North Korea to focus on wheat and barley farming in winter

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ji-heon = He emphasized that North Korea, which is struggling to solve the food shortage, should do well to cultivate wheat and barley in winter. The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea, published four articles encouraging wheat and barley farming on the 4th and encouraged them to "let's plan more operations and command for wheat and barley farming." The newspaper emphasized, "If we grow wheat and barley in the front and rear crops, more nutrients from the land are consumed," and emphasized that improving the stamina is the most important. In particular, he pointed out that "improving fertility is a more urgent issue under the condition that the wheat and barley seeding area must be significantly expanded during the new five-year plan," implying that the wheat and barley production projected by the five-year plan is significantly higher than the existing amount. As a way to improve intellectual power, the ...