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Intimate Companion of Agricultural Workers

These days, many agricultural workers like to surf the agricultural sci-tech websites "Hwanggumpol (Golden Field)" and "Hwanggumyolmae (Golden Fruit)". Subscribers to the websites commented that they are really good as they give information about many issues related to farming in time, including the agricultural techniques and measures and the ways to cope with the disastrous abnormal climate.
As the days go by, the number of subscribers to the websites and their reputation are increasing from the first day of their operation because those websites become an intimate companion of the agricultural workers.
It is attributable to the painstaking pursuit and efforts of scientists of the Agriculture Informatization Institute under the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

True to the intention of the Workers' Party of Korea on putting the agricultural production of the country on a highly scientific basis, scientists of the research group of the institute are actively disseminating agricultural science and technology and exchanging experience through those websites. They help the agricultural guidance organs, farms and agricultural scientific research institutions solve the sci-tech problems arising in reality in close contact.
In order to make the websites really serve as practical means for dissemination of science and technology welcomed by all the agricultural workers, they blog the agro-meteorological conditions in every season and measures according to them in a flexible way through the crop growth forecast system in close contact with relevant units. Besides, they are putting main efforts into securing data on sci-tech ways to minimize damages by the disastrous abnormal climate and improve the growth of crops and distributing them.
On the other hand, the members of the research group go round a number of farms for active introduction in close cooperation with a relevant unit though they are busy building up database and developing programs.
Section Chief Jong Yong Chol said they are constantly updating the functions and data of the websites at present while referring to the opinions of subscribers, and continued:
"Scientists of our research group have recently made extensive and new interfaces and functions of the sites so that they can be used more conveniently, greatly helping the users make decisions.
The new video browsing page alone contributes to promoting the users' understanding of the agricultural sci-tech problems necessary in each period, new farming techniques and trend data through videos."
They are devoting their wisdom and passion, bearing in mind the importance and significance of the prompt dissemination of new science and technology in the agricultural development. Their efforts serve as a precious foundation for good harvests.