The province has increased the arable land for rice, wheat and barley by launching a mass campaign, thus acquiring hundreds of hectares of cropland this year alone.

Koksan County has made a survey of the arable land in wet grounds and pushed ahead with over 10-km river improvement, thus securing a lot of new land while protecting land.

Hwangju County has secured dozens of hectares of new land in a short span of time.

Rinsan County has carried out its plan for securing new land at 110 percent this year by reclaiming idle land around fields and villages.

Sariwon City and Yonsan County restored land that had been lost due to floods and landslides to increase the arable land.

Sinphyong and Sohung counties obtained more than 10 hectares of farming land.

Officials and working people in Songrim City and Unpha County also found and reclaimed land suitable for farming and registered them as agricultural land.