
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan
earlier this year caused serious damage to farmland, destroying a
number of rice paddies, amongst other things, by inundating them with
seawater. However, a recent cultivation trial done by B&L Corporation
in Ishinomaki in Miyagi has succeeded in producing 5,400 kg of rice per
hectare in ruined paddy fields. Using an agricultural preparation
called Farm-A, the system focused on introducing a concentrated, matured
liquid made from Stevia to revive the paddies.
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