The report of agricultural damage in New Taipei City is non-stop to strive for the central cash assistance.

New Taipei City Agricultural Loss Investigation Report Continues to Strive for Central Cash Relief

On the 3rd, Ye Huiqing, vice mayor of Xinbei, went to the north coast to investigate agricultural damage and fishing port of Jinshan Huanggang. Aiming at crops such as watermelon, sweet potato and nursery that were damaged more, he fought for the central agricultural natural disaster relief and assisted farmers to resume farming as soon as possible. Two half-sunk fishing boats were also awarded. Disaster reports continued daily during heavy rains.

On June 2, it rained heavily. New Taipei City started the agricultural natural disaster detection mechanism to master the agricultural damage situation in various places. On the morning of June 3, each district office took advantage of the flood to investigate the agricultural damage situation in the area. The Agricultural Bureau collected the agricultural losses reported by Danshui, Sanzhi, Shimen, Jinshan and Wanli District Offices. At present, the agricultural damage area is 147.73 hectares, the damage degree is about 27%, the converted area is 39.83 hectares, and the agricultural damage amount is about 5.244 million yuan.

Agricultural losses mainly include watermelon, sweet potato, nursery, Zizania latifolia shoots, leafy vegetables and so on. Because Sanzhi watermelon is in flowering and fruiting stage, the damage caused by soaking water is more serious. Jinshan sweet potato has just been planted for more than one month. At present, it is mostly in the period of long vine and small potato. Under the erosion of water, the roots are bare. After the water recedes, it is suggested that farmers restore soil to reduce the impact. Jinshan and Wanli Nursery were washed away by flood.

The Agriculture Bureau said it had contacted the Taoyuan District Agricultural Improvement Farm and the North District Branch of the Agriculture and Food Administration to form a disaster investigation team to investigate the agricultural damage situation. If the damage degree of a single crop reaches more than 20%, it will be reported to the central rescue. These days, district offices will continue to check and report agricultural losses, and urge farmers to inform local offices as soon as possible if agricultural losses occur.

▲ New Taipei City agricultural loss inspection report does not stop to strive for central cash assistance