The Future of 5,000 Hectares of Farmland in Eastern Taiwan's Guangfu｜Zoom In Zoom Out

Описание: In late September, 60 million metric tons of water and mud poured through Guangfu Township in eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County. With over 5,000 hectares of farmland, the township is the historic cultivation area for countless families. Farmers work to produce grain critical to Taiwan’s food supply while also preserving rare crops now grown only in Guangfu. The flood, however, has left all of that in question as thick, trash-filled layers of mud continue to smother much of the land. In this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, we talk to those farmers fighting to preserve agricultural heritage and save their families’ ancestral farmland.

Chapters:
00:23 How does 60 Million Tons of Mud Transformed Guangfu?
01:10 Meeting with Tipis Panay at Pangcah Farm
02:50 Protecting Taiwan’s Indigenous Rice
04:09 Inside the Greenhouse: Why She Planted Here?
04:38 Aroma of Non-Modified Falinono Rice
05:46 When Disaster Strikes: Evacuating Before the Overflow
07:30 Meeting with Farmer Kati Kiyoung
07:53 29 Hectares of Rice & Corn Destroyed
09:44 Farmers Can’t Dig Out the Waste Alone
12:15 Kati’s Plea for the government: “If You Farmed, You’d Know Our Hardship”
14:07 Government Financial Help Promised But is Not Enough

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