Ministry of Agriculture: spare no effort to promote disaster resistance and ensure a bumper harvest of autumn grain

According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, so far, the area of crops affected by drought has reached 58.68 million mu, with 14.53 million mu seriously affected by drought, concentrated in Henan, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places. Among them, Henan is the worst-hit area, and the drought-affected area is nearly half of the country's total disaster area. In view of the current persistent drought in some parts of China, Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu said during his inspection of the drought in Henan from August 1 to 2 that agricultural departments at all levels should pay close attention to the changes in the drought, do a good job in the "four intensities" and spare no effort to promote disaster relief in arid areas, and strive to ensure a stable harvest of autumn grain this year.

In Xuchang, Pingdingshan and other places in Henan Province, Han Changfu went deep into the fields to check the drought, ask about water conservancy, and look at the growth trend, and asked agricultural departments at all levels to do a good job in "four intensities", strive to reduce production in heavy drought areas, not in light drought areas, and increase production in non-drought areas. to ensure the realization of the goal of stabilizing grain and increasing grain production: first, it is necessary to strengthen the implementation of the responsibilities of departments at all levels, strengthen organization and leadership, go deep into the hardest-hit areas, and guide the work of fighting drought. Second, it is necessary to strengthen the scientific concept of drought resistance, organize experts and agricultural technicians to "go to the field to the house," and personally teach the technology of drought resistance and seedling protection. We should reasonably grasp the order of drought resistance and classified guidance, that is, cultivated land with watering conditions can be irrigated, and those with irrigated conditions can be protected, and those without irrigated conditions should be replanted in time to replant crops with short growth periods; third, we should strengthen cooperation with financial, water conservancy, meteorological, and other departments to allocate funds for disaster prevention and relief in agricultural production as soon as possible; fourth, we should strengthen the monitoring, prevention and control of diseases and insect pests, pay close attention to the dynamics of insect pests in arid areas, and organize unified prevention and control.

It is reported that in order to deal with the persistent drought, the Ministry of Agriculture has organized the "Scientific Action to fight disasters and seize bumper Autumn crops", organized experts to formulate scientific and technological drought relief technical plans for sub-regions and sub-crops, and sent several rounds of drought relief working groups to Henan, Anhui, Shaanxi and other heavy drought areas to assess the impact of drought on agricultural production and formulate relevant drought relief technical plans. Henan Province, on the other hand, made every effort to organize drought-resistant irrigation work, and sent 13000 agricultural technicians deep into the fields to carry out technical publicity and guidance.

According to the forecast of the meteorological department, the drought in North China, Huanghuai, Jianghan and other places may continue or develop in August, resulting in an unfavorable situation of continuous drought in summer and autumn, and the situation of drought resistance is not optimistic.