Accelerated recovery of agricultural production in disaster-stricken areas Henan has eliminated 11.9 million mu of farmland water
Economic Daily-China Economic Net, Beijing, July 30 (Reporter Ji Leilei) Recently, Henan suffered a rare heavy rain and flood disaster in history, which seriously affected agricultural production in some areas.
Pan Wenbo, director of the Department of Planting Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced at a press conference held on the 30th that 11.9 million mu of farmland has been removed, 150,000 mu of farmland has been removed, and 150,000 mu have been replanted, and 2.4 million mu of pests have been prevented and controlled after the disaster. Fertilize more than 1 million mu.
According to the dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, as of July 29, 14.5 million mu of crops have been affected in Henan Province.
The disaster-stricken areas are mainly concentrated in Xinxiang, Zhoukou, Kaifeng, Anyang, Jiaozuo, Hebi, Zhengzhou and other places. The affected crops are mainly corn, peanuts and soybeans.
Pan Wenbo said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs promoted the local restoration of agricultural production as soon as possible, closely followed the disaster situation, strengthened scientific disaster relief guidance, urgently mobilized and transported disaster relief materials, and increased disaster relief funding support.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs immediately sent a working group to understand the disaster situation on the spot, consulted with the meteorological department in real time, organized and compiled a technical manual for agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation, and dispatched a disaster relief expert group to guide the hardest-hit cities to complete production recovery.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs mobilized the national agricultural and rural departments to support the rush to drain farmland water. In the early stage, it has deployed 2,000 pumping facilities to support the disaster area, mobilized 100 drones to form 50 operation teams, and carried out fertilization and spraying operations services.
At the same time, the National Disaster Relief Reserve Seeds will be used to coordinate seed companies in 16 provinces to donate disaster relief seeds, which can satisfy 5 million mu of replanting after the disaster.
The central government has allocated 100 million yuan in agricultural production disaster relief funds, and coordinated financial institutions to grant interest-free loans to disaster-stricken farmers.
It is understood that in the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will organize professional forces to invest in post-disaster production recovery, step up replanting and replanting, strengthen disease and pest control, continue to provide guidance and assistance, and strive to minimize disaster losses.
"The four disaster relief expert teams of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will continue to provide technical guidance services in Henan. Recently, another 20 expert teams have been dispatched to key disaster-stricken counties to guide farmers in production and self-rescue and help solve practical difficulties. "Pan Wenbo said.