Friday, August 29, 2008

Chimney InThe Paddy

Picture above was taken at 1:00 o’clock P.M., Friday, August 22, 2008. It shows a burning newly harvested rice paddy in Numancia, Aklan. This is a demonstration how soil fertility is destroyed. Inspite of the Provincial Ordinance banning the burning of rice straw, the farmers still insist to burn their rice straw and destroy plant nutrients like nitrogen, phosporous, potassium and organic matter.
The Aglucay Sangguniang Barangay, Makato, Aklan approved a Barangay Ordinance banning rice straw burning. Anybody who burns rice straw in Aglucay will be fined P500.

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