The premier called a consultative meeting of officials concerned after learning about the farms' preparations for farming and the operation of water pumping set-ups.

The meeting underlined the important duties of the vegetable farms in improving the citizens' diet. It discussed practical matters of decisively increasing the vegetable production this year.

The meeting called on the Cabinet and other related units to take specific measures for preferentially and timely supplying power for water pumps and farming materials badly needed for cultivating vegetables.