The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs' Agricultural Situation Dispatch shows that summer grain has entered a critical period of production. Recently, there have been droughts of varying degrees in Guangxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi and other places, which have adverse effects on agricultural production.

  The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a yellow meteorological drought warning at 18:00 on May 7: According to real-time meteorological drought monitoring, there are severe droughts in provinces and regions such as Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, and Guangxi, among which there are particularly droughts in southern Shaanxi, western Henan, northwestern Hubei, and southern Jiangsu.

The picture shows the wheat planting base of Shaanxi Huifeng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Fengxiang District, Baoji City.

  In response to the drought, the central government has fully allocated 1.6 billion yuan of "one spray and three preventions" funds in advance, and recently allocated 376 million yuan of agricultural production disaster prevention and relief funds to support local governments in drought resistance, disease prevention and control of diseases and pests, and to strive to achieve a bumper harvest of summer grain.

  The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management have allocated 40 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds to support Shanxi, Guangxi and Shaanxi provinces (regions) to do a good job in drought relief and disaster relief, focusing on solving the water difficulties of urban and rural residents, purchasing and leasing emergency water storage, water purification and water supply equipment, and organizing personnel to ensure the daily water use of urban and rural residents.

  The Pearl River Water Conservancy Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources sent a drought relief working group to go deep into the drought areas in Yunnan and Guangxi to inspect the drought conditions on site, and guide the work of drought resistance, supply and irrigation protection; the Yellow River Water Conservancy Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources took multiple measures to do a good job in drought resistance, supply and irrigation protection in the Yellow River irrigation areas, and strive to consolidate the foundation for ensuring food security.

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  At present, relevant units and farmers in the arid areas are continuing to carry out drought resistance.

  Guangxi: New water wells + artificial rain increase and many places take practical measures to deal with drought

  Recently, many places in Guangxi have encountered droughts, and have taken precise measures to implement practical measures, from increasing rain to digging wells, from scientific water conservation to efficient scheduling, accurately "quenching thirst" and making every effort to ensure agricultural production.

  On April 21, villagers in Shangjie Village, Disu Town, Du'an Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi were watering the corn. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Xiaobang

  Data shows that since the beginning of this year, all levels in the district have invested a total of 290 million yuan to support artificial rain-increasing operations, procurement of drought-resistant materials and facilities, drilling wells and irrigation, pumping water and transporting water, and repairing farmland canals and other agricultural production restoration work.

  In terms of people's livelihood security, Guangxi has actively adopted measures such as drilling wells, pulling water to deliver water, and expanding the network of water supply projects to ensure the people's drinking water demand. The cumulative water supply of 276 large and medium-sized irrigation areas in the district is 1.24 billion cubic meters, and the irrigation area reaches 8.16 million mu.

In Dahua County, Guangxi, farmland sprinkler irrigation equipment waters crops.

  In terms of scientific and technological drought resistance, various regions have actively expanded technical means. The meteorological department seized favorable meteorological conditions and continued to carry out rain-increasing operations, with a cumulative impact area of ​​more than 158,000 square kilometers and increased effective precipitation by about 800 million tons; the agricultural department of Du'an County promptly promoted dry rice planting, which can save more than 70% of water compared with traditional rice planting, so that spring farming can be avoided; some places also teach small tips for using one water through new media platforms to maximize the utilization of water resources.

  In terms of water conservancy scheduling, the Guizhong Drought Control Letan Construction Management Bureau of Laibin City has formulated a detailed water resource scheduling plan, activated an orange warning for emergency drought resistance based on rainfall, and implemented joint reservoir regulation and peak scheduling water supply. The Guizhong Drought Control Project has divided the 594-kilometer channel into 8 scattering through the "base + pump station + channel" management model, with 11 pump stations as the core, and monitored and dispatched 24 hours a day to ensure stable water level and efficient water supply.

  Henan: Machinery and manpower work together to take multiple measures to resist drought and ensure production

The picture shows the Baimapo high-standard farmland demonstration zone in Hua County, Anyang, Henan Province.

  Henan Province's finance has allocated 50 million yuan to support local governments in rapid development of drought resistance, wheat watering, grain production and stabilization.

  In the high-standard farmland demonstration zone of Huangpan District, Kaocheng Town, Lankao County, dozens of reel sprinklers and translating sprinklers operate at full capacity; the water conservancy department carried out 24-hour shifts to lift irrigation, and carried out digital inspections of 2,328 farmland wells, repaired 23 faulty wells, and ensured that the well irrigation facilities were 100% normal operation. The town also established a three-level technical service system: 7 agricultural technical experts were responsible for the wholesale, "local experts" on-site demonstration in 50 administrative villages, and more than 200 volunteers of party members and cadres went to home for guidance. In response to different seedling conditions, a technical plan for "one spray and three preventions" will be formulated, and aphids and gibberellia will be monitored and prevented.

  In Yuanyang County, in order to solve the drought problem, on the one hand, it consolidates the farmland infrastructure and ensures that the irrigation system plays an effective role; on the other hand, it continues to improve the farmland facility management and maintenance system, guides all townships (towns, streets) to develop management and maintenance platforms, set up repair telephone numbers, and use the "12345" hotline for supervision and maintenance to ensure that the entire region of the machine well can be maintained at any time. 78 problematic machine wells and 133 problematic power facilities have been rectified to ensure timely irrigation of wheat.

  Jiangsu: Cross-regional water transfer intelligent irrigation to ensure agricultural production

  Some areas in Jiangsu have also experienced droughts of varying degrees recently. Various departments have coordinated and coordinated to expand water sources, scientific irrigation, and have taken multiple measures to carry out drought resistance guidance and other work to ensure stable production of summer grain.

The picture shows Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, seized favorable meteorological conditions and carried out artificial rain increase operations in the early morning of May 5.

  Mechanical helps improve efficiency. In the high-standard farmland in Haimen District, Nantong, plant protection machines shuttle through the wheat fields. Each plant protection machine can irrigate about 250 mu per hour, and river irrigation is used simultaneously in wheat fields that meet the conditions to alleviate soil drought problems; Zhenjiang Jianbi Water Pumping Station has started drought-resistant water replenishment operations, and four units replenish water to the Grand Canal, with an average daily water replenishment volume of 9 million cubic meters, providing key support for regional water safety.

  Intelligent irrigation comes up with new tricks. In the high-standard farmland of Orchidtang in Pukou District, Nanjing, small field meteorological stations can automatically monitor the farmland environmental temperature, humidity, etc. There are more scientific basis for pest control and crop irrigation in agricultural production, and farmland irrigation with one click. Some places in Xuzhou promote water-saving irrigation, moving from "flood flooding" to "precise drip irrigation". Sensors distributed in the fields can automatically detect soil moisture, and use intelligent irrigation pump stations to directly send water to the fields to save water and increase efficiency.

  Experts "take pulse and prescribe" in the field. In Siyang, Suqian, agricultural technicians guide farmers to apply scientific and reasonable fertilization according to the soil moisture conditions of different plots, spraying wheat leaves with drought-resistant agents, foliar fertilizers, etc., just like supplementing wheat with "nutrient solution" to make wheat more drought-resistant and grouting more sufficient.

  Data shows that the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Water Resources scientifically coordinated water resource scheduling and has diverted a total of 11.3 billion cubic meters of water since the beginning of this year. The three major water diversion systems of "River Water Diversion", "River Water Diversion East" and "River Water Diversion" have continued to divert more than 6 billion cubic meters of water.

  Shanxi: Water-saving irrigation + smart agriculture "full" power supply to ensure production

  From underground infiltration irrigation pipelines to aerial flight defense operations, from power supply networks to smart monitoring systems, many places in Shanxi have taken practical measures to resist drought and ensure production.

In Qu Village, Jiezhou Town, Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, a flying hand controlled a drone to inject medicine into the wheat field.

  In 800 acres of high-standard farmland in Qu Village, Jiezhou Town, Yanhu District, Yuncheng, the 800,000-meter seepage irrigation belt extends like an "underground meridian", and the "technology water" wrapped in nitrogen fertilizer is accurately dripping the roots of wheat seedlings through solenoid valves. In recent years, Yuncheng has vigorously promoted water-saving irrigation technology, and the popularity of equipment such as micro-spray belts and intelligent sprinklers has increased year by year. Relying on the Internet of Things technology, it has achieved intelligent management such as soil moisture monitoring and remote water control.

In the wheat fields of Huoxue Village, Jincun Town, Zezhou County, Shanxi Province, drones hover above.

  In the 200-acre wheat field in Huoxue Village, Jincun Town, Zezhou County, two drones evenly sprayed foliar fertilizer, regulator and anti-drought agent on the wheat leaves, improving the growth of wheat during the ear-raising and flowering period. In order to solve the problem of wheat growth, the agricultural department of Zezhou County responded quickly and invested 128 plant protection drones to carry out wheat drought-resistant spraying operations, making every effort to alleviate the adverse effects of drought on wheat growth.

  State Grid Shanxi Electric Power takes the initiative to provide services in advance, provide comprehensive power supply, and achieve dual improvements in spring irrigation and power supply capacity and service quality and efficiency. Photo provided by State Grid Yuncheng Power Supply Company

  Faced with the pressure of peak power consumption in spring irrigation and drought, State Grid Shanxi Electric Power has taken the initiative to provide services in advance, provide comprehensive power supply, achieve dual improvements in spring irrigation power supply capacity and service quality and efficiency, and use "full electricity" to escort summer grain production.

  Shaanxi: Mobile phone one-click regulation technology helps spring irrigation and grain security

  Faced with drought, many places in Shaanxi Province have made every effort to prevent drought and resist drought, and have taken active measures to strive to increase production in irrigation areas and not reduce production in dry land.

  The Shaanxi Provincial Department of Finance urgently raised and allocated 31 million yuan of provincial agricultural disaster relief funds and 15 million yuan of water conservancy disaster relief funds to support some cities and counties with severe disasters to do a good job in drought relief and disaster relief.

In the wheat planting base of Shaanxi Huifeng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Fengxiang District, Baoji City, growers use mobile phones to regulate intelligent sprinkler irrigation equipment.

  In the wheat planting base of Shaanxi Huifeng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Fengxiang District, Baoji City, the mobile phone controls intelligent sprinkler irrigation equipment with one click, and the spray heads in the wheat fields rotate to water them in turn. The local agriculture, water conservancy, electricity and other departments have set up drought-resistant service teams to go deep into the fields and provide irrigation assistance to retail farmers and labor-deficient households.

The picture shows the wheat planting base of Shaanxi Huifeng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Fengxiang District, Baoji City.

  In Jingyang's high-standard farmland, water and fertilizer integrated intelligent equipment equipped with low-voltage concealed pipes, smart nozzles, and electromagnetic water outlet valves operates through the mobile Internet of Things control terminal. Automatic wheel irrigation reduces the water consumption of more than 70 cubic meters per mu when flooding the water to 17 cubic meters today, saving manpower.

  According to the crop water demand, Shaanxi Province insists on combining pumping, diversion and extraction, and tries every means to increase drought-resistant water sources, open water sources such as wells, ponds, and reservoirs in its jurisdiction in a timely manner, carry out water replenishment irrigation, scientifically dispatch water projects, and expand the irrigation area.

  Anhui: Scientifically allocate water sources to ensure farmland irrigation needs

  The Anhui Provincial Water Resources Department has been closely monitoring changes in weather and rainfall, monitoring water storage and groundwater in rivers, lakes and reservoirs in real time, carrying out rolling analysis of water source guarantee situations, strengthening the scheduling of main and tributary flow control gates, and maximizing water storage and water retention. While ensuring normal water supply and ecological water use, strictly control the power generation and discharge of water from reservoirs and other power generation.

  Huaiyuan County Water Conservancy Bureau scientifically allocates water resources and makes every effort to ensure the irrigation needs of farmland. Photo provided by Huaiyuan County Party Committee Propaganda Department.

  In Huaiyuan County, the local water conservancy bureau immediately launched an emergency plan, urgently seconded and installed multiple high-power submersible pumps, and made every effort to open up the water source transportation channel. A total of 48 sets of temporary water pumps of different models such as 80kW and 25kW were dispatched from the Anhui Provincial Mechanical and Electrical Drainage and Irrigation General Station, Bengbu Water Conservancy Bureau, Bengbu Emergency Management Bureau, etc. At the same time, 26 technical personnel were dispatched to form three technical service teams, providing free technical services such as repairing pump station units and setting up temporary pump stations to the county and townships day and night.

  Yunnan: Promote "five actions" such as underground water search, sky water demand, and mountain spring water diversion

  Yunnan has deeply promoted the "five actions" including underground water search, water demand from the sky, water diversion in mountain springs, emergency water diversion, and water conservation for all. It has implemented a total of 25 aircraft rain-increasing operations and 678 ground rain-increasing operations. It has promptly launched 151 well drilling projects, 290 mountain spring water diversion projects and 139 emergency water diversion projects, ensuring the drinking water safety of 1.702 million people, and timely adjusting the agricultural industrial structure to fully ensure the water needs for irrigation.

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The picture shows the wheat planting base of Shaanxi Huifeng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Fengxiang District, Baoji City.

  Zhai Jianqing, a senior researcher at the Meteorological Disaster Risk Management Office of the National Climate Center, reminds everyone that during drought, you should pay attention to avoiding improper irrigation methods such as flooding and irrigation, reduce the application of nitrogen fertilizers, apply more phosphorus and potassium fertilizers to enhance the stress resistance of crops, and avoid dry application of chemical fertilizers to cause fertilizer damage. In terms of agriculture, localities need to take irrigation measures in a classified manner based on the seedling conditions and local actual conditions. The meteorological department needs to tightly monitor weather conditions. If there are rain-increasing operations, rain-increasing operations can be carried out in a timely manner and precipitation will be increased in the short term to alleviate drought.

  Reporter: Wang Ying, Feng Wenya

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