Since late July, my country's drought has developed rapidly, superimposed on high temperature and heat damage, posing a serious threat to autumn grain production.
A few days ago, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Emergency Management, and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued an emergency notice, requiring the relevant regions to do a good job in disaster prevention and mitigation, and go all out to win the fight against high temperature, heat, drought, and protect the autumn grain harvest. war.
The "Notice" requires agricultural and rural, water conservancy, emergency, meteorological and other departments at all levels to issue early warning information in a timely manner, encrypt disaster scheduling, and refine the growth of crops affected by disasters to counties, to plots, and to sub-regional, sub-type, sub-crop scientific assessment The effects of high temperature and heat damage and drought are sorted out one by one and put forward targeted disaster prevention and mitigation measures to provide a scientific basis for precise guidance.
The "Notice" emphasizes that it is necessary to do everything possible to expand drought-resistant water sources, and the water conservancy department should strengthen the scientific management of water resources such as rivers, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, and strive to ensure the demand for agricultural irrigation water.
The emergency department should start and adjust the emergency response in a timely manner, pre-set emergency response forces and flood control and drought relief materials and equipment, organize and carry out water delivery and life assistance for the affected people, and ensure the safety of water diversion for the masses.
The meteorological department should dispatch and transport operational aircraft to the drought-stricken areas in a timely manner, prepare enough rain-enhancing rockets and other materials, and guide localities to carry out artificial rain-enhancing operations in a timely manner.
Agricultural and rural departments should further improve the technical guidance for fighting disasters and achieving a bumper harvest, and do a good job in scientific guidance services for fighting disasters and ensuring autumn grains.
Organize grass-roots cadres and agricultural technicians to go to the front line of disaster prevention and mitigation, bring technology and materials, and go to townships to villages to strengthen targeted technical guidance services.
Precisely implement policies in various regions to strengthen field management in the middle and late stages of autumn grain
At present, the southern middle rice has entered the heading and flowering stage one after another, and the summer corn has entered the tasseling and silking stage, which is the key period for yield formation.
Various localities have taken multiple measures to strengthen the field management of autumn grains in the middle and late stages.
In Jianhu, Jiangsu, more than 600,000 mu of autumn crops such as rice and soybeans are at a critical stage of yield formation.
In order to ensure the stable production and income of autumn grain, all 323 electric irrigation and drainage stations in the county will operate 24 hours this year. The local power supply and water conservancy departments organized personnel to deal with various equipment defects and hidden dangers in a timely manner to ensure the normal operation of the irrigation and drainage stations during the autumn grain field management period.
Cao Yue, a member of the autumn grain security service team in Jianhu County, Jiangsu Province:
We have formulated a number of emergency security plans to minimize the impact of adverse weather.
Since late July, due to continuous high temperature and little rainfall, soil moisture loss in parts of Henan has accelerated.
At present, about half of the 76 million mu of autumn grains in Henan Province have promoted the application of water-saving and high-efficiency irrigation.
In Xiangcheng, Henan, the local use of reel type sprinkler irrigation machine can not only irrigate a large area of farmland, but also adjust the size of the sprinkler to control the amount of water, so as to achieve the purpose of water-saving irrigation.
Wang Zhi, a major grain grower in Xiangcheng City, Henan Province:
I can water 50 to 60 mu of land a day with this sprinkler, and now I have 6 sets that can water more than 1,000 mu of land in 3 to 4 days.
There are still about 40 days before the harvest of autumn grains. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has dispatched 25 working groups and 12 scientific and technological teams to go to key provinces of autumn grains and key areas affected by high temperature and drought to guide the implementation of key measures to fight disasters and ensure a bumper harvest. .
Water conservancy "veterans" actively participate in the front line of drought resistance
Recently, Hubei has experienced high temperature and little rainfall, and drought conditions have continued to develop in many places.
On the front line of drought resistance in Qichun County, Huanggang City, there is such an 82-year-old "old water conservancy worker".
He used his years of work experience to plan the route of water diversion and irrigation for the village, helping the villagers fight drought and ensure production.
The old man who is instructing the villagers to divert water for irrigation is named Wang Yu. He is 82 years old this year and has been working in the town water conservancy station before retiring.
Guanyao Town is located on the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The town has a total of 23,000 mu of farmland.
At present, although the drought situation in the villages near the water source has basically been alleviated, the drought resistance situation of the 6 villages in the Nanzheng area far away from the water source is still not optimistic.
Facing the drought situation that has not been encountered in many years, Cai Yongjun, the current head of the water conservancy station, is very anxious.
He found Wang Yu, an experienced and old webmaster, to help these villages fight against drought.
Wang Yu, former head of the water conservancy station in Guanyao Town, Qichun County, Huanggang City:
Although I am old, as long as my body allows, the party and the people need me, and it is my duty.
Gao Yingdong, a villager in Fugang Village, Guanyao Town, Qichun County, Huanggang City:
The water has already flowed into my fields, and the harvest is guaranteed again this year.
Hu Chao, deputy mayor of Guanyao Town, Qichun County, Huanggang City:
At present, the irrigation water of six villages in the Nanzheng area is being gradually solved, and a total of 1,000 mu of fertile fields have benefited.
News Feature: The Story of Well Drilling in Xiabian Village
Right now is a critical period for the growth of late rice in the south, and it is also the time when rice water demand is the greatest.
In Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province, a major grain-producing county in the country, affected by the recent drought, the more than 5,400 mu of rice here will face serious production reduction or even no harvest if water is not replenished and irrigated in time.
The grassroots party members and cadres in the local townships formed a drought-relief vanguard team, doing everything possible to find water and dig wells to help the people fight the drought and ensure autumn crops.
The fourth drought-relief well in Xiabian Village, Yongyang Town, Ji'an County successfully produced water.
This well was drilled beside Xiao Zhihua's disaster-stricken rice field. The rice that had been "thirsty" for a month was finally "drinked" with water.
Xiao Zhihua, a major grain grower in Xiabian Village, Yongyang Town, Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province:
I did the math, and now I can keep 70 to 80 mu of rice, and I can also reduce 70,000 to 80,000 yuan (loss), and the seedlings are saved.
Yongyang Town is an important grain town. The whole town is mainly planted with rice, with a rice planting area of 26,800 mu and an annual output of 38 million catties of rice.
Yongyang Town is not lacking in water resources, there are three small second-type reservoirs.
Beginning in late July, the sudden drought caused this place that was not short of water to encounter an unprecedented drought, and the area of rice affected by drought reached more than 5,400 mu.
After the drought, Xiao Zhihua, a big grain grower, approached the village committee for help.
The village party secretary, Zhou Lichu, immediately organized a party member commando team to work together to come up with ideas for Xiao Zhihua's rice fields to quench his thirst.
Zhou Lichu, Secretary of the Party Branch of Xiabian Village, Yongyang Town, Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province:
First, irrigate the water in the small mountain pond. If the small mountain pond is blocked, we will organize the villagers to dredge it.
There is a small second-type reservoir and 9 ponds in Xiabian Village.
Zhou Lichu organized people to go up the mountain to find water, but with the development of the drought, these water sources were drained in less than ten days.
The farmland contracted by Xiao Zhihua is far away from the mountain pond, and the thirst cannot be quenched in the distance. Facing Xiao Zhihua's request for help again, Zhou Lichu did not say a word, brought the old party members and village cadres in the village, and immediately searched for the location of the well in the village.
The location of their first well was chosen by a pond in the center of the village that still had a little stagnant water.
Zhou Lichu, Secretary of the Party Branch of Xiabian Village, Yongyang Town, Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province:
At that time, based on our experience in rural areas, there must be water next to the pond, but after hitting it, it was 6.5 meters long, and there was no water in the end. We all feel very sorry.
When everyone was in a hurry, Yongyang Town immediately dispatched water conservancy personnel with professional equipment to the village to help everyone find water sources.
Zhu Liang, a water conservator in Yongyang Town, Ji'an County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province:
The soil still has a little moisture, which means that there is a water system in the ground. From my professional point of view, it should be feasible here.
In order to seize the time, the second well and the third well were drilled almost at the same time, and the water was successfully pumped out soon, which made everyone excited, and the anxiety that had accumulated in their hearts for more than a month was swept away.
Zhou Lichu, Secretary of the Party Branch of Xiabian Village, Yongyang Town, Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province:
We were very happy when the second well was drilled.
The third well was drilled the best. After it was drilled, three to four submersible pumps could be used to pump water, and the drought was relieved by 600 to 700 acres.
Up to now, including Xiabian Village, Yongyang Town has invested a total of more than 380,000 yuan, and 35 new drought-resistant wells have been drilled for irrigation protection. The second batch of 13 wells is also under intense preparation. loss.