Unleash the ducks: Thai drought worries threaten farming tradition

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NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand: After harvesting the rice crop in this part of central Thailand, a flock of around 10,000 ducks is released from a pen ...

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand: After harvesting the rice crop in this part of central Thailand, a flock of around 10,000 ducks is released from a pen and instinctively stream towards the flooded fields to devour pests such as snails hiding in the rice stubble.

After roaming free for about five months, they are returned to the farm to produce eggs for up to three years. "And in return, for the rice farmer the ducks help eat pests from the farm and the farmers can reduce the use of chemicals and pesticides.”LISTEN: The Climate Conversations EP 1: Getting down to the big picture science of climate change

Apiwat has four flocks of ducks that move around different rice fields in Nakhon Pathom province where farmers typically cultivate three rice crops every year.

 

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