Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- The Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the DPRK has made valuable scientific research achievements conducive to achieving stable and sustainable development of agricultural production.

The Rice Research Institute developed high-yielding rice varieties in tideland and ordinary paddy fields and registered them as national varieties.

The Wheat and Barley Research Institute has succeeded in introducing and breeding new wheat varieties that can be safely cultivated in the northern highlands.

The Maize Research Institute and the Dry Field Crop Research Institute developed high-yielding varieties of maize suitable for double cropping and a variety of after crop beans, and bred a high-yielding greenhouse pepper variety.

Scientists and technicians of the Agricultural Informatics Institute developed and introduced the management and information system and the water control and command support system in the field of agriculture, and the Agricultural Land Resource Institute established a method of estimating soil characteristics by satellite image analysis technique.

The Ago-chemicalization Institute, the Agricultural Nano-technology Institute, the Plant Protection Institute made achievements conducive to ensuring the growth of agricultural production. -0-