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The Second Round of Gifu Nice Rice Project: "Cropping Rice & Drying Sheaves"

Gifu University held the second round of the Gifu Nice Rice Project: "Cropping Rice & Drying Sheaves," based on the Gifu University and FC Gifu Partner Agreement for Environmental Conservation at the North Farm of the Gifu Field Science Center, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences on October 14, 2015.

Aiming at raising people's awareness of rice production and environmental conservation, Gifu University and FC Gifu co-organize the "Gifu Nice Rice Project" and join together in rice planting, harvesting and sales.

Inviting FC Gifu's Chairman Satoshi Onda, and two players of FC Gifu, Mr. Gakuji Ota (goalkeeper) and Mr. Tsukasa Masuyama (midfielder), "Cropping Rice & Drying Sheaves" took place. From Gifu University, a total of 34 students (19 students from a farming support circle, 13 from the University soccer team and 2 from greening activity group "Three Trees") attended the event.

They harvested a special cultivar of Gifu Prefecture called "Hatsushimo," which was planted by elementary students in the first round of the Gifu Nice Rice Project called "Soccer Game & Rice Planting in Muddy Field" in May. The participants reaped rice with a sickle in hand under the instruction of staff of the Gifu Field Science Center. Mr. Ota and Mr. Masuyama rode on a combine rice harvester and operate it. Then, the participants bundled the straw with bands and put the sheaves on a rack to dry in the sun. Both FC Gifu players and students worked in an awkward manner at first, but gradually became comfortable and cooperated to harvest a crop at around 800 square meters.

After the work was done, an autograph-signing session was held to promote an exchange between the FC Gifu players and the students. Every student had a good time communicating with the players through friendly conversation.

The harvested rice will be blended with unmilled rice of "Midori Mai (Green Rice)" which is a cultivar with green rice kernels harvested at Gifu University, and whose green is the same with the team color of FC Gifu. The blended rice is named "Gifu Umai (Gifu Nice Rice)" and sold at a home game of FC Gifu at Nagaragawa Stadium (vs. Fagiano Okayama) on November 8, 2015.

Mr. Ota (Left) and Mr. Masuyama (Right)
Students of a farming support circle putting the sheaves on a rack.
Mr. Ota operating a combine rice harvester
Students of the University soccer team and Three Trees reaping
rice with a sickle in hand
Photo session with President Onda

2015.12.01

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