PERU fishing with guts to report…
Fisheries and Agriculture sectors will be most directly affected by this heat wave is generating all aggravating conditions for El Niño.
After two weeks of a heat wave on the coast of Ancash, on the last Tuesday the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (SENAMHI) announced that the mid-autumn season, ie for May and June, an event is present "Child Coastal weak".
“… Because there are favorable conditions for the occurrence of a weak El Niño coastal beginning to mid-fall, expected temperatures on the coast but no significant effects on precipitation due to seasonality "He said in a statement.
EXPLANATION. Before turning to the consequences, it is necessary that a specialist explain the phenomenon, then who better than Abraham Levy, taking advantage gave a talk to farmers.
"The hot air is the result of hot Mar, Chimbote is glued to the Sea, the air blowing from the sea, if the sea is warm as a lighted stove that heats the pot in this case, the Sea warms the sea breeze and the heat will continue much longer, "he said.
Agregó que la temperatura del Mar está determinada por el viento, el cual señala las corrientes. “Y si ese viento sopla al revés, de lo normal que es de sur a norte bañando nuestras costas con aguas frías, ahora está soplando del norte pues está trayendo aguas ecuatoriales al costa peruana”, he said.
Levy said that the conditions for "El Niño" so far, but this phenomenon starts with the arrival of Kelvin waves.
And what are these waves? It is the transport mechanism of hot water that form in Oceania and taking two or three months to reach our shores are formed whenever he explained.
Just the Kelvin waves, projected Levy, probably reach our coast "in the coming days."
He said it will be up to seven stages and the first will be the slightest.
He said that so far the heating del Mar is given "top-down driven by the wind", which will be raising the temperature "Bottom up".
DO REPEAT 1997 ?. Levy was cautious but could not avoid acknowledging that could develop conditions for the Child of 1997 repeat.
"All possibilities are open to you, but what we see is different from what we saw at the beginning of 1997, because the package Kelvin waves that came were more intense," he said.
Levy said that the nature of the Region Ancash is affected in all its forms but mainly in Fisheries and Agriculture.
ATTENTION. José Morales Ramirez, Technical Manager of the Board of Users of Santa, gave details of the way will affect this climatic phenomenon in the Holy valleys, Lacramarca and Nepeña.
He said that an immediate consequence note pests.
“Debido al ‘El Niño’ cambia el ecosistema, la estacionalidad natural del valle agrícola cambia, se hace que genere un mayor comportamiento de plagas agresivas, en los diferentes cultivo debido al incremento de la temperatura”, he said.
Specifically insects metabolism accelerates.
Precisely for this situation farmers must make chemical applications every 8-10 days. When it was done before every 15-20 days.
DIRECT DAMAGES. Another important issue is the crop, Morales said that could hurt 30% of rice production in the Holy Valley, this percentage is still missing harvesting.
"There is a 30% missing reap, which have fallen behind in the valley have 6000 acres of rice in total," he said.
Ie at least 1,100 hectares harm. And to get an idea of the economic loss for the farmer is that for every hectare subtract 11,000 kilos of cereal is obtained.
OTHER CROPS. Among the measures to be taken by farmers are shifting cultivation by this heat wave.
In this regard, he warned that men should prefer field crops that do not require cold.
"Those who are affected are usually vegetables because they have water stress because they are the most sensitive to temperature change; it must change the most drought-resistant crops, "he said.
He noted that are vulnerable to heat beetroot, lettuce and peppers. Besides tubers like potatoes.
Just the specialist recommended planting corn because "it is quite resistant to drought and rustic, plus the cost of protection is lower."
INFRASTRUCTURE. Another damages of El Niño is the effect on irrigation infrastructure in the valley.
Morales said by rain water have accumulated several streams that caused landslides.
"We had problems with planks, was unfortunate in four sections; from across the channel in the Caihuamarca Suchimán broken, it affected 30% of the channel "He said.
SOURCE: Diariocorreo.pe
