The grain department in Shandong Province has opened a warehouse to borrow grain to protect its ration

Introduction: in 2002, Shandong province suffered a drought that never happened in a hundred years In 2002, Shandong province suffered a drought that never happened in a hundred years, resulting in the lack of food for more than 9 million people in the province The reporter learned yesterday that at present, the grain Department of Shandong Province has taken measures such as "opening storehouses and borrowing grain" in the more severely affected areas to ensure the living needs of the affected people Fzm reporters yesterday contacted the Shandong Provincial Civil Affairs Department to learn that last year's once-in-a-century drought brought great losses to Shandong's agricultural production, including the most affected areas in the central and western regions More than 9 million people are short of food in the whole province, of which about 2.5 million are "double short households" who are both short of food and money Fzm reporter learned in the interview that after the affected farmers went to the local township (town) government to handle the guarantee formalities, they can go directly to the warehouse to get food; the cost of manpower, transportation, storage and other costs incurred in the process of grain borrowing is an average of 3 cents per jin of grain, which will be taken by the provincial finance, the local finance and the grain borrower himself As for when to return "borrowed grain", Liu Qishun, deputy director of the disaster relief Department of Shandong Provincial Civil Affairs Department, said in an interview with the media earlier: "people who do not have grain are all affected by a certain degree of disaster, and we should all give relief, one year or half a year, if the harvest is not good next year, then the next year." At the same time, Shandong Province will arrange some funds for agricultural tax reduction and exemption according to the requirements of agricultural tax reform and the disaster situation of all regions Shandong Province requires relevant departments not to cut off grain supply, at the same time, it will strengthen the regulation and control of grain market to ensure the stable price of grain Fzm -- Beijing Youth Daily fzm fzm