According to the Pyongyang Times (2014-12-12):
The agricultural development zone is to be established on Yoltusamcholli Plain, the rice bowl in the west of Korea.
The zone covers an area of nearly three square kilometres in Unjong-ri of Sukchon County, South Phyongan Province in the heart of the plain.
It is envisaged that agricultural research and development bases will be built there in line with the trend of modern farming method as well as food and other processing bases.
The bases will be engaged in R&D for the breeding of good and high-yield varieties of rice, maize, fruit trees and silkworms, for seed selection and for the introduction of the seedling production system and organic farming, and in the production of organic fertilizers and agrochemicals, animal husbandry and processing of environment-friendly foodstuff.
The zone will also establish processing industries that make the most of natural resources and industrial establishments around the area.
The merits of the zone are that the county has skilled agricultural workforce in large numbers, educational and research institutes, favourable topography and the gravity-fed waterway nearby.
In the vicinity of the zone there are also roads linking Pyongyang with local areas including the western border city of Sinuiju, Sukchon Railway Station, Pyongyang International Airport and the country’s biggest trade port of Nampho.
