China Makes Efforts To Secure Irrigation And Fight Drought

Precise scheduling to guarante agriculture irrigation - Hunan Province

Affected by the high temperature weather since the first ten days of July, more than 90% of Hunan has experienced meteorological and hydrological droughts. The water levels of the "Four Rivers" in Hunan and Dongting Lake have continued to decline. Many arable land has been affected by drought. Production irrigation needs, high temperature and drought also have a significant impact on people's production and life.

In the face of the drought situation, Hunan quickly launched a level IV emergency response to drought defense. A total of 3,519 working groups were dispatched at the city and county levels, and 1.291 million drought-relief labors were dispatched to stick to the frontline of drought-relief. Water storage, dredging channels, ensuring power supply, etc., take multiple measures to prevent drought.

In Xinhe Village, Gaotangling Street, Wangcheng District, Changsha City, the continuous sunny, hot and high temperature weather made it difficult to pump and irrigate the 3,000 mu of paddy fields contracted by Ding Sixiang, a major grain grower. It is currently the late rice growing and tillering stage. Rice is most sensitive to temperature and moisture. A little carelessness can lead to empty shells or even reduced yields.

Pumping and diverting water to fight drought, and electricity is a strong guarantee. The city, state, district and county power supply companies affiliated to State Grid Hunan Electric Power have set up special classes for drought-relief and power supply services at different levels, and actively participate in the local government's drought-relief working group. Up to now, a total of 7,740 drought-relief and power-supply personnel have been dispatched, and special personnel have been arranged to use drones, infrared temperature measurement and other equipment to carry out 708 inspections. A total of 2,683 inspections of power supply lines and 16,435 transformers have been carried out through the "green channel". ” 12,700 households received electricity for drought resistance, with a reported installation capacity of 128,300 kilowatts, ensuring safe and reliable electricity for 1,910 key customers in the province, including pumping irrigation ports, pumping stations, and power stations.

The reporter learned from the office of the Hunan Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters that the current drought situation continues to develop, and all departments at all levels in the province work together to deal with it, and the current drought situation is generally controllable. The Provincial Department of Finance coordinated the agricultural and rural, water conservancy, emergency management and other departments to raise funds of 130 million yuan for drought relief; the provincial and municipal water conservancy departments sent more than 100 working groups to go deep into the fields to provide guidance and services, scientifically and precisely dispatch reservoirs, and divert water-lifting projects in a timely manner Water transfer and replenishment has provided a total of 2.48 billion cubic meters of water for more than 70 towns and more than 40 large and medium-sized irrigation areas, ensuring the water demand of more than 20 million people and more than 11 million mu of crops.

Protect drought-resistant  and Irrigation equipment - Jiangxi Province

Since mid-July, Jiangxi has suffered from a drought that lasted for more than a month. The continuous high temperature weather and the increasingly severe drought have caused a series of problems such as water shortages and power supply shortages in some areas. Jiangxi Province has firmly established the people-centered development concept, take precise policy implementation to minimize the impact and loss of drought, and making every effort to ensure the smooth operation of the economy.

Jiangxi Provincial Defense Index decided to upgrade the four-level emergency response to drought to three-level emergency response from 10:00 on August 24, requiring all localities and departments to do their best in drought relief in accordance with the division of responsibilities and the provisions of the plan.

Drought has resulted in agricultural crop losses by 3.2 billion yuan and food losses by 3.258 billion yuan ...

Agricultural technicians Deployed to Ensure Irrigation Measures - Guizhou Province

In the past few days, various departments in Guizhou Province have taken various measures to combat drought scientifically, try their best to reduce the adverse effects of dry weather on agricultural production, and strive to reduce production during severe disasters, not reduce production during minor disasters, and increase production without disasters.

The Guizhou Provincial Development and Reform Commission recently issued an emergency major water conservancy fund of 40 million yuan to support the construction of supporting pipeline networks for drought-relief water source projects in counties with severe drought conditions, and to solve the "last mile" problem of reservoirs that have stored (or have water storage conditions), Further improve the drought resistance guarantee capability of water source projects.

After the drought occurred, the Guizhou Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs adopted the disaster day reporting system to timely dispatch the disaster situation in various places. On the basis of the previous dispatch of 92 resident guidance groups to supervise the work of drought relief and disaster reduction, it organized cadres to lead 5 pack film guidance groups, 12 teams of grain and cash crop experts went to various places to guide and carry out the work of fighting drought and ensuring a bumper harvest. In addition, the department will urgently issue 15 million yuan of provincial disaster relief funds with the financial department for drought relief and disaster relief in various places.

Now is a critical period for the formation of some autumn crops. Agricultural and rural departments at all levels in Guizhou have increased their consultations, grasped the drought situation in real time, adjusted and transported irrigation facilities in a timely manner, and expanded water sources to ensure that all the irrigation and watering should be done. According to different drought conditions and different crops, it accurately guarantees drought-resistant oil and electricity, as well as agricultural drought-resistant materials such as seeds, fertilizers, and plastic film.

At the same time, Guizhou actively gave full play to the role of grass-roots agricultural technicians, and adopted the method of squatting and wrapping to establish drought relief and post-disaster production recovery plans for concentrated and contiguous plots.

Guiyang City requires all localities to pay close attention to "people" and "things", and in accordance with the principle of "life first, production later, water saving first, water transfer later, surface first, then underground", increase engineering measures to transfer water and store water, and make every effort to transfer and store water. Ensure the safety of drinking water for the masses, do a good job in agricultural drought-resistant irrigation and field management, and ensure the production of food crops and cash crops.

Focusing on the main industries, Liupanshui City has sorted out the key points and measures of drought resistance technology in related industries such as rice, soybeans, corn, vegetables, tea, orchards, and livestock and poultry breeding, for the reference of agricultural practitioners and managers.

Zunyi City organizes various forces to precisely dispatch various water conservancy projects, coordinate the dispatching of various agricultural machinery and implements, and make every effort to "quench thirst" for the farmland. Up to now, the city has invested 27.2094 million yuan in drought relief and disaster relief, adding more than 10,000 agricultural machinery and tools, maintaining irrigation and watering 538,000 mu times, and accumulatively 27,600 agricultural technicians have invested in agricultural drought relief work.