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All-out efforts taken in drought affected provinces
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Source: CCTV.com | 02-06-2009 12:09
Agricultural departments in drought stricken provinces have mobilized farmers to channel water, enhance irrigation and apply anti-drought technology.
Farmers dig a ditch to channel water at Chengguan Township in Ruyang County of Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 4, 2009. The city had received a reduced effective rainfall since October 2008, almost 80 percent less than in the same period of previous years. The local government has allocated some 25 million yuan (3.65 million U.S. dollars) for drought relief and crops protection. (Xinhua/Gao Shanyue) |
Henan province has gone without rain for over one-hundred days. Nearly 2.8 million hectares of wheat has been affected by the drought. More than 33 thousand hectares has been lost. The province has been channeling over 300 million cubic meters of water from the Yellow River to irrigate farmland, the largest diversion in the past ten years.