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Enhanced Weeding Technique for Organic Rice Fields TTDARES Demonstrates Rice Transplanting with Paper Mulch

2026-03-05

The Taitung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station (TTDARES) of the Ministry of Agriculture held its Rice Transplanting with Paper Mulch Demonstration Event in Guanshan and Chishang on the respective mornings of March 4 and 5, 2026, presenting a technology to lessen the burden of weeding for organic rice growers and thus reduce labor costs, and to promote the organic, eco-friendly cultivation of rice. 140 farmers attended the event to see how this labor-saving technology can help boost Taitung’s organic industry.

Figure 1. TTDARES Director Chen Hsin-yen hosts the Rice Transplanting with Paper Mulch Demonstration Event.　Figure 2. Attendees eagerly watch a demonstration of rice being transplanted into a field accompanied by the laying of paper mulch.

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