Work-team No. 1 of the Mabang Co-op Farm in Cholwon County, Kangwon Province was appreciated at the conference as it produced 12.5 tons of rice per hectare on the average and 14.7 tons of maize per hectare to the maximum.

This work-team has produced more than 12 tons of grain per hectare in cold and wet lands for recent years.

In the past, it produced only one ton per hectare.

In this regard, Ha Yong Suk, work-team leader, told KCNA:

Most of its arable lands were cold and wet ones. But the work-team members turned them into fertile lands through land improvement project for some years.

They have introduced advanced cultivation methods and put more than 2 tons of slaked lime and 40 tons of organic fertilizer per hectare in the fields.

She expressed the resolve to produce 15 tons of grain per hectare this year.