Photo taken on May 10, 2022 shows wheat crops in the fields in Shenze County, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
As typhoon Chaba makes landfall in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guangdong Province, local farmers are rushing to harvest early-season rice, while reinforcing agricultural land to reduce damage. So far, there has only been limited impact on harvesting activities and measures are underway to reduce losses, farmers said on Sunday.
In spite of a complex and challenging international environment that has led to soaring grain prices, China is able to ensure domestic grain security given an increase in overall planting area and sufficient inventory, one expert said.
"The typhoon has done little damage to local agriculture so far, and the harvest volume for summer grain reached higher level year-on-year," a farmer from Lianqiang farming and livestock cooperative agency located in Baise, Guangxi, told the Global Times on Sunday.
He said that occasional heavy rain and strong wind may have some impact on tropical fruits like mango, but they have built extra supports for trees, production facilities and working to ensure the rain water can be drained immediately.
However, a representative surnamed Liu from Jinhong agricultural cooperative that plants rice in Shantou, Guangdong told the Global Times on Sunday that due to heavy rains caused by the typhoon, only 10 percent of his grain crop had been harvested so far.
"In order to reduce loss as much as possible, our workers have started to work overtime ahead of the typhoon to get the crops in," Liu said, noting that they have piled the harvested rice in a dry warehouse to avoid rot.
The typhoon came as more than 866,000 hectares of early-season rice has entered harvest season in Guangdong, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
On Saturday, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA) rapidly moved to deploy measures against the typhoon, urging local government departments to minimize damage brought about by the typhoon and ensure that production can rapidly be resumed.
The MOA urged to immediately boost harvest early-season rice, while reinforcing fruit trees, greenhouses and chicken coops and pigsties so as to reduce potential loss. In addition, the ministry said that the adjustment and transport of production materials such as seeds, fertilizers and pesticides will be carried out to meet the needs of post-disaster production recovery.
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