Yinchuan, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Ningxia actively responded to the cold wave and stabilized the people's "vegetable basket".
Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin He.
The weather is cold, and the cold wind is cold and drills into people's necks. Affected by the cold wave, at around 10 a.m., the outdoor temperature in the facility agricultural park in Xiongying Village, Helan County, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province was only minus 17 degrees Celsius.
Bao Jianguo, a vegetable grower, glanced at the rising sun, twisted the button of the roller shutter, and the quilt on the top of the solar greenhouse on the side was slowly rolled up. The reporter followed Bao Jianguo into the greenhouse, as if he had entered another world. The waist-high tomato seedlings are lush and green, and the green fruits are already bearing near the ground, and the yellow flowers on the top are blooming.
It's 10 degrees Celsius in the greenhouse, which is not bad. Bao Jianguo pointed to the thermometer on the side and said that the county's agricultural technicians instructed the growers to prepare for the cold in advance, and at present, he and the surrounding growers have not suffered losses due to the arrival of the cold wave.
According to Ma Zhihu, an agronomist at Helan County Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, before the cold wave came, the Ningxia agricultural and rural departments would issue an early warning forecast with the meteorological department, and agricultural technicians also went deep into the production line to guide growers to inspect and maintain the solar greenhouse skeleton and wall, roller shutter machine, emergency heating equipment, etc., and take measures such as temporary heating and supplementation to enhance the thermal insulation and cold-resistant function of the solar greenhouse, and prepare for extreme weather in winter.
Under the reminder of the agricultural technician, we adjusted the solar greenhouse heater early. As long as the temperature in the shed is below 6 degrees Celsius, the heater will automatically start, and there is no fear of cooling down at night. Bao Jianguo said with his fingers tapping on a speaker-like device. As he spoke, the temperature in the greenhouse continued to rise under the sunlight, reaching 16 degrees Celsius in about 20 minutes.
According to the Horticultural Technology Extension Station of the Ningxia Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the current vegetable production in Ningxia is dominated by solar greenhouses, and the area of vegetables in the field is 2150,000 mu, due to advance preparation and proper response, the current cold wave has not had a significant impact on Ningxia's vegetable production.
Every winter, in order to ensure the market vegetables, Ningxia not only does a good job in local vegetable production, but also transfers a large number of fresh vegetables from outside the district. Recently, the Ningxia Department of Commerce has strengthened market monitoring, increased vegetable reserves, unblocked channels, and made every effort to ensure supply and price stability of the "vegetable basket".
Ningxia Four Seasons Fresh Agricultural Products Comprehensive Wholesale Market is one of the largest agricultural wholesale markets in Ningxia, with an annual agricultural product transaction volume of nearly 10 billion yuan, and about 70% of the vegetables in Ningxia market are distributed here.
Here comes the car!"Pour in, pour again, okay, load!.""Despite the cold weather, the market was a bustling scene. Vegetables from all over the world are coming in one after another, and the staff quickly unloads the boxes of vegetables from the carts and loads them onto the trolleys, which are then transported to small wholesale markets and supermarkets across Ningxia. "In order to prevent the vegetables from being frozen during transportation, we covered the vegetables with three layers of quilts, and we really put a lot of effort into it. Merchant Ma Fuzhen said.
Zhao Jiangtao, deputy general manager of Ningxia Four Seasons Fresh Agricultural Products Comprehensive Wholesale Market, told reporters that the daily vegetable trading volume of the wholesale market in the recent past was about 2,600 tons, which was about the same as before the cold wave, and the vegetables were generally stable.
Under the guidance of the commerce department, we acted in advance to organize merchants to reserve goods, and the market management also used large cold storage to reserve a lot of goods. At the same time, we have also stepped up efforts to transport vegetables from other places. These days, we have plenty of vegetables here at a steady price. Zhao Jiangtao said.
Zou Jipeng, deputy director of the Yinchuan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that at present, the city's large-scale supermarkets have sufficient daily necessities such as rice, flour, oil, meat, eggs and milk, vegetables and fruits, and the 20 kinds of vegetables monitored are generally stable. "In the next step, our commerce department will continue to closely monitor the changes in the market of important livelihood commodities, strengthen early warning and prediction, and mobilize backbone circulation enterprises to increase the dispatch and distribution of important daily necessities. According to the weather and market changes, we will start the release of ** reserve meat vegetables in a timely manner. Zou Jipeng said. (ENDS).