The affected area of 500,000 acres of corn, sweet potato, citrus citrus, the most important Yichang City dry group to fight the drought

The Three Gorges Daily (Reporter Jie Xingwei, correspondent Wang Qi and Yu Jiao'e) continued to high temperature and drought weather, causing crops such as rice, corn, vegetables, sweet potatoes, citrus, tea, soybean and other crops in Yichang City. As of August 11, the affected area of ​​crops in the city reached 502,400 mu, and the disaster area was 175,200 mu, and it was charged 27,000 acres. Corn, sweet potatoes and citrus are the most affordable, and the city's agricultural economic losses have reached 240 million yuan.

In response to the increasingly severe drought, the city's comprehensive policy, adopting "key points" housekeeping guidance, experts in the subordinates of the subordinates, and water intake into the fields to prevent drought and harvest. On August 11, the Municipal Agricultural and Rural Bureau was classified and released the main points of drought resistance measures for large field crops, gardening crops, and breeding industries. And the impact of the production of crops, guide science to do a good job in anti -high temperature and drought work in various places. The agricultural technical promotion departments at all levels have targeted guidance of farmers to carry out preventive measures. Since July, the city's agricultural departments have established a total of 62 guidance groups in disaster resistance, and more than 700 experts and technical personnel have been organized to the affected areas to check the disaster conditions, verify the area, and guide the affected people to carry out anti -disaster production.

Municipal and county levels are fully strengthened to strengthen agricultural water supply dispatch to ensure agricultural machinery supply. Yicheng City has timely organized library water to raise water irrigation and harvest in the main area of ​​rice and citrus. Zhijiang City conducts equipment maintenance and repair of 211 small irrigation pumping stations, clearing the obstacles and removal of 118 kilometers of irrigation channels to ensure that the irrigation capacity of pump stations and the smooth flow of the channel. Dangyang City used 80,000 drought -resistant equipment such as electromechanical shafts and pumping stations. Through raising, leading, and water release, a total of more than 96 million cubic meters of drought -resistant water was provided, and more than 300,000 acres of farmland were irrigated. Xingshan County seized the opportunity to carry out 25 stations for artificial rainfall operations, and the rain increase area was small to the middle rain.

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