Ministry of Agriculture: do a solid job in the recovery of agricultural production after the disaster

At present, it is the key season of autumn grain production, and it is also an important stage for the recovery of agricultural production after the disaster. On August 19, the Ministry of Agriculture held a video dispatch conference on agricultural production recovery in flood-stricken provinces to study and implement the spirit of Premier Li Keqiang's important instructions, dispatch and analyze the situation of food and agricultural production in the disaster areas, and arrange and deploy key tasks for post-disaster production recovery. Han Changfu, Minister of agriculture, stressed that agricultural departments at all levels should pay close attention to the implementation of Premier Li Keqiang's important instructions, summarize the grain and field production situation in the disaster areas, formulate measures to resume production, and send working groups to key provinces to guide and help, so that there must be no large-scale abandonment due to disasters. Agricultural departments at all levels should earnestly enhance their sense of responsibility and urgency, and do a solid job in the recovery of agricultural production after the disaster.

The meeting pointed out that since the beginning of this year, affected by the super-strong El Niño, my country's climate has been abnormal, and floods have shown a severe situation of concurrent north-south and multiple locations, which has brought heavy losses to agricultural production. Agricultural departments at all levels should highlight key points, strengthen measures, and do a good job in post-disaster production recovery. One is to do a good job of replanting. Further find out the area of no-harvest fields that have not yet been replanted and replanted, strengthen classification guidance, replant and replant crops with short growth period and market demand according to local conditions, make preparations for winter planting as soon as possible, strive to expand the planting of one season crops and increase the income of one season, so as not to miss a household or waste a field. The second is to do a good job of pest control. We should focus on the prevention and control of rice "two migration" pests, rice blast and sheath blight, strengthen the monitoring and early warning of diseases and insect pests, timely release early warning information, timely carry out emergency prevention and control, vigorously carry out unified prevention and control, and resolutely curb the outbreak of diseases and insect pests. The third is to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control. Go deep into the hardest-hit areas and areas with intensive breeding, carry out comprehensive disinfection in a timely manner, and carry out emergency intensive immunization to ensure that there is no major epidemic after the disaster. Strengthen the supervision and inspection of production areas and slaughter links, strictly prevent sick and dead livestock and poultry from entering the market, and ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products. Guide the livestock and poultry in the disaster area to fill the fence according to local conditions. Four is to grasp the aquatic restoration. Dredging ponds as soon as possible, rush to repair, reinforce and repair Tangkou dams, inlet and drainage channels, slope protection roads and other facilities, supplement aerator, cage culture equipment, water purification treatment equipment and other breeding machinery, and supplement aquatic fry. Fifth, do a good job of repairing water-damaged facilities. Timely dispatch agricultural machines and tools, clean up the farmland, dredge the canal system, repair the bridge and culvert pumping stations and mechanical farming roads, and restore the cultivated layer through measures such as guest soil reconstruction to restore production conditions as soon as possible. Increase the application of organic fertilizer to restore soil fertility as soon as possible.

The meeting stressed that the task of post-disaster production recovery is arduous and the responsibility is heavy. Agricultural departments at all levels should closely focus on the main line of work of "improving quality, increasing efficiency and changing methods, stabilizing grain and increasing income and sustainable", and promote the implementation of various measures for the recovery of agricultural production after the disaster in a pragmatic style. For the hardest-hit areas, it is necessary to organize cadres to enter villages and households, squatting and packaging films to ensure the completion of the post-disaster production recovery task. Scientific assessment of the impact of disasters, technical training and itinerant guidance services. As soon as possible, the policy measures to the household, the implementation to the field. Help needy and disaster-stricken households to do a good job in production and restoration of various farmland operations, and popularize technical measures for restoration of agricultural production after disasters.

It is reported that on August 18, the Ministry of Agriculture sent three work guidance groups led by cadres at the department and bureau level to Hubei, Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Hebei to go deep into the disaster areas to guide the recovery of agricultural production after the disaster, help local governments solve practical difficulties, and ensure that all measures are in place. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture recently dispatched 11 supervision teams to go deep into 23 key provinces (regions) to supervise and guide the prevention and control of major autumn grain diseases and pests, promote the implementation of various measures, and win the initiative in the autumn grain harvest.

the meeting was presided over by yang shaopin, member of the leading party group of the ministry of agriculture. The responsible comrades of the agricultural departments of Hubei, Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hebei, Henan and other provinces reported on the progress of post-disaster production recovery and key work arrangements.