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The national presentation of technical experience and exhibition of scientific research achievements in the agricultural sector took place at the Sci-Tech Complex in Pyongyang from November 17 to 21.

On show at the exhibition held on the theme of “Laying of the foundations for sustainable development of agriculture, scientific guarantee” were more than 1 000 papers and pieces of data on experience and over 10 000 exhibits of some 1 200 kinds.

Presented at the exhibition were the successes and experience gained by the units which overfulfilled their agricultural production plans for this year and achievements made in the field of scientific research in nine panels including those of crop farming and seed.

Dealt with at the presentation of technical experience in the crop farming panel were scientific and technological problems which should be urgently solved to increase the grain production, including the farming system and methods for minimizing the effect of extreme weather conditions while changing the structure of grain production and hastening the farming processes.

The manager of a farm, which upgraded the method of rearing rice seedlings and carried out farming processes scientifically and with detailed planning to produce good per-hectare harvest in many plots and thus overfulfil its national grain production plan by 50 percent, told about his experience, leaving a deep impression on the participants.

Each piece of data on technical experience such as that of increasing per-hectare yield of paddy rice with the help of phytosine and that of producing high yields per hectare with double cropping of winter wheat and maize caused a sensation among the participants as they proved advantageous in this year’s farming.

The presentation of technical experience in the vegetable panel was also extensive and had depth.

The technical experience of increasing per-hectare crop yields by effectively using colour LED lamps in cucumber and tomato cultivation in greenhouses was presented impressively. The technical experience at several mushroom farms of using various substitute raw materials including wheat and barley straws, which is helpful to normalizing production, was also greeted with loud applause of the participants as it helps ensure the flavour, nutritive value and quality in mushroom production while lowering the cost to the maximum.

Other good experiences were presented including those of growing rice seedlings on an industrial basis in greenhouses, producing high per-hectare yields by increasing the proportion of work done by machines in farming processes and raising the seed output with a scientific seed selection technique.

And research findings conducive to establishing Korean-style green cultivation and fish farming methods, the breeding and introduction of good varieties, the cultivation of rice seedlings by applying organic quick fermentation compound bacteria and others attracted the interest of the participants.

Many people visited the exhibition hall of scientific research achievements during the exhibition.

Crowd-pullers were the booths of provinces exhibiting good varieties of paddy rice, wheat and barley with high productivity and those of vegetables and fruits on which various kinds of functional vegetables, mushrooms and fruits were displayed.

Certificates were awarded to those who presented technical experience and scientific research achievements and prizes to the units and members that were highly appreciated at the exhibition.

“The exhibition was a significant occasion for the officials, scientists and technicians in the agricultural sector to present and share achievements and experience gained in their regions and units,” said Jong Phyong Il, a staffer of the Academy of Agricultural Science.