Summary: On 13 July, the Government of Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region made an announcement on promoting the development of
artificial weather modification, which puts the emphasis on the weather
forecast level in major agricultural products (sugarcane, for example) planting
reserves, aiming to ensure the supply of agricultural products and crop safety.
On 13 July,
the General Office of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region issued the Implementation Opinions on Promoting the High-quality
Development of Artificial Weather Modification (the Opinions). The Opinions
proposed that a high-quality artificial weather modification system that
effectively guarantees agricultural development is to be formed by 2025 and
reach an advanced level by 2035.
As early as
2008, Guangxi had appointed personnel to carry out work on artificial weather
modification; in 2014, relevant management regulations were officially issued
to clarify the use scope of artificial weather modification. This Opinions's
focus inclines to making artificial weather modification serve for agricultural
production: carrying out drought, hail and other disasters assessments in
concentrated areas of sugarcane, rice, corn, vegetables, fruits, tobacco and
other crops. Drought and hail prevention operations should be put into grain
production function areas, important agricultural products production areas
(such as sugarcane), special agricultural products production areas as well as
important agricultural seasons, and improve severe weather forecasts level.
This series of work is expected to reduce disaster losses, ensure food
security, and the supply of important agricultural products.
The 2020/2021
squeezing season of Guangxi has ended in April, and it is currently in the
sugarcane growing period. The Sugar Industry Development Office of Guangxi has
recently rolled out relevant policies to further increase farmers' enthusiasm
for sugarcane planting, promote fine sugarcane varieties and scientific
planting. The policies include organizing the application of Guangxi sugarcane
seed breeding and promotion base for seed nursery subsidies, sugar industry
development special funds, and construction of 2022 Guangxi sugarcane varietie
sbreeding promotion base, etc. Although there are relevant financial supports,
if there is a poor harvest, it will also cause a blow to the enthusiasm of
local farmers for sugarcane planting. Therefore, the weather modification in
Guangxi, the largest cane sugar production area in China, weighting agriculture
more than others, is beneficial to reduce the impact of accidental factors such
as weather on agricultural production, and to provide a certain guarantee for
the development of local agriculture, especially the sugar industry.
Another cane
sugar production area, Yunnan Province, has also taken a series of measures to
promote the sustainable development of the cane sugar industry recently.
According to yntw.com on 8 July, the Sugar Industry Science and Technology
Mission of Gengma County, Yunnan Province held a field management training
meeting in Lincang City from 22 to 24 in June to conduct knowledge training on
prevention and control issues on actual problems and pests encountered in
sugarcane production. In addition, the national sugarcane resource bank
creation and high-sugar and multi-resistant germplasm innovative utilization
project hosted by the Sugarcane Research Institute of Yunnan Academy of
Agricultural Sciences recently won the first prize of the 2020 Yunnan Science and
Technology Progress Award, which provides high-quality variety resources for the development of the sugar industry in
Yunnan Province.
Source:CCM
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