China News Service, July 27. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 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 to and responded immediately, comprehensively strengthened the disaster dispatch, initiated the national disaster relief reserve seed demand docking, and raised disaster relief seeds through multiple channels in accordance with the seed demand of Henan Province to ensure that seeds are available for post-disaster recovery production.
One is to make preparations for the deployment of the national disaster relief reserve seeds.
At present, 100,000 kilograms of vegetable seeds can be used for disaster relief in Henan Province among the national reserve seeds, with a plantable area of 240,000 mu; 50,000 kilograms of mung bean seeds, with a plantable area of 30,000 mu, which can be used at any time according to needs.
The second is to coordinate relevant provinces to work together to ensure seed supply.
Actively coordinate the provincial seed industry management departments, seed associations and related enterprises, and comprehensively schedule and summarize the available seed information according to the actual seed demand in Henan Province.
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.
The third is to play the main role of enterprises in Henan Province for seed supply and guarantee.
At present, enterprises in Henan Province are actively investing in post-disaster production and self-rescue, providing 3.36 million acres of disaster relief seeds, including 2.86 million acres of corn for feed, 350,000 acres of vegetables, and 150,000 acres of miscellaneous grains.
According to the demand, the call will be organized nearby in time.
In addition, various seed companies 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.
In the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will coordinate with Henan Province, and according to the progress of post-disaster recovery 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, and make every effort to ensure the recovery of production seeds after the disaster. .