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local radio isn't rich i grew. cultural province in central tight. tight 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. union. that my name is some look. i'm 74 years old 60 years ago thai people were very healthy our rice was number one in the world back then we never used chemicals to farm but farmers were later misled by agro chemical advertisement and started i was in that year and that saddam had a lot of heart yeah. all of 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 in the mid ninety's the population of apples now's exploded i can't up my wife was

secretly using pesticides i didn't agree and bought my ducks instead. these are some looks a.v.s. . was. very existence can be of tremendous. benefit to mankind and the environment. and. what. they are across breach between natives and cocky campbell ducks. the natives breed gives them a strong immune system and the cocky campbell greet means they can play 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 feel. male backing so as to keep the price and will be raised for me. females are more expensive and will be raised when they. are raised in both posed environments and free range in the fields thanks.

i need how old are the docks. menteith almost 3 months. today so nick is visiting the duck farm to reserve 3000 female docs will 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. and his helpers are preparing the dormitory for his new group of students. i need to put in a poem for the ride. just tie it to that wouldn't post the road she got 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 are the adjustable ramps which enable ducks to move up and down each level by themselves.

today is a big day. so no he's going back to the docks to recruit his 1st group of students . taking out 99 docs today how about i want to test out a storm. and let the dogs get used to that i mean. i. i the sunbelt 5 months so.

high time docs. have got 99 is a lucky number of people. but in the case friday which thai 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 they are. i know. let's go. come on hurry up.

i. i have to go great right now to get a few smaller ones too but these are all a nice healthy sign i saw on the plans to train the 1st group of dogs 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. their arms. back and forth exploring ways. to tear it apart leading the way out cracking loudly she could make a good leader. see

the docks go up. learn to use the ramps to get up to the top level they even when. 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. time i picked up at night. and lucky number 8 today i'm getting out of 2980.

count them and pick them out. and i want them on different levels when you try to. go out by themselves all. the no way these are new ducks they won't know how to do that yet. they will. each cost around $3.00. go up soon once already made it stick together docks you don't need to do this every day catch them and put them out there.

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i. thank. god and the 1st time they've ever done it at. any one and eventually i. yes. teach themselves get. some good takes his 3000 students to feed in the rice field every day. normally he'd have to pay around $200.00 us 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 get to the truck. 3000. get off the truck within 15 minutes. thank.

you. thank you. getting off the truck might be simple for students in the lower levels. yet they had to bring me this take i know an eval fast. but is not to simple for those on the upper decks. i close the ramp 1st all the back up i got 3rd hand. chase them down to. that. i. so know how to use the emergency slide on the 1st day i. like skydiving was.

i. want to use the adjustable able to move down by them so i just need more time. with. the grains on which the ducks are equally feeding. of spillage rights from the last great season. i get rid of these grains and prevent them from growing and mixing with next season's crop. wrecking the field is only one of the many duties the ducks have to help someone grow his rice. and there's always spend at least one or 2 bucket farms power.

so that lets his 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. the whistle. have to return to the truck at the sound of the whistle.

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

because so much done so female soon they were the eggs which will give him a regular in. there in the equivalent of their team. they enjoy having fun. and certainly take it a step further. ringback

their performance is improving day by day. and the 1st day it took nearly 2 hours to get them out of the truck it was chaos. and made the other 3 improved a lot they have learned to use the ramps and better going around the corner i.

know 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 watch when they go into the field thanks start searching with beaks for something to eat straightaway look they're eating snails i am and if there's no food in one spot they move to another there. is no stopping. i the field grazing of ducks says chilies for. it was brought to thailand 100 years ago. currently there are around me in the field grazing ducks in the country. to. take his dogs home every day but most field grazing take up to feed in different rice wheat and

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

everything like little on mouse have to take extra care until the rice is a month or. golden apple snails were imported as a food source from japan and taiwan. however they bring do with native snails resulting in apples nails which quickly spread and became the worst enemy for young plants this is one of the main reasons for the increase in aggregate mccall use. chemical usage in farming started in thailand around 50 years ago it was the result of the post world war 2 the revolution. that there were several changes a lot of them was the introduction of new types of rice the need to varieties are abandoned in favor of the new ones that have a higher yield and shorter stocks but they require the use of chemical fertilizers

and insecticides. that there has been a drastic increase in our group chemical imports in 2000 to 13 thailand imported around 80000 tons but recently this amount has increased by well 100 percent to almost 200000 tons. of forest carry out regular studies an occupational diseases and they show that a 3rd of thai farmers have abnormally high levels of chemicals in our blood. i got . all the way here no i oppose the use of chemical pesticides in addition to snails the substances are so kill eels fish and crabs they don't target the right side way. grazing his ducks in other people's fields has potential dangers. there's

a lot 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 their fields the chemicals could harm the ducks. and then they just harvested the rice. there's a lot of spillage for the ducks. now you know. when did they spray the field it's. ok to put it with the few days ago right. the owner always does it himself. up the market. but. there are snail shells birds have come here to feed there's lots of rice village in their. yard while some ducks ducks 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 a new tool benefits. it's a free service to clean up the fields well so looks ducks get a free meal. i. was. i i i. i i i thank.

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

thank. you know with you. i i. i. i come down faster come on saeed tower. maybe my. next ones want to get out too i already did i'm going to you. my move to the last i get job round of applause. i gotta

go slowly getting the hang of it. i don't have to use the emergency slide that i have really improved you just have to keep training them mind this sand they'll be even better by the by i getting more and more used to it months from now they'll be there i the piece i. like that my neighbor called and said a few doctors are still out and about so i need to go and pick them up. thank you so much over there.

i. thank. you. some values every student. even though only a few get lost he puts all his effort into bringing them. ducks stop eggs when they are around 6 months old. around 70 percent of our docs alang 3000 docs should be producing 2500 eggs and will 2600 when the ducks are well fed. it depends on how much food there is in

the fields like snails if there isn't enough the number of eggs goes down. so mcduck a salaried high demand. they provide him with substantial extra income customers either come to buy direct all place orders. 20 percent and i x. and i cover my costs at 50 percent i make a nice profit. today is the most in day in the bucket tapping his head to make you. so much it's going to release his students into a newly grow rice field. and

talks a very good now in the past few days we needed for 5 people to drive them down. no they only need 10 minutes i timed it. 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 ducks. i am no other farmers allowed ducks into the growing rice for your fear that the ducks were ruining their crops i but not so much he lets the dutch great news when the rice is just one month old they are these pest controllers. passing kluge snails and fish

caterpillars and the docks catch the insects in the air yeah yeah man yeah here we have some lady bugs. yeah back then already pets are rotting spit the taxing them to yeah yeah yeah yeah i mean. look these are apples now eggs. and i will tell you that i additionally they provide free delivery of natural fertilizer. and the ducks extreme and i fall into line since our fails docs digest snails quickly and a snail shell can stay in tact for 10 years decomposes in the dark stomach and a half an hour they will i know their digestive system is a magazine thank rewrite i they also make just controllers i meant dad lobbied. on the docs go into the fields they step on the weekends and fatten them

up by but the rice is strong enough to survive and can and grow a mouse past that. it believe i'll walk out of farmers think i'm crazy for letting the ducks trample over the rice like that yeah but you'll see later they close better here because it's fact that.

the ducks have completed their mission in some looks field the rice elbaz grain. it is a time farming tradition to conduct a rice blessing ceremony. that 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 here. toskala time can count on me when the 1st grains appear at the ceremony takes place on the 8th tends or 11th day of the growing movement back to ask the goddess of rice may 1st stop for her blessing.

now hold the thought. that the mother see proposed mother not dora but mother shakti when mother sees who shall. remain stay with us now. we'll see today is the good day today is every night we bring you sandal wood powder and aromatic oils that i share you with them dress you comb your hair and put makeup on your face you're not from the pregnant field we bring you fruits sour and sweet but no my straps aphids caterpillars or worms destroy our rights. to saddle. and. turn will you. look in the mirror. how come your hair. stopped. so mark and his wife still recall the incident from over 20 years ago which led to

the path of raising field grazing ducks. spraying their fields with chemicals so all the past came to us i don't think i said we should try using chemicals on just one plot of land but he refused. i was worried that outputs were destroying our rights plants but he said that the me i'll leave once they're called up by i went home crying i don't believe. my wife bought pesticide as i mentioned the pharmacy on my motorbike to get some and i sprayed it on. my night is dead snakes and other animals. i said did you pass decides. and i couldn't get all the scales by hand anymore so i stopped going to the fields. alphabet my

light a 100 docs some released them on to offer you are sure i am. but you mean he asked me to perform the blessing ceremony. i look to see how our restaurants were doing and they were flourishing. i am says to us were right. like i said their children without using chemicals are allowed. now if we get 30 bad traits of christ by growing our crops this way we don't make a loss how the families make a loss if they harvest last in 50 to 60 kids because their costs are too high.

i mean provide people with quality for. all it's not harmful to customers or to the child workers and it doesn't make people sick because tyra no harmful resit jaspar . even if the whole world challenges me i will fight against the use of chemicals. earth. growing season is their life back. now with the ducks mission.

to. the top suppliers with a. cape town after grains of rice and they get rid of the snails caterpillars and a parallel. port docks are all safe and we're most grateful to them of course in the flower. like a whole.

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