Eight province winter wheat drought 96.11 million Mu area production occupies the country more than 80%

Agriculture Department starts two emergency response Shanxi 440,000 people temporary drinking water difficulty Henan 20.89 million mu winter Wheat drought newspaper Beijing, February 5 (reporter Chen Renze) According to the current drought situation, in accordance with the "agricultural major natural disasters contingency plan", the Ministry of Agriculture decided February 4 drought-resistant two emergency response,　　Strengthen the guidance and support of drought-resistant spring pipe in northern winter wheat region. Since last October, the northern winter wheat area precipitation continues to be few, Shandong, Hebei and other parts of the region has been no effective precipitation for 3 consecutive months, Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, part of the eight provinces drought and sustained development.　　According to the Ministry of Agriculture Agricultural Dispatch, as of February 4, eight provinces of winter wheat drought 96.11 million mu, accounting for eight of winter wheat planting area 35.1%, accounting for eight of the province of arable land 21.7%, drought eight provinces of winter wheat area and production accounted for more than 80% of the country. Taiyuan, February 5 (reporter Liu Xingyu) since last October, most parts of Shanxi province suffered from severe drought, drinking water and farmland irrigation have different degrees of difficulty.　　At present, the province drought area has reached 23.8 million acres, of which the winter wheat drought area accounted for 62% of sown areas, 440,000 people have temporary drinking water difficulties. Shanxi province demands that the safety of drinking water for urban and rural residents be put in the first place.　　The province finances out 230 million yuan, to the province pumping station and the well project irrigation to give the special subsidy, arranges 50 million yuan to subsidize to the province rural drinking water price.　　Newspaper Zhengzhou, February 5 (reporter Cao Shulin) reporter from Henan Province flood control and Drought control headquarters office was informed: due to the continuous low precipitation, the province has 20.89 million acres of winter wheat drought, including 2.14 million acres of drought, hilly land and 130,000 people because of drought water difficulties. Since the drought, the flood control and drought relief headquarters in Henan Province issued 8 urgent notices to the cities, and dispatched 10 working groups in time to oversee the management of wheat fields and drought-resistant work; troops in Henan and armed police officers and soldiers in a timely manner to water shortages in mountainous areas to ensure water shortage in the Spring Festival normal