Pyongyang, September 21 (KCNA) -- Maize harvest has been nearly finished in rural areas of Pyongyang Municipality.

Achievements are being made in harvesting in Ryokpho District amid the boosted enthusiasm for socialist emulation among farms, workteams and sub-workteams.

Agricultural workers in Kangnam and Kangdong counties are gathering reaped maize.

Sadong District pushed ahead with harvesting by putting spurs to ensuring the speed and quality of harvesting and raising the work efficiency per hour.

Farms in Hyongjesan, Mangyongdae and Rangnang districts paid attention to increasing the operation rate of farm machines and accurately calculated the daily work-points of the farmers to boost the enthusiasm of the masses.

Sunan District organized manpower and work in a rational way and thus harvested and transported maize in a short span of time.

The farms in the municipality are now making preparations for rice harvesting and winter wheat sowing. -0-