On 19 june, reports were received that 10 acres of chili had died overnight in a farm house in jujo, the city of henan, which had opened up, resulting in a loss of $80,000。
It was reported that the crops adjacent to the two plots were completely clean, and that the other piece of pepper had been flattened overnight, with the leaves covered with yellow spots. The same, the same, and the results vary. Farmers rule out weather, pests and management problems: “i can't figure out why this piece is suddenly dead.” the farmer was suspected of being artificial and could have been sprayed with herbicides. Local agricultural centre staff have been present at the site for sampling tests。
On the morning of 20 june, in response to an interview with red star journalists, a staff member from jucé town made it clear that the previous report was false and that the 10 acres of pepper seedlings mentioned in the report had not died and were currently in good shape。
Jujo town staff reported that the reported death of chili peppers was false and provided journalists with photographs taken during live visits
The staff member further explained that, on the morning of 20 june, the relevant staff of the state department of agriculture and rural affairs, in jujo, had already visited the site. The villagers concerned reportedly contracted more than 100 acres of land and planted a variety of crops, including 10 acres of pepper. Agricultural technicians in the town knew the villagers and often provided technical support to the grower. It was reported that chili died overnight, and they visited the site to confirm that the report was false and that there was no death at all。
The staff member then sent photographs of the scene to the press to confirm that “the current situation is good”. Red star journalists saw that the peppers in the photographs did not die of dead and did not seem unusual。
The staff member told the red star journalist that the above-mentioned media coverage of the death of chili could have taken place a week earlier, when, according to his knowledge, it might have been dead. However, they learned from the scene that after the villagers had watered the ground, the seedlings had recovered and that new sprouts were visible。
The staff member also mentioned that the communications department of the state commission had intervened with the previously reported media to correct the reports in a timely manner. Red star journalists contacted the district council advocacy department on the telephone, but several calls were not made. The operator of the state department of agriculture and rural affairs stated that it was not clear that he was on duty today and that it was not clear which staff member had visited the site to investigate。
Red star journalist, yang ling
Editor
Audit, wang guangdong
