Ministry of Agriculture deploys sustainable management of locust disaster

On May 28, the national working conference on green prevention and control of locusts in rural areas was held in Jinan, Shandong Province, to exchange and analyze the situation of locusts, and arrange arrangements to promote sustainable locust management.

The meeting proposed that the specific targets for locust prevention and control in agricultural areas this year are: about 20.85 million mu of locust prevention and control area, 60% of green prevention and control, and 2.8 million mu of aeronautical and chemical operations. The population density of flying locusts is controlled within 1 head per square meter, and the damage loss is controlled within 5%. In the ecotone between agriculture and animal husbandry, the population density of soil locusts is controlled within 5 heads per square meter, and efforts are made to ensure that "migratory locusts cannot afford to fly into a disaster, and locusts do not spread harm." entry locusts do not take off twice.

The meeting held that in recent years, the concept of "scientific plant protection, public plant protection, and green plant protection" has been continuously deepened, the public prevention and control system led by the government of locust plague has been continuously strengthened, prevention and control technology has been continuously improved, and international cooperation in locust control has been continuously expanded. the harm of locusts has been continuously controlled, which has made a positive contribution to the production safety of agriculture and animal husbandry in our country. However, locust breeding areas in China have not been completely eradicated, locusts are widely distributed, high-density locusts often occur in local areas, and the threat of overseas locusts migrating into our country still exists.

The meeting pointed out that the plan for sustainable management of locusts issued by the Ministry of Agriculture analyzed the occurrence, effectiveness and existing problems of locusts in China, and expounded the great significance of sustainable management of locusts. The ideas, basic principles, objectives and tasks of locust control by 2020 were clarified, and regional control strategies, key measures and safeguard measures were put forward. It is necessary to conscientiously study the plan, define the objectives and tasks, fully implement and implement the plan, and ensure the smooth completion of all the tasks of the plan. First, it is necessary to improve the working mechanism of prevention and control; second, it is necessary to steadily increase capital investment; third, it is necessary to build a monitoring and prevention and control system; fourth, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of prevention and control facilities; fifth, it is necessary to enhance the informationization level of early warning and command; sixth, it is necessary to organize and tackle key problems in prevention and control technology; seventh, it is necessary to strengthen international cooperation and exchanges; and eighth, it is necessary to promote innovation in prevention and control mechanisms.

The meeting demanded that all locusts be fully aware of the complexity, long-term nature, and arduousness of locust plague management, further enhance their sense of responsibility and mission, overcome paralysis and laxity, establish the idea of sustainable management of locust plague, and conscientiously do a good job in locust prevention and control this year.

First, it is necessary to strengthen organizational leadership. Adhere to the principle of combining territorial responsibility with central subsidies, improve the command structure for locust control, and formulate prevention and control plans and technical plans in advance.

Second, it is necessary to do a good job in monitoring, early warning and duty reports. Comprehensively monitor and track the occurrence of locusts at home and abroad, timely and accurately issue forecasts, implement the locust control duty system and locust situation reporting system, there must be no omissions, and important locust situation monitoring should be investigated for responsibility.

Third, funds for locust control and materials for prevention and control should be implemented. Do a good job in advance on aircraft dispatching, procurement of prevention and control agents, mechanical maintenance, technical training, etc., prepare sufficient prevention and control materials, and prepare in advance for prevention and control actions.

Fourth, we should vigorously promote green prevention and control technology. Biological control techniques such as microsporidia, Metarhizium anisopliae, azadirachtin and matrine should be vigorously promoted in medium and low density areas, lakes and reservoirs, water source areas, nature reserves and green agricultural and livestock production bases. More than 60% of the central subsidy will be spent on biological control, strengthen training in green locust control, and promote the integration of unified control and green prevention and control.

Fifth, it is necessary to improve the informationization level of prevention and control. We should strengthen the popularization and application of locust prevention and control information system, establish locust plague information database, popularize and apply a new generation of locust survey and locust investigation equipment, and carry out digital survey of locust areas, so as to accumulate scientific data for promoting sustainable locust control.

Sixth, it is necessary to carry out prevention and control actions and supervision and guidance in a timely manner. According to the situation of locusts, timely prevention and control actions should be carried out, supervision and technical guidance on locust control should be strengthened to ensure timely and effective prevention and control of sudden locust plagues. at the same time, safety training and education should be done to prevent human and animal poisoning and other casualties.

Seventh, it is necessary to do a good job in international cooperation and exchanges in locust control. We will do a good job in the international cooperation project on locust control between China and Kazakhstan, and carry out technical assistance for locust control in Laos to prevent locusts from abroad from migrating into China. Participate in the research on remote sensing technology of locusts under the Sino-British Newton Cooperation Fund, strengthen cooperation and exchanges with Russia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Australia and the United States, and learn to introduce advanced techniques for locust control.