[Explanation] Recently, the Yellow-ridged bamboo locusts have been found migrating and entering the country in Pu'erjiangcheng County, Xishuangbanna, and Mengla County, bordering Laos, and gradually spread to adjacent areas, causing local damage.
[Explanation] Recently, the reporter walked into Zhonghui Village, Jiahe Township, Jiangcheng County, and saw that a "voluntary locust eradication team" from Qujing, Yunnan, walked on the field and used drones to spray drugs from high altitude to kill the yellow locust.
[Concurrent] Yunwei Suo, Captain of the Volunteer Team of Yunnan Hi-Tech New Agriculture Technology Co., Ltd.
It was too much to imagine when I first came. When you are standing in the mountains, the locusts can hit you very painfully when they are migrating, and they keep hitting you, hitting every part, which is very exaggerated.
[Explanation] According to Suo Yunwei, in mid-July, a total of 14 members of the "Voluntary Locust Elimination Team" arrived in Jiangcheng County and moved around to start voluntary locust elimination operations. With the reduction of locusts, there are currently 5 local team members who can ensure the normal operation of 3 drones every day, with an operating area of 600 to 1,000 mu.
[Concurrent] Yunwei Suo, Captain of the Volunteer Team of Yunnan Hi-Tech New Agriculture Technology Co., Ltd.
After this period of time, it will decrease every day, and there will be no mass migration as before. Now it is every day we look at their wind direction, and its migration direction follows it. We will go wherever it goes, and we will eliminate it until we get rid of it.
[Explanation] It is understood that the main food source of the yellow spine bamboo locust is bamboo, which often stays at higher positions such as bamboo shoots, and villagers cannot effectively cover it with manual sprayers. Some yellow ridged bamboo locusts fell into the corn field and destroyed the corn leaves and flower ears. If they are not controlled in time, the corn harvest will be affected.
[Concurrent] Zhou Qiang, deputy head of Jiahe Township, Jiangcheng County, Yunnan Province
Previously, we had a wide range of prevention and control, and the number of drones was not enough for us. Now drone volunteers have increased our prevention and control capabilities after they came to our Jiahe.
[Explanation] During the dog days, the temperature in Jiangcheng County is as high as 30 degrees. During the operation, drone pilots need to wear masks and goggles to overcome problems such as high temperature and mosquitoes.
[Concurrent] Gao Mingwei, member of the volunteer team of Yunnan Gaoke Xinnong Technology Co., Ltd.
The place where we work is far from the city, and we often cannot buy food. Many local people enthusiastically invite us to eat at home, and I feel very happy to be able to do something for the local people.
[Concurrent] Yunwei Suo, Captain of the Volunteer Team of Yunnan Hi-Tech New Agriculture Technology Co., Ltd.
Because I think they are all good helpers for uncle farmers, this is what this drone says. Then I think that if we can do some of these public welfare things for the people during this time, it will be of great help to the uncle farmers.
[Explanation] The reporter learned from the Yunnan Forestry and Grassland Bureau that at present, Yunnan Province has established a province, city, county, township, village, group, and forest ranger pest monitoring network, and more than 3,000 people are invested every day to investigate hidden locust disasters; At the same time, the measures of "integration of ground and air, and implementation of regional policies" were adopted to jointly carry out prevention and control; a 155,500 mu of "agricultural land interception zone" was established in the townships bordering Jiangcheng and Mengla, and the overall prevention and control effect was obvious.
Dao Zhinan Miao Chao reports from Yunnan Pu'er
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]