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he is a rich agricultural province in central thailand. and is one of the world's leading rice producers and exporters. but this is only been possible with the extensive usage of agricultural chemicals be it herbicide pesticides or fertilizer. this has led to

environmental economical and health problems affecting both farmers and consumers. who knew. my name is some look. i'm 74 years old 60 years ago time people were very healthy rice was number one in the world back then we never hear used chemicals to farm but farmers were later misled by agro chemical and fattest and started using that by you and that saddam had a lot of heart yeah. the 18000000 rice farmers in thailand some look is among the few who refuses to use chemicals in farming. he has his simple and interesting way of growing chemical free rice. in the fields.

the population of iraq is now 6 and i did i found out my wife was secretly using pesticides i didn't agree and bought my docs instead. these are some looks a.v.'s. their existence can be of tremendous benefit to mankind and the environment. was. well. they are the cross breed between natives and cocky campbell ducks. the natives breed gives them a strong immune system and the khaki campbell breed means they can lay lots of eggs

. their future is determined by their gender. these workers are checking the gender of the ducklings. there's a hot spot in the rear end of male ducklings and only ex-pats can feed. the. male ducklings a soldier to keep the price and will be raised for meat. females are more expensive and will be raised for eggs. letting doubts raised in both closed environments and free range in the fields.

need how old are the docs. almost 3 months. today so nick is visiting the doc farm to reserve 3000 female docs he'll pick them up when they're 5 months old which is the perfect age for training. so look is discussing the new school year of the academy with his son and wife. it's a family business which needs all hands on deck. the

previous class of duck academy has retired and this is a boarding academy. some look and his helpers are preparing the dormitory for his new group of students. i need to put in a poem for the run. just tie it to that wouldn't post the road to go here. the most necessary feature of this academy is the school bus. designed it himself using his 20 years of experience in transporting ducks. it has 7 levels and can carry up to 3000 ducks what makes it different from other trucks the adjustable ramps which enable ducks to move up and down each level by themselves.

today is a big day. so he's going back to the farm to recruit his 1st group of students when you know i'm making up 99 docs today how about i want to test out the storm. and let the dogs get used to that my. i. i i. i the dot son now 5 months so.

one time doctors. have got 99 is a lucky number of time people. but today is friday which time people believe is an almost specious day. friday is the best day of the week to hold a ceremony according to tradition. i am or know where that. i am. let's go. home come on hurry up.

i know great i normally get a few smaller ones too but these are all a nice healthy sign i saw on that tends to treat the 1st group of ducks to be the leaders of the big group that will come later i know it's too long familiar but they'll soon find their way around ok there are times i go back and forth exploring the. terror the crowds leading the way cracking loudly she could make a good leader. see

the docs go up. learn to use the ramps to get up to the top level. i'm teaching them how to get on and off the truck they're still having trouble with their corners but they'll learn eventually to use both levels. the flow for. next time i pick up in the docs and lucky number 8 today i'm getting another 2900.

count them and get them all out. and i want them on different levels when you. go out by themselves all. i know way these are new drugs and i won't know how to do that. they will. each cost around $3.00 us dollars. go up soon once already many stick together docs need to do this every day catch them and put them up there. thank god thank you very. much. for. the

2000 already. all. of the. academy has officially opened.

up and look at it as 3 simple lessons. of. lesson one boarding the truck. this lesson 3000. 700. 30 minutes.

past. the 1st time they've ever done it at. any one and eventually. yes. teach themselves. takes his 3000 students to feed in the rice field every day. normally you have to pay around $200.00 u.s.

dollars per day to feed them. taking them to the field is 4 times cheaper. he takes them to his own fields as well as to his neighbors. i. they finally arrive at the destination. the canteen and the playground await but the students must 1st learn the 2nd lesson. lesson to getting off the truck. for 3000. get off the truck within. i.

i. thank you. getting off the truck might be simple for students in the lower levels yet they had to bring me the stick i'm. going to have a fast. but is not a simple for those on the upper decks i. close the ramp 1st all the back up. chase them down to. i. i so much as to use the emergency slide on the 1st day i. like skydiving was.

i. i want to use the adjustable able to move down by them so i just need more time. on. the greens on which the ducks are feeding. of spillage rice from the last growing season. the ducks get rid of these grains and prevent them from growing and mixing next season's crop. prepping the field is only one of the many cuties the ducks have to help some not grow his rice. and yet there's always been at least one or 2 back your farms paragraph.

so maybe that's a students enjoy the field for around 8 hours. collecting the ducks from the field it's duck academy's most difficult lesson 2. lesson 3. have to return to the truck at the sound of the whistle.

however. getting 3000 students to stop playing is no easy task. but it is easy to recognize. it tells them if it's time to go home or out to the fields. but it takes months of training. i have no use my voice and i caught a cold and my voice wouldn't work properly but the whistle sounds the same. some people call me crazy or blowing my whistle like i'm a soldier that the banks don't understand. what i do. i just do things my way.

because so much done so female soon they will do x. which will give him a regular income. now in the equivalent of their teens. they enjoy having fun. and certainly even take it a step further. ringback

their performance is improving day by day. on the 1st day it took nearly 2 hours to get them out of the truck it was chaos. and maybe they've improved a lot they've learned to use the ramps and better going around the corner i.

have no idea how when i need to be gentle when you're training and you can shout at them or be aggressive they have feelings. but it's their instinct to react all day and one when they go into the field thanks start searching with for something to eat straightaway oh no they're eating snails i am and if there's no food in one spot they move to another. there's no stopping at. the field grazing of ducks says chilies for. wisdom that was brought to thailand over a 100 years ago or currently there are around me in the field grazing ducks in the country. takes his dogs home every day but most field grazing take up to feed in different rice wheat and that the ducks

sleep out and about. ducks between provinces. field grazing raise them for meat and eggs. to raise ducks. for use of chemicals. some of it has around 40 acres of rice fields. this is a newly planted plot. i'm checking the rice plots. these ones are about 14 days old. i'm also checking facts. because i don't use chemical pesticides on why. they normally come out to feed in the morning. or in light rain or the plants sprouting after 2 days if it ran short after that the snails will eat

everything like little lawn and have to take extra care until the rice is a month. golden apple snails were imported as a food source from japan and taiwan. however they brit did with native snails resulting in apples snails which quickly spread then became the worst enemy for younger ice plants this is one of the main reasons for the increase in agriculture called news . chemical usage in farming started in thailand around 50 years ago it was the result of the post world war 2 the revolution. that could have been thought of that there were several changes one of them was the introduction of new types of rice the native varieties are abandoned in favor of the new with the have a higher yield and shorter stocks or they require the use of chemical fertilizers

and insecticides. there has been a drastic increase in our group chemical imports in 2000 feet dean thailand imported around $80000.00 tonnes but recently this amount is increased by well over 100 percent to almost $200000.00 tonnes. oath or just carry out regular studies on occupational diseases and they show that a 3rd of thai farmers have abnormally high levels of chemicals in our blog. or may have no i oppose the use of chemical pesticides in addition to snails the substances are so kill eels fish and crabs the downtown on the right side way. grazing his ducks in other people's fields has potential dangers. there's

a look needs to be extra careful about how i ask people if they use chemicals i have fields i need to know in advance because if they've recently sprayed them. the chemicals could harm the docks. they just harvested the rice. there's a lot of spillage for ducks. now you know. when did they spray the fields. you call. a few days ago right. the owner always does it himself. up to the top of the market. and it. looks there are snail shells birds have come here to feed there's lots of rice spillage and there. you go while

some look stocks are popular among his neighbors he must check that the field is free of chemicals and that there is enough food for his ducks. for various snails here. taking the dogs to graze in the neighbor's fields provides mutual benefits. it's a free service to clean up the field well so looks ducks get a free meal. was i i i. i i thank.

i talk so much better at getting in and out of the truck now that 40 percent faster than i go out on the 1st day. i. i.

thank. you. but you. i i. i. i come down faster. i doubt i mean my. next ones want to get out too i was only good i'm good dear i moved to the left i get my job round of applause. i got

to slowly getting the hang of the job i don't have to use the emergency slide that i have really improved i just have to keep trying them like this sound they'll be even better by i getting more used to it every month from now they'll be packed in there i believe i. like that my neighbor called and said a few docs are still out and about now so i need to come pick them up. thank you so much over there.

some values every student. even though only a few get lost he puts all his efforts into bringing them home. ducks start laying eggs wind around 6 months old. around 70 percent about ducks alang is 3000 ducks should be producing 2500 and will 2600 when the ducks are well fed. pens on how much food there is in the fields

like science if there isn't enough the number of eggs goes down. so mooks duck eggs are in high demand. they provide him with substantial extra income customers even come to buy direct all place orders. 20 percent hanks than i cover my costs at a 50 percent i make a nice profit. today is the most didn't day in the bucket happened with academic yeah. so much is going to release his students into a new the grow rice field. thank

you the ducks are very good now and the past few days we needed for all 5 people to drive from down. no i only need 10 minutes i timed it. it's thursday it took hours. i make. now it usually takes them about 20 to 25 minutes to get back in. and there are a lot of doctors. no other farmers allowed ducks into the growing rice we're here but the ducks will ruin their crop i but not so much he lets the ducks great when the rice is just one month old they are used pest control is. passing through channels and he feeds

caterpillars and work the docks catch the in saying to me yeah yeah man out here we have some 1000 bucks. yeah but they're not really pets or rocks but the taxing them to yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. i can you look these are apples now eggs. and i knew i additionally they provide free delivery of natural fertilizer. beyond the docks excrement i found alliance in southfield. docks digests now as quickly as a snail shell can stay intact for 10 years decomposes in the dark stomach and a half an hour they will find their digestive system is a magazine great length i. also think just controllers i. don't need maybe i'm the docs go

into the fields they step on the way we had some fatten them up by but the rice is strong enough to survive and can grow a mouse but the. david need help out of thomas think i'm crazy for letting the docs trample over the rice like that yeah but you'll see later that he knows better he had the cos it's fact that.

the ducks have completed their mission in songbooks field. the rice now bears graeme. i think. it is a time farming tradition to conduct a rice blessing ceremony. where you are coming up blessing ceremonies were passed down to us from our ancestors. the ceremony is to appease the qual the soul of the plants. toskala time count me one when the 1st grains appear the ceremony takes place on the thames or 11th day of the growing moon up back to ask the goddess of rice made up fog blessing.

now hold the fact that the mother still proposed mother not dora but mother shot a will mother sees who shot you well i mean you stay with us we'll see today is the good day today is that night we bring you sandal wood powder and aromatic oils that i share you with them dress you call me your hair and put makeup on your face your nash's from the pregnant field we bring you fruits sour and sweet but no mice rats at its caterpillars or worms destroy our rice. sagal so. return i will. take a look on the mare. how come your hair. so mick and his wife still recall the incident from over 20 years ago which led some

to come the path of raising field grazing ducks. everyone was fraying their fields with chemicals all the pest came to us. i said we should try using chemicals on just one plot of land howard but he refused. i was worried that outputs were destroying our rice plants but he said that to me i'll leave once they're called and. i went home crying i didn't believe. my wife bought a pesticide plus i went to the pharmacy on my motorbike to get some and i sprayed it on the snails. i noticed dead animals snakes and other animals. i said did you buy pesticides. and i couldn't get all the snails by hand anymore so i stopped going to the fields. you are. now

facing i don't want a 100 docs and release them on to off you are surrounded by. but i do think when he asked me to perform the blessing ceremony. i look to see how our rights transfer doing and they were flourishing. our ancestors were right. like i think their children without using chemical and so on was. there. laying blame it on now if we get 38 surprised by growing our crops this way we don't make a loss our families make a loss if they harvest less than 50 to 60 pockets because their costs are too high

. we provide people with quality food. it's not harmful to customers or to the child workers and it doesn't make people sick because there are no harmful residue i was. even if the whole world challenges me i will find against the use of chemicals. to move the air. her growing season is there a way back. now with the ducks mission that it was her. goal the doc to

supply us with a. date and how after grains of rice and they get rid of the snails caterpillars and they get sick and out. of orbit and ducks are our saviors and we're most grateful to them for a few weeks now. that i can all play. live.

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