New Irrigation Water Flow-meter Introduced in DPRK

Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- A new type of irrigation water flow-meter is widely used in the agricultural sector of the DPRK. This flow-meter, designed and manufactured jointly by the Agrobiology Research Institute and the Agriculture Irrigation Institute under the Academy of Agricultural Scienc, is of weighty significance in introducing the water-saving farming method. Cooperative farms in Nampho City have saved more than 3 000 cubic meters of irrigation water per hectare after introducing the new flow-meter. Cities and counties of North Phyongan Province, too, have reduced the consumption of irrigation water by means of the flow-meter. In this regard, Pak Son Gun, section chief of the Agrobiology Research Institute, told KCNA: The new flow-meter is easy to carry, install and measure, and it is high in accuracy. The institute has enough material and technical foundations to mass-produce this flow meter. It is now pushing ahead with the work to introduce the new-type flow-meter into all the city and county irrigation management stations and cooperative farms across the country. -0-