Actively deal with the "flood in the south and drought in the north" to ensure a steady increase in grain income

The main flood season has arrived at present. Under the influence of El Nino events, global meteorological disasters occur frequently. Severe convective weather in China has a wide range of points, high intensity, severe hail disasters, frequent torrential rains in the south, continuous high temperatures in the north, and precipitation and temperature break through the historical extreme values in some areas. In order to effectively deal with the adverse effects of El Nino on agricultural production, on June 4, the Ministry of Agriculture organized meteorological and agricultural experts to consult on the impact of the El Ni ñ o event, scientifically study the impact, and put forward countermeasures. On the whole, El Nino will last until autumn, reaching above medium intensity. Affected by it, there may be "south flood and north drought" in the flood season, which will be more serious than last year, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and its south and the Songhua River basin may occur, and relatively serious summer droughts may occur in most parts of North China and the eastern part of Northwest China. Phased cold damage may occur in Northeast China, and the task of resisting disasters and ensuring a bumper harvest is very arduous.

At present, a bumper harvest of summer grain is in sight, early rice is growing well, spring sowing is progressing smoothly, and grain production is off to a good start, but it is an arduous task to cope with the impact of the El Ni ñ o event and to seize early rice and autumn grain harvest. The Ministry of Agriculture will be based on disaster prevention and harvest, strengthen guidance services, actively and effectively respond to disasters, and scientifically prevent and resist disasters, so as to win the initiative to achieve the goal of stable income increase. First, strengthen disaster monitoring and early warning. Pay close attention to major weather changes, strengthen disaster prediction and prediction, formulate and improve technical plans as soon as possible, issue early warning information, strengthen disaster monitoring and assessment, initiate emergency response, and implement preventive measures in advance. The second is to vigorously promote scientific disaster relief. We should do a good job in the prevention of floods in the south, droughts in North China and early frost in Northeast China, strengthen crop field management, and implement measures to prevent and increase production from disasters such as increasing fertilization and promoting early maturity of rice as soon as possible. In areas where drought may occur in North China, irrigation facilities should be overhauled in advance, drought monitoring should be strengthened, water-saving irrigation techniques such as sprinkler irrigation and drip irrigation should be popularized, irrigation area should be expanded, and disaster losses should be reduced. The third is to strengthen technical guidance services. According to the growth and development process of different crops and the occurrence of major disasters, experts and technicians are organized to formulate technical guidance for sub-regions, sub-crops and sub-disaster species. In the critical farming season, experts and agricultural technicians are organized to go deep into the production line of spring ploughing to check seedlings, soil moisture, diseases and insect pests, and carry out itinerant guidance to help farmers implement the key techniques for disaster prevention and reduction, stable production and increase production. Fourth, pay close attention to the propaganda and guidance of public opinion. Make full use of the Internet, television, newspapers and other platforms to popularize the impact of El Ni ñ o on agricultural production and scientific technical measures for disaster prevention and relief, vigorously publicize the experiences and practices of agricultural disaster prevention and relief, and promote the smooth development of disaster prevention and reduction work.