Underlining the need to remarkably increase the production in the field of agriculture which holds a very important share in the improvement of the people's standard of living during the new five-year plan, the editorial goes on to say:

To win a victory on the agricultural front is an indispensable demand for revitalizing the overall economy.

Today's severe situation, in which we have to sustain manifold hardships, highlights the importance of self-sufficiency in food.

First of all, we should solve the food problem by our own efforts by doing farming well in order to strengthen the internal driving force and make constant and overall development, unfazed by any trials.

When we achieve the final victory in the field of agriculture, we can display before the world the brave mettle of socialist Korea advancing and leaping forward toward a new victory by invigorating the overall national economy including metal, chemical, electric power and coal industries.

Only when we unconditionally hit the goal of grain production for this year and lay a solid foundation for stable and sustained development for increased grain output, can we advance toward the attainment of our final target with confidence.