On Road for Development of Country’s Agriculture
Issue He Discussed in Midwinter
One day in January ２０２４, the respected Comrade General Secretary
The respected Comrade General Secretary referred to the fact that the rainy season of that year was expected to start about a month later than that of the previous year and drought was foreseen in the western seaside region from late May to June and repeatedly taught to take watertight measures against drought.
The official was wrapped in excitement.
The respected Comrade General Secretary had always put stress on ensuring safe farming in the light of disastrous abnormal climate.
In his historic policy speech made at the １０th Session of the １４th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK held a few days before, he had taught that the foremost important task in improving the people’s living standard was to do farming well and had requested earnestly to make that year another year of rich harvest without fail in whatever climatic conditions.
However, he, spending his precious time again, instructed to thoroughly provide against drought.
The official could keenly feel the anxiety of the respected Comrade General Secretary to bring a rich autumn to this land at any cost.
Though it was January when everything was covered in snow and the bitter cold was freezing the air, he was concerned about the probable drought and discussed the necessary countermeasures.
No leader in any other countries has given so much attention to farming.
The official could visualize the rich autumn when heavily loaded rice ears would fill the farm fields across the country and the song of bumper harvest would ring out loud.
Why He Made a Phone Call Early at Dawn
One day in June, ten years ago, a senior official of the South Phyongan Provincial Party Committee received a phone call from the respected Comrade General Secretary early at dawn.
The respected Comrade General Secretary mentioned about the production of the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex and told him that the fertilizer production schedule got a bit tight as the earing fertilizer application period had been brought forward for about a week or ten days.
The official felt a lump in the throat.
The respected Comrade General Secretary had always paid attention to the production of fertilizer at the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex as he attached so much importance to fertilizer production.
He was putting his heart and soul to fertilizer production without a moment’s rest even early at dawn.
After requesting to arrange transportation for timely supplying fertilizer to farms now that the earing fertilizer application period had been moved up, he gave detailed instructions as to measures for concluding the fertilizer production for the manuring year within one month.
The official could fathom the efforts the respected Comrade General Secretary made for solving the people’s food problem.
The respected Comrade General Secretary taught one by one the steps to reinforce equipment for enhancing the fertilizer production capacity of the complex and the ways for ensuring smooth overall reconditioning expected after the fertilizer production for the manuring year.
The official made up his mind to fulfill his responsibilities and role in sufficiently solving the people’s food problem, true to the noble intention of the great father.
Rodong Sinmun