Measures Taken to Protect Crops from Disastrous Abnormal Weather

 Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- The agricultural sector of the DPRK focuses on minimizing possible damage to crops by heavy rain.
Farms in South Hwanghae Province have improved waterways and paddy field levees so as to protect paddy rice from flooding, while responsibly monitoring the growth of crops and introducing scientific methods into cultivation and management to enhance their resistance to various damage.
South Phyongan Province has established a scientific and unified water management system and applied different supplement minerals and microelements to cope with the lingering low sunshine ratio.
Farms in Nampho Municipality found and corrected the defects in emptying-gates and flood gates, while improving drainage canals.
Agricultural workers in North Hamgyong Province are preventing damage by harmful insects in excess of moisture by applying various disinfectants and improving the growth of crops with photosynthetic accelerant, growth promoter and nutrient adjuvants.
Agricultural workers in North Phyongan and North Hwanghae provinces and other parts of the country are making preparations for promptly coping with any unexpected situation while examining vulnerable places. -0-