About preparation for prevention of damage to pipe houses, etc. due to snowfall forecast

Although the amount of snowfall is small in Yokohama, heavy snowfall, which greatly exceeds expectations, has caused enormous damage in the past. I think that sufficient measures have been taken, but we would like you to collect weather information frequently and confirm the measures and measures during snowfall again.
Please give priority to human life and try to prevent secondary disaster.

• If vinyl is trapped or the private car line is twisted, it is easy to wear snow and snow, so check and repair it to prevent snow from falling. In addition, check nets that are easy to wear snow and remove them in advance.
• If exposed to low temperatures has little effect on growth, consider winding or removing vinyl *.

＊If you are a member of the horticultural facility mutual aid, please contact NOSAI Kanagawa (outside site) before removing vinyl.

• Add and reinforce the columns to prevent damage to the shelves and broken branches. Bird nets, etc. must be removed or stored in advance. When storing on the shelf, wrap it carefully and be careful not to wear snow.

• The barn should strive for proper wind protection and heat retention, and also consider ventilation. Ensure sufficient feed and fuel in advance in preparation for delays in logistics due to snowfall. In case of power outage or water outage, secure and inspect private power generators.
• In greenhouses such as composting houses, if vinyl is trapped or the private car line is twisted, it is easy to wear snow and snow, so it is inspected and repaired to prevent snow from falling. In addition, check nets that are easy to wear snow and remove them in advance.
• For agricultural warehouses, etc., please check and repair them, and take measures such as preventing snow from occurring.

Please refer to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for detailed methods such as reinforcement measures.
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/seisan/ryutu/engei/sisetsu/saigaitaisaku.html (outside site) (Preliminary measures and reinforcement)
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/seisan/kankyo/gijyutu_sido.html (external site) (general cultivation techniques)

https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/snow/ (external site)

• In the house, please operate the heater at the start of snowfall. The curtains are open and heated continuously. Be careful of snow melting water that sinks the foundation. (Please dispose of the film around the foundation to prevent water from entering.)
• Please remove the snow within the safety range. Snow removal is carried out evenly on the left and right sides.

In the event that severe agricultural damage occurs due to an unexpected weather disaster, a support project for the affected farmers may be launched. In that case, you will need a photo showing the status of the facility before the disaster and a photo showing the status of the disaster after the disaster, so please record the state of the facility before the disaster.

1. Make sure you know the date of shooting.
   • Make sure that the date setting of the digital camera etc. is set correctly, and if it is out, fix it to the correct date and time.
   • In the case of a digital camera with a date writing function, set it to copy it to the image.
   • If you do not have the date writing function, the first photo should include the date printed part of the newspaper or a drawing paper describing the date.
2. Take a full view of the affected facilities and agricultural machinery (whole photo) and the specific damage location. (Note: Within the scope of safety)
   • Take photos with comparison targets such as people so that you can understand the overall sense of scale.
   • If the whole view becomes a continuous photo (joint photo) without being able to fit, make sure that the overlapping position is known.
3. When shooting a specific location of the damage, (1) shoot in a distant view so that you can see where the damage location is in the whole, and (2) take a near view with a measure or knogis so that you can understand the size Please take a picture as a set.
   • When shooting a foreground, pay attention to the focus and make sure that the numerical values can be read.
   • Specially photograph the distance between the arch pipe, the distance between the columns, the diameter of the pipe, etc.

If a weather disaster causes damage to agricultural facilities, such as damage to facilities, or damage to products, please contact the agricultural administration office in charge of your area. We summarize the damage situation in the city in Yokohama-shi and report to Kanagawa.

Agricultural Mutual Aid is a public insurance system in which a mutual aid is paid in the event of damage to crops, livestock, or horticultural facilities due to natural disasters. Special measures other than agricultural mutual aid are limited to the event of a major weather disaster unprecedented in the past, so join the agricultural mutual aid as a basic disaster countermeasure.
From January 2019, "Income Insurance" has been started for farmers who have filed blue declarations to compensate for the decrease in income for all agricultural products, and the NOSAI Kanagawa homepage (outside site) Various calculations can also be made.

Please contact NOSAI Kanagawa for details on agricultural mutual aid and income insurance system.
NOSAI Kanagawa URL: http://www.nosai-kanagawa.jp/ (external site)
Address: 43-2, Kamikasuya, Isehara-shi, Kanagawa
Telephone: 0463-94-3211
Fax: 0463-92-5830

• Northern Agricultural Administration Office
  Telephone: 045-948-2480
  Fax: 045-948-2488
  Tsurumi Ward, Kanagawa Ward, Hodogaya Ward, Asahi Ward, Kohoku Ward, Midori Ward, Aoba Ward, Tsuzuki Ward  
• Southern Agricultural Administration Office
  Telephone: 045-866-8493
  Fax: 045-862-4351
  Naka Ward, Nishi Ward, Minami Ward, Konan Ward, Isogo Ward, Kanazawa Ward, Totsuka Ward, Sakae Ward, Izumi Ward, Seya Ward
• Agriculture Promotion Division Leader Support Section
  Telephone: 045-711-0637
  Fax: 045-721-6356
  Livestock Farmers