Fukushima Okuma Town First rice planting in the area difficult to return to after the nuclear power plant accident May 22 17:09
The first rice planting was carried out on the 22nd in the "return difficult area" in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where evacuation orders continued due to the nuclear accident.
Around 330 square kilometers of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been designated as a difficult-to-return area, and entry has been restricted until now, but in March this year, the government partially relaxed regulations and continued evacuation orders while continuing. You can enter during the day.
Of these, the first rice planting in the difficult-to-return area was carried out in the Shimonogami district of Okuma town on the 22nd, and a farmer requested by the town will plant Koshihikari seedlings in rice fields of about 9 ares using a rice planting machine. did.
This time, it will be positioned as a "test cultivation", and the harvested rice will not be distributed to the market, and the safety etc. will be confirmed.
Okuma Town is aiming to release evacuation orders in this area two years later, and hopes to lead to the restart of farming after the cancellation.
In Okuma Town, rice has been cultivated since 2014 in the Okawara district where evacuation orders have already been lifted, and no radioactive substances exceeding the standard have ever been detected.
Chairman Tomoko Nemoto of the Okuma Town Agricultural Committee said, "The number of people who are trying to restart agriculture due to the accident has decreased. I want to confirm the safety firmly by trial cultivation and also search for a bearer." It was