Pyongyang, May 13 (KCNA) -- Ministries and national agencies are supporting the socialist countryside seething with the campaign against drought.

The Ministry of Land and Maritime Transport conducted the meticulous operation from the formation of assisting forces to the supply of farming materials and sent accessories and materials needed for the normal operation of farm machines and the repair of irrigation structures.

The Ministry of Mining Industry and the Ministry of Forestry frequently learned about materials needed for farms and settled them.

The Ministry of IT Industry and the Ministry of Grain Administration sent several water trucks, pumps, knapsack sprayers and bioactive fertilizer.

The State Planning Commission and the State General Bureau of Design are taking measures after acquainting themselves with the problems arising in farming. -0-