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Apples free from pesticides in Japan
Japan
Thursday 04 October 2007
Apples have grown to be Japan's No. 1 fruit export in terms of volume. Also, shipments to Taiwan helped gain the island's entry to the World Trade Organization in 2002, which resulted in the scrapping of its import quotas, while exports to China and Europe are expected to remain on a growth trend.
The apple farming industry, which had experienced a spate of improvements in cultivation methods since the fruit was imported from the United States about 130 years ago, nevertheless became vulnerable to disease. Cultivation without the use of pesticides and fertilizers was commonly believed well nigh impossible.
However Apple-guru from Kyodo Akinori Kimura proved that also without using pesticides apples can replenish in orchards.
Kimura observed that acorns were growing wild, without the support of pesticides. And they were overflowing. He decided to reproduce this environment.
In the eighth year of his endeavors one tree produced seven apple blossoms and later produced two small apples in the autumn. The following spring his entire orchard was covered with white apple blossoms. There was no longer any fear of pests in his orchard, which had been restored to its natural balance.
The apple farming industry, which had experienced a spate of improvements in cultivation methods since the fruit was imported from the United States about 130 years ago, nevertheless became vulnerable to disease. Cultivation without the use of pesticides and fertilizers was commonly believed well nigh impossible.
However Apple-guru from Kyodo Akinori Kimura proved that also without using pesticides apples can replenish in orchards.
Kimura observed that acorns were growing wild, without the support of pesticides. And they were overflowing. He decided to reproduce this environment.
In the eighth year of his endeavors one tree produced seven apple blossoms and later produced two small apples in the autumn. The following spring his entire orchard was covered with white apple blossoms. There was no longer any fear of pests in his orchard, which had been restored to its natural balance.
