Efforts made to ensure harvest of taros amid drought in E China's Jiangsu

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows firefighters helping villagers to water the taro in Pinganduo Village, Xinghua city, east China's Jiangsu Province. The local agriculture, agricultural technology, water conservancy, electric power, fire protection and other departments have been worked with farmers to actively respond to the high temperature and dry weather, striving to minimize the adverse weather effects, so as to ensure the high yield and bumper harvest of taros. (Tang Dehong/Guangming Picture)