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South Korea: Gochang-gun is suffering from drought, and efforts to supply water for the rice planting

Rice
South Korea
Published May 25, 2022

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Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do announced on the 24th that it held a meeting related to drought measures during the farming season and urgently inspected pumping equipment. The accumulated precipitation in Gochang-gun from January to May of this year was 149.5 mm, which is only 53.7% of the 278.4 mm of last year. The average water storage rate of the agricultural reservoirs in Gochang is 64.1%, which is in the 'interest' stage of the first stage of the 4 stages of drought warning and warning for agricultural water. Gochang-gun plans to prepare for securing water in advance by constantly checking the low water rate and developing underground water wells for a stable supply of water during the rice planting season. In addition, monitoring of the growth status of field crops such as garlic, sweet potato, and Chinese cabbage are being strengthened.

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(Gochang = Yonhap News) Reporter Na Bo-bae = Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do announced on the 24th that it held a meeting related to drought measures during the farming season and urgently inspected pumping equipment. The accumulated precipitation in Gochang-gun from January to May of this year was 149.5 mm, which is only 53.7% of the 278.4 mm of last year. The average water storage rate of the agricultural reservoirs in Gochang is 64.1%, which is in the 'interest' stage of the first stage of the 4 stages of drought warning and warning for agricultural water. Gochang-gun plans to prepare for securing water in advance by constantly checking the low water rate and developing underground water wells for a stable supply of water during the rice planting season. In addition, ...
Source: Yna
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