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National Meeting of Officials in Field of Agriculture Held

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- A national meeting of officials in the field of agriculture was held here Wednesday. The meeting was attended by Premier Pak Pong Ju, Vice-Premiers Kwak Pom Gi, Ro Tu Chol and Jon Sung Hun, and members of the Cabinet, officials of provincial, city and county people's committees and agricultural guidance organs and officials in the related fields.
    Minister of Agriculture Ri Kyong Sik made a report which was followed by speeches.
    They referred to the fact that land realignment was successfully carried out in Pyongyang and South Phyongan Province under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il, bringing a vast area of new land under cultivation. They pointed out that a solid material and technical foundation has been laid to boost the grain production as evidenced by the introduction of up-to-date scientific and technological achievements into it.
    They called on all agricultural guidance institutions to minutely organize the farm work and provide concrete guidance to it and on all provinces, cities and counties to direct efforts to grain production and concentrate manpower and equipment in rural areas on farm work next year.
    They underscored the need to properly choose crops and their species on the principle of boosting grain production as much as possible, drastically increase soil fertility on paddy and non-paddy fields, introduce new farming methods to rice cultivation and sow seeds and manure fields and cultivate crops as required by the Juche farming method.
    They also called on all officials and workers in the agricultural field to bring about a decisive turn in agricultural production next year, keenly aware that they are responsible for the nation's granaries, in order to make a tangible contribution to improving the standard of the people's living and building a great prosperous powerful nation.