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Watering the field in Yegangbu Village, Shuiguo Town, Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, China, June 18, 2024. /CFP
Chinese authorities have earmarked 443 million yuan (about $62.26 million) of disaster relief funds to assist drought control and agricultural production in a broad swath of the country.
The funds will be used to support drought prevention and control work in the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi, according to a statement released on the Ministry of Finance's website on Tuesday.
Sweltering heat baked parts of China, resulting in soil moisture loss and having an adverse impact on seed sowing and crop growth in the summer, according to the statement.
The ministry said the allocated funds will be channeled to support anti-drought measures in disaster-affected regions, such as replenishing soil moisture, replanting new crops and applying fertilizer.
These efforts will facilitate crop planting in the summer and lay the groundwork for a bumper harvest in the autumn, the ministry added.
(Cover: A farmer is riding a seeding machine to plant corn at the agricultural planting base of Lianzhuang Village, Lianzhuang Town, Yiyang County, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, June 18, 2024. /CFP)