At present, farmland irrigation is being carried out in a large area across the country. Li Guoying, Minister of water resources, said on the 1st that focusing on industrial prosperity and food security, we should promote the construction of farmland irrigation and drainage projects and accelerate the continued construction and modernization of 32 large-scale irrigation areas and 132 medium-sized irrigation areas involved in poverty alleviation.
Li Guoying said at the working meeting of the Ministry of water resources on the effective connection between consolidating and expanding the achievements of water conservancy poverty alleviation and Rural Revitalization of water conservancy guarantee that a number of large and medium-sized irrigation areas should be actively planned and priority should be given to building the effective irrigation area of large and medium-sized irrigation areas into high-standard farmland.
The reporter learned that in Promoting Rural Revitalization in 2022, the Ministry of water resources stressed that focusing on grain production functional areas, important Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) production protection areas and characteristic Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) advantageous areas, the Ministry of water resources will actively promote qualified large and medium-sized irrigation areas in poverty alleviation areas with appropriate water and soil resources conditions, carry out preliminary work, and strive to start the construction of Hubei Qishui and other large-scale irrigation areas.
We will accelerate the construction of modern large-scale irrigation areas involved in poverty alleviation, such as Gengma irrigation area in Yunnan, Baise irrigation area in Guangxi, and Daji Huangxi trunk canal in Qinghai. Support poverty relief areas to promote the construction of a number of medium-sized irrigation areas.
We will continue to build supporting facilities and modernize large and medium-sized irrigation areas involved in poverty alleviation, such as Pishihang in Anhui, Baisha in Jilin and Hotan River in Xinjiang. Start a new round of preliminary work for the continued construction of supporting facilities and water-saving transformation of medium-sized irrigation areas.
At the same time, we will further promote the standardized management of irrigation areas, improve the water supply metering facilities in irrigation areas, deepen the comprehensive reform of agricultural water prices, promote the construction of digital irrigation areas, and give priority to building the effective irrigation area of large and medium-sized irrigation areas into high-standard farmland.
The relevant person in charge of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Water Resources said at the meeting that the Ningdu Meijiang irrigation area with a total investment of 4.4 billion yuan has completed the project feasibility study reply and plans to strive for subsidy investment within the central budget this year and start construction. This is the largest irrigation area project in Jiangxi old revolutionary base area, which will greatly ensure the food production safety in the old revolutionary base area.
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