The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China takes multiple measures to ensure the production and use of seeds in Henan after the disaster
China News Service, Beijing, July 27 (Reporter Chen Su) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China on the 27th that recently, many parts of Henan have suffered heavy rainfall and agricultural production has been severely affected. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs paid attention and responded immediately and comprehensively strengthened it. Disaster situation dispatch, start the national disaster relief reserve seed demand docking, according to the demand for seed use in Henan, multi-channel disaster relief seeds to ensure that the recovery of production after the disaster is available.
It is understood that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is ready to use the national disaster relief reserve seeds. At present, 100,000 kilograms of vegetable seeds can be used for disaster relief in Henan Province. The planting area is 240,000 mu and the mung bean seeds are 50,000 kilograms. The planting area is 100,000 kilograms. 30,000 mu, can be used at any time according to needs.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is also actively coordinating the provincial seed industry management departments, seed associations and related enterprises, according to the actual demand for seed use in Henan Province, comprehensively dispatching and collecting available seed information.
Various localities responded positively. At present, 16 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Shandong, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Beijing and Hebei provide 1.37 million mu of disaster relief seeds.
At present, enterprises in Henan Province are actively investing in post-disaster production and self-rescue, providing 3.36 million mu of disaster-relief seeds, including 2.86 million mu of corn for feed, 350,000 mu of vegetables, and 150,000 mu of miscellaneous grains. They will be deployed in time according to demand.
Seed companies in various regions actively donated seeds and disaster relief funds. According to preliminary statistics, enterprises in Shandong, Jiangxi, Beijing, Shaanxi, Tianjin and other places have donated 7,200 kilograms of seeds.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated that in the next step, it will coordinate with Henan and, according to the progress of post-disaster restoration of production, work with provincial seed industry management departments, seed industry enterprises, seed associations, etc. to make a solid follow-up seed adjustment and transportation to ensure the recovery of production after the disaster. kind.
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