont chuté (-18,4%) tandis que les importations ont augmenté de 15% par rapport à octobre 2012.



Le Canada et l'Union européenne ont signé en octobre un traité de libre échange qui doit pendant les deux prochaines années faire l'objet d'ajustements réglementaires pour entrer totalement en vigueur.



Ces exportations ont également progressé avec le Japon (+7,5% sur un an) tandis que le Canada a réduit ses achats (-16,8%).



Pour le secteur énergétique, les importations ont diminué de 8,5% à 3,4 milliards de dollars en octobre sous l'effet combiné des volumes et des prix.



Le Canada a réduit de 19% ses importations de pétrole brut et de pétrole brut bitumineux mais en parallèle a importé plus de produits pétroliers raffinés.



Les exportations de produits alimentaires, agricoles et de la pêche ont augmenté de 11,8% à 2,5 milliards de dollars principalement sous l'effet des volumes.



(Les Echos, 4 mercredi décembre 2013 le Roman)





Canada: The trade balance is ironed in green in October



Canada has a trade surplus of 75 million Canadian dollars in October, through lower prices of imported goods, after a deficit of 303 million in the previous month, announced Wednesday the Institute of Statistics.



This is the first time in two years that the Canadian trade balance beneficiary.



This slight excess is a good surprise for the Canadian economy.



Economists in their consensus had predicted a trade deficit of $ 700 million.



In October, imports of goods from Canada fell 1.2 % from the previous month to $ 40.4 billion.



This downward trend of imported goods is to be attributed to a decline in foreign purchases of energy products and motor vehicles, according to Statistics Canada.



In contrast, Canada has imported more than basic chemicals and plastics.



Exports fell 0.3 % to $ 40.5 billion with a decline in foreign sales of motor vehicles, aircraft and trains.



In contrast, exports of agricultural products and fish and those of consumer goods increased.



Canada has benefited from the growth in the United States, its largest trading partner to which three-quarters of exports are directed.



In October, exports increased by 10 % (30.4 billion) compared to the same month last year but remained virtually unchanged compared with September.



The trade surplus with the United States is $ 3.9 billion.



Exports to the European Union fell (-18.4 %) while imports increased by 15 % compared to October 2012.



Canada and the European Union signed a treaty in October of free trade must for the next two years subject to regulatory adjustments to enter fully into force.



Exports also rose with Japan (+7.5 % over one year), while Canada has reduced its purchases (-16.8 %).



For the energy sector, imports fell 8.5 % to $ 3.4 billion in October due to a combination of volume and price.



Canada has reduced its imports 19 % of crude oil and crude bitumen but parallel imported more refined petroleum products.



Exports of food, agricultural and fishery increased 11.8 % to $ 2.5 billion primarily due to volumes.



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(Les Echos, 4 Wednesday December 2013 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. tohiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 5 Thursday December 2013 The Roman)

Monday, 21 October 2013

Shogakukan apology to 13 prefectures, the weekly magazine article of radioactive substances detected in misinformation

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Shogakukan apology to 13 prefectures, the weekly magazine article of radioactive substances detected in misinformation

 

小学館、13府県に 誤報で謝罪 放射性物質検出の週刊誌記事

 

小学館は10月21日、国産の農畜産物から放射性物質が検出されたと報じた週刊誌「女性セブン」の記事に誤りがあったとして、産地の13府県に謝罪、経緯を説明していると明らかにした。

 

同社は24日発売の同誌に訂正と謝罪記事を掲載する。

 

同社広報室によると、誤りがあったのは10日発売号に掲載した「放射性物質が検出された食品最新リスト47」とする表の一部。

 

厚生労働省の資料に記載された品目ごとの検出下限値を、実際に測定された値と取り違え、表に記載した。

 

(共同通信)

 

(琉球新報、2013年10月21日)

 

 

Shogakukan apology to 13 prefectures, the weekly magazine article of radioactive substances detected in misinformation

 

21 October 2013, as there is an error in the article weekly magazine, reported radioactive material has been detected from agricultural, and livestock products of domestic production, of “Josei Seven”, Shogakukan apology to 13 prefectures, explains the circumstances revealed.

 

The company published an apology and correction to the article of the magazine release 24 October 2013.
According to the company's public relations department, there was a mistake is part of the table that "food latest list 47 radioactive material has been detected" which was published in the 10 October 2013 issue release.

 

Mistake value that is against actually measured, the detection limit of each item in the documentation of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, listed in the table in magazine.

 

(Kyodo News)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 21 Monday October 2013 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 21 Monday October 2013 The Roman)

 

 

Saturday, 19 October 2013

News: Inflation of fruits

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News: Inflation of fruits

 

We realized that we are in inflation of fruits.

 

Regard please selling fruits jam in big pot in low price in whole of the world, fruits is every where is O.K., made in jam is every where is O.K.

 

Regard please send this to big fruits jam company and every country, our enemy is “The Desertification”.

 

If fruits jam in big pot with us, we do not need so many food and so many variety of food.

 

“The Desertification” caused fruits inflations/deflations.

 

Regard please many low price fruits jam to the world.

 

Sugars are from Africa and The Kingdom of Ryukyu is low price.

 

No fruits jam caused inflation in The EU.

 

We drink many milk because of fruits inflation.

 

We bought blueberry jam and strawberry jam.

 

These are good for us.

 

Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Obama is victim against, fruits and/or sugar inflation/deflation.

 

No fruits is by enemy against, The Old Testament and The New Testament.

 

No fruits is by enemy against, Genesis.

 

(Text: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 20 Sunday October 2013 The Roman)

 

Many fruits jam sold out in convenience store in Yokohama city.

 

Fruits juice was many, and fruits juice and vegetable juice and corn soup are good.

 

(Text: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 21 Monday October 2013 The Roman)

 

The Constitutions and the law is build by commonsense and common act.

 

Many commonsense and many common act is written in the Bible.

 

The Bible is one of base of the Constitutions and the law.

 

Violence to, Genesis in the Bible is, violence, to commonsense and common act.

 

Violence to, Genesis in the Bible is, “Genome Homicide”, to the human.

 

All the human must not forgive this, guilty.

 

They did “The Desertification”.

 

We have many evidence of, “The Desertification”, in our news homepages.

 

(Text: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 23 Wednesday October 2013 The Roman)

 

“Deflation” or “Inflation”, of food is, “Homicide”, “Genome Homicide”.

 

(Text: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 23 Wednesday October 2013 The Roman)

 

 

 

Sunday, 13 October 2013

Kitadaito sugar company, help with staff going out together summer planting sugarcane with 22 farmers

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Kitadaito sugar company, help with staff going out together summer planting sugarcane with 22 farmers

 

サトウキビ農家22軒夏植え 北大東製糖、職員総出でお手伝い

 

【北大東】北大東製糖(宮城一也社長)では8月26日から9月27日までの1カ月間、サトウキビ生産農家の夏植え支援を実施した。

 

昨年12ヘクタールの実績に対し、ことしは農家22軒から20ヘクタールの申し込みがあり、期間中職員総出で苗の用意から植え付けまでを手伝った。

 

新里副則専務は「現在全体平均で95ヘクタールの春植えに対し夏植えは25ヘクタールと少ない。春植えより台風に強く農家のより安定した収入を確保するためにも、夏植え推進を図り増産につなげたい」と説明。

 

「農家の人手不足もあり、製糖工場が期間を限定し無償で協力することで農家の生産意欲につながれば幸い。今後もできる限り継続していきたい」と話している。

 

干ばつなどの影響により苗不足も生じたが、製糖工場では10ヘクタール分の苗を確保、半値で供給するなど対応した。

 

農家や関係者からはとても助かったと喜びの声が寄せられている。

 

利用農家の奥山貞枝さんは「人手が要るので兼業農家にとってありがたい。報いるためにも、80アールを植え付け後はすぐにかん水の敷設準備をした。昨年は実家の手伝いをしてもらい、高齢者世帯なので助かった」と感謝した。

 

同村では今期も既に干ばつの影響を受け減産が見込まれているが、製糖工場では2014/2015年期に向け増産できるよう期待している。

 

(上地順子通信員)

 

(琉球新報、2013年10月13日)

 

 

Kitadaito sugar company, help with staff going out together summer planting sugarcane with 22 farmers

 

(Kitadaito) 1 -month period from 26 August 2013 to 27 September 2013, to support summer planting of sugarcane farmers in Kitadaito sugar (Kazuya Miyashiro president) was carried out.

 

For the performance of 12 hectares last year, there is application of 20 hectares planting from 22 farmers this year, Kitadaito sugar helped to prepare the planting of seedlings during periods of staff going out together.

 

“It is less that there are 25 hectares of summer planting, 95 hectares of spring planting. In order to ensure a steady income more farmers strongly to typhoon from planting. , aim to promote planting summer planting, of  in the current overall average, and want to increased production.”, Niisato Executive Director explains.

 

He said, "There is also a labor shortage of farmers, we would like to continue as much as possible as well. We hope that we will lead to the production enthusiasm of farmers can cooperate with sugar factory.”

 

Seedling shortage caused due to the effects of drought, but the corresponding ensure the seedling 10 hectares, for example, supplied at half price from the sugar factory.

 

Voices of joy that it has very helpful, from the officials and farmers, have been received .

 

“Thankfully for part-time farmers because we need help. . In order to reward, the preparation of laying sprinkler immediately after planting the 80 ares. We had the help of my parents' house, we were saved because it is the elderly households, last year”,  Sadae Okuyama farmer who is to use.

 

Production cuts are expected to be affected by the drought, already, this term in the same village, but hopes to be able to increase production and towards the 2014 / 2015 terms of service in the sugar factory.

 

(Uechi Junko correspondent)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 13 Sunday October 2013 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 13 Sunday October 2013 The Roman)