Herbicide spray red bean 10 "open solid weeding is good for farmers?" When the Council of Agriculture went to the countryside for discussion, the director-general of the five red bean producing areas did not support it.

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At 10: 00 a.m. today (20), the Prevention and Inspection Bureau of the Council of Agriculture held a "Symposium on the use of solid Grass as a desiccant for Red Bean plants" at the Wandan Township Office in Pingtung County. Not only more than 120 red bean farmers participated in the whole process. There are also five peasant associations in Pingtung County, including Wandan Township, Xinyuan Township, Chanding Township, Pingtung City, and Daliao District Peasant Association of Kaohsiung City.

The policy of fixing grass and killing grass as a defoliant is facing the greatest test. The Council of Agriculture went to the countryside for a discussion, and the peasant associations in the five major producing areas did not support it.

Of the 16 registered speakers, only 2 supported the opening of herbicide by the Prevention and Inspection Bureau as a desiccant for red bean plants, and the remaining 14 people, including the directors general of peasant associations in five major producing areas, expressed their opposition. Some people are worried that it will have an impact on the development of the industry, while others think it will undermine consumers' confidence in domestic red beans. In this regard, Zou Huijuan, deputy director of the Prevention and Inspection Bureau, repeatedly said that the government held a forum to report to farmers the necessity of opening up fixed grass control, and hoped to listen more to the views of the producing areas.

Zou Huijuan, deputy director of the Prevention and Inspection Bureau. (photo / Li Huiyi) Wandan Township Farmers' Association first launched a challenge, and each peasant association successively declared that the policy of fixing weeds as a defoliant was facing the greatest test.

In order to show respect for the place of origin, Zou Huijuan, deputy director of the Prevention and Inspection Bureau, explained to the farmers in Taiwanese all the way. She said that before the Kaohsiung Agricultural Reform Farm had known about the field needs of farmers, and continued to conduct relevant experiments in October 106 and February 107, and the test results were also evaluated by the Institute of drugs and drugs, the residue standard was sent to the Ministry of Health and Fuzhou for announcement. Recently, the government has indeed heard different views, so it specially went to the producing area to listen to the views of farmers.

After the Prevention and Inspection Bureau briefed the farmers, Zhang Zhilie, director-general of the Wandan Township Peasant Association, first launched an attack. He said: "did the government respect our views when the government banned the herbicide paraquat at the end of 2016? Now we want to open up the herbicide as a defoliant for red beans, but we say that this is the demand of farmers! "

Zhang Chih-lie stressed that agricultural products should be sold to consumers. If there are concerns about food safety, or even the purchase price of red beans collapses, "has the government thought about this seriousness?" Kuo Chun-Wei, director-general of the Farmers' Association of Chiding Township, also believes that "when farmers check the data, they see that fixing grass has reproductive toxicity, and they hope the government will understand that taking care of the health of farmers is the first priority, and at the same time, it is necessary to protect the rights and interests of consumers."

Zhang Zhilie, Director-General of Peasant Association of Wandan Township, Pingtung County. (photo / Li Huiyi) the director-general of Xinyuan Township Peasant Association and Pingtung Peasant Association did not show their success.

Lin Cuirong, director general of the Xinyuan Township Peasants' Association, said that it is really difficult to completely ban the alternative after paraquat, which is really as effective as paraquat. The Prevention and Inspection Bureau said that it is necessary to open up fixed weeding and provide farmers with one more option to harvest red beans, which is a good thing. "however, good is good, but will the farmers dilute it according to the wishes of the Prevention and Inspection Bureau? The elders of the farmers are all at the scene, so let's think about it: if there are red beans that are relatively green, will the concentration be a little higher? I have doubts about this. "

Wu Taiyi, director general of the Pingtung Peasants' Association, is also deeply worried about the end management. He said: "if the government insists on announcing the use, I hope that the terminal risk management must be done well and write clearly on the pesticides, which is risky to infants and pregnant women."

Wu Taiyi, director general of Pingtung Peasant Association. (photo / Li Huiyi) the Council of Agriculture came out to lobby farmers: one more choice is one more risk.

In order to strengthen communication with farmers, the Council of Agriculture dispatched the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Prevention and Quarantine and other major policy promotion units, such as the Plant epidemic Prevention Unit, the Toxicology Unit of the Drug Institute, the Kaohsiung Agricultural Reform Farm, and the Southern District Branch of the Agriculture and Food Department. Tsai Chih-Jen, head of the toxicology team of the drug institute, says that all animal experiments only see problems at very high doses, just like the salt that people eat every day. If they eat a lot of salt every day, of course they will have problems.

Tsai Chih-Jen stressed, "the government will do safety checks for all pesticides, and I hope consumers will understand that the quantity we ordered is not calculated until it is divided by 100 times, that is to say, the amount that people are usually exposed to is very low."

Hsiao Cheng-lung, the third monitor of the miscellaneous grain (red bean) production and marketing class of the Peasant Association in Meinung District, Kaohsiung City, believes that consumers already have a sense of trust in Wandan and Meinong red beans. After paraquat was banned, it was not easy to establish a certain brand image. "now if we really open up and kill weeds, consumers will be scared to death when they hear it!"

The Meinung District Peasants' Association, which has been promoting the non-herbicide harvest of red beans for six years, believes that it is not necessary to use herbicide to harvest red beans. Zhong Wenfu, a farming instructor, said that no matter parachute or herbicide, the Meinong Peasant Association has completely banned herbicides to harvest red beans. The Prevention and Inspection Bureau said that opening up herbicide control is an additional option. "however, one more choice is also an additional risk."

He also conveyed the written opinion of Zhu Zhengfu, the fourth monitor of the association's miscellaneous grain (red bean) production and marketing class, "under the ten-year policy of halving chemical pesticides, paraquat has been banned, and now if we expand the use of fixed herbicide on red bean defoliant, it will only increase consumers' worries."