economy

Pyongyang Municipality has increased the output of dairy products by 30 percent and the production and storage capacity three times as compared with before by constantly expanding and consolidating the foundations for producing those products.

As a result, quality dairy products have been supplied to all the children in the municipality on a normal basis, and to the children from regions who are receiving medical treatment at preventive and curative institutions.

The work of laying the production and material and technical foundations of the general stockbreeding base in Kangdong County is being pushed forward.

Officials and farmers of the stockbreeding base have increased the milk output by raising the breeding coefficient of dairy cows and goats and establishing the scientific raising and tending and veterinary and anti-epizootic systems.

This year, dozens of more goat pens have been built and the number of goats in milk increased by over 2 000. And more than 110 tons of milk powder were produced in the recent two months.

The Pyongyang Children's Foodstuff Factory has expanded its production and storage capacity 3.2 times.

The municipality has also taken scientific and practical measures for the growth of dairy products both in quality and quantity including the introduction of more rational breeding methods and the breeding of good species.