The central government has allocated 1 billion yuan in disaster relief funds to actively respond to disasters such as water, drought, diseases, and pests in agriculture
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 2 (Xinhua) - On September 1, the Ministry of Finance, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Water Resources, issued a central government fund of 1 billion yuan for agricultural disaster prevention and reduction and water conservancy disaster relief to support disaster relief efforts in flood and drought disasters, as well as crop pest and disease prevention in affected areas.
Among them, 272 million yuan was allocated for drought relief and disaster relief to support provinces such as Gansu and Shaanxi in responding to crop disasters caused by drought, and to carry out related work such as crop replanting and replenishment, drought resistance and water diversion in agricultural production; Arrange flood relief funds of 357 million yuan to support provinces such as Jilin and Heilongjiang in responding to sustained flood disasters caused by typhoons and heavy rainfall, and timely carry out related work such as agricultural production recovery and water conservancy facility damage repair; We will allocate 371 million yuan in funds for the prevention and control of rice diseases and pests, to support provinces such as Jiangxi and Hunan in their efforts to prevent and control rice diseases and pests such as rice blast and rice migration.